joe in northern virginia has amassed a pretty divine collection of office fridge notes over the years, the best of which portend various forms of karmic/economic/physical retribution.
related: it must have been a pretty big bite
it’s not funny, it’s my sandwich
December 5th, 2007 · 135 comments
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Tags: "accidental" "borrowing" · ellipses-crazed · food · not-so-veiled threats · office · office fridge · reston · stealing · virginia
135 responses so far ↓
#1 Andy
That first note is funny, though! The first line’s WordArt is funny, the second line is funny, the quotation marks are funny.
Nice chant, though:
It’s not funny
It’s not a joke
Why don’t we have
A nice cold Coke! Hey!
Dec 5, 2007 at 5:15 pm rating: +8
#2 stargirl
wow thats pretty wierd. yeah im one of the first comments!
Dec 5, 2007 at 5:27 pm rating: --1
#3 Andy
All right, the second note. I like how it builds from just a sandwich to a HOMEMADE sandwich. Very dramatic.
I have a question about the “non-packaged product” item, though. Was said sammich in a sammich bag? Is that not packaged? Who puts a sammich in the refrigerator unpackaged? Who? Who?????
Plus, why in the hell would I want to eat my lunch covered with my saliva and boogers? Nice.
Finally, the third note. Wishing disease, dismissal and a happy holiday season all in one message. Great! Other than that, this note was well composed and everything, so well done, I guess.
Dec 5, 2007 at 5:32 pm rating: +7
#4 Mermaid
That first note reminds me of the intro to those cheesy 1950’s health class movies…
“It’s not funny… It’s not a joke…
IT’S HERPES! And it could cost you your life…”
Ahhh, fear in black and white.
Dec 5, 2007 at 5:42 pm rating: +10
#5 Canthz_B
If you place a “Dagwood” into the office fridge you’re asking for it. Stick to leftover pizza your Mom bought for you!
Dec 5, 2007 at 5:46 pm rating: +2
#6 Wade
Yeah, about that third note…
If you have been diagnosed with strep throat, what the hell are you doing at work!!!
I’m sure the number of fellow employees that fall ill due to your ignorant disregard for their health will be far greater than the one who ate your leftover lunch.
Dec 5, 2007 at 5:54 pm rating: +11
#7 DrAstroZoom
I’m sorry, but it takes plenty of initiative and drive to steal a sandwich, so I refuse to be called lazy! Spread THAT on your homemade sandwich and eat it!
Dec 5, 2007 at 5:55 pm rating: +7
#8 Alix
The last line of the last note is priceless! Merry Christmas, asshole!
Wade: true, but after 24 hours of anti-biotics, you’re not contageous via airborn agents anymore. At least I think that’s true, I clearly do not have anything resembling a medical degree.
Maybe the note writer works at this office: http://www.passiveaggressivenotes.com/2007/07/24/demotivationals/ and feels to guilty to call in sick.
Dec 5, 2007 at 6:06 pm rating: +2
#9 super_fan99
Maybe “Karma” is really his connected Uncle Vito.
Dec 5, 2007 at 6:08 pm rating: +4
#10 Canthz_B
Dear Friend,
Your sandwich was not stolen, we flushed it. Please use a clear plastic Ziploc brand bag the next time you bring a Limburger cheese sandwich from home!
Thank you in advance for your cooperation.
–Your Co-Workers
Dec 5, 2007 at 6:14 pm rating: +3
#11 melissa
I totally feel the pain of the writer of note # 2 but, ummm, dude? you have food handled by others all the time. it’s called eating in a restaurant. dur.
Dec 5, 2007 at 6:36 pm rating: +4
#12 D
My goodness. Why steal food? i don’t get it
Dec 5, 2007 at 6:46 pm rating: +2
#13 Olivia
Well it’s a good thing I’m eating my dinner right now… while being completely grossed out at the thought of fondled food and strep throat germs. Oi.
Dec 5, 2007 at 6:48 pm rating: 0
#14 unholyghost2003
Dear writer of note number 1. It’s not funny. It’s not a joke. Threatening fellow employees with dismissal for acts you term accidental in your own missive is grounds for repramand, in combination with the misuse of company materials for making the personal note it is grounds for dismissal.
Dec 5, 2007 at 6:57 pm rating: +1
#15 amazon
Did anyone else go to that guy’s Flickr page? I enjoyed the note that said “This fridge will be cleaned out every Friday” and then in pencil, someone wrote “or when I’m hungry.” I love it when PA notes come full circle.
Dec 5, 2007 at 7:09 pm rating: +6
#16 GVI
I love the ”To the ignorant person who stole my lunch between yesterday and today”. Why be an ass, just say yesterday.
Dec 5, 2007 at 7:14 pm rating: +3
#17 Rita
I like how the writer of the BEWARE note used the tactic of asking all of those questions.
Dec 5, 2007 at 7:26 pm rating: +2
#18 Eilis
I like that the “ignorant person” in the first line of note #3 has become “such a genius” by the second paragraph. You ignorant, swollen-glanded, Happy Holiday having, thieving genius!
Dec 5, 2007 at 7:32 pm rating: +8
#19 joelogon
Hey, cool — thanks for the linkage. I haven’t been very good in scouring flickr for new content for the Furious Fridge Notes pool, so feel free to add your own stuff.
Dec 5, 2007 at 7:43 pm rating: +3
#20 candycane
Are Karma and the Heisa monster are related?
Dec 5, 2007 at 7:44 pm rating: +2
#21 Jason
What? 20 comments and no “That sandwich was fucking delicious”?
I’m so disappointed in the commenters here now.
Dec 5, 2007 at 7:59 pm rating: --11
#22 mamason
Note # 2- Who steals food … ? Ummm… Someone who’s hungry.
Dec 5, 2007 at 8:21 pm rating: 0
#23 WanderingPenguin
(With apologies to The Hollies and their song He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother):
The bread was rye
And loaded with caraway,
Inside was some deviled ham
And a yam
All topped off with pickles and sauerkraut
It ain’t funny, it’s my sandwich.
‘Twas in the fridge
All ready for me to eat
But when lunchtime came along
It was gone:
Seems some “stealer” took it all away from me
It ain’t funny, it’s my sandwich.
Now I’m hungry and all
I have left is one cracker;
You damned office thief
You’re the ultimate slacker -
Next time make your own lunch!
It was fresh rye bread;
My mouth watered when I bought
The loaf from the store but now there’s no more:
For I used all of it for that one meal….
It ain’t funny, it’s my sandwich!
Dec 5, 2007 at 8:28 pm rating: +12
#24 Jeff St Real
Good god, just bring a Lean Cuisine!
Dec 5, 2007 at 10:06 pm rating: +1
#25 lola
The victim in note #2 is obviously new to this game of “musical lunches,” otherwise they would NEVER have spent the time making a sandwich to sacrifice to the lunch thieves. It would have been a hotpocket. And it would have been laced with rocket pubes only visible after the thing was half-eaten.
Besides, I thought licking the food before submission was mandatory office procedure.
You have much to learn…
Dec 5, 2007 at 11:00 pm rating: +7
#26 Writer, Rejected
Wait a minute. Can you actually get fired for stealing a co-worker’s sandwich? If so, I’m screwed.
Dec 5, 2007 at 11:10 pm rating: +7