Entries from November 2007

what, no highlighting?

November 26th, 2007 · 102 Comments

our anonymous submitter in dearborn, michigan spotted this gem in a women’s restroom at her office of “several hundred financial and information technology professionals” — perhaps the future workplace of a “trifling” young uc-berkeley student?

related: i think it’s going to be a long long time

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Tags: CAPS LOCK · bold underlined italics · comma diarrhea · exclamation-point happy! · hair · michigan · office

when peaceniks get pissed

November 25th, 2007 · 55 Comments

writes ludovic from geneva: “i went to bil’in, a palestinian village cut through by the security fence, for the weekly friday demonstration. there’s a house there whose owner rents out the ground flat to activists to be used as a meeting place, sleeping hostel, that sort of thing. the day was obviously tense, but seeing [...]

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Tags: dishes · the middle east

apology denied

November 23rd, 2007 · 107 Comments

our anonymous submitter in california was having some issues with her roommates not washing their dishes. “it got so bad that i picked up what i thought was a black bowl only to find it was white and covered in ants,” she says. when asked to clean up after themselves, the roommates responded with a [...]

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Tags: actions speak louder · california · dishes · excessive underlining · get over it · more aggressive than passive · piss · roommates · whiteboard

wow, indeed.

November 22nd, 2007 · 59 Comments

you might think a hermit-like warcraft addict would make the ideal roommate (no noisy sex, no hogging the remote…) but as this little piece of passive-aggressive gold demonstrates, there are some other issues to contend with. like, say, the stench.

(from an anonymous submitter in portland, oregon.)
related: let me help you out

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Tags: "helpful" advice · CAPS LOCK · gaming · get a life · hygiene · odor · portland · roommates

“if it wasn’t for the toilet, there would be no books”

November 21st, 2007 · 117 Comments

reading in the bathroom is one thing…but kicking back with a purloined snapple? that’s one step too far for this food service establishment, as spotted by jenny in washington, d.c.

you gotta love that passive voice! any kindly guesses re: the crossed-out word?

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Tags: bathroom · highlighter · not-so-veiled threats · passive voice · restaurant · stealing