Entries from December 2007

passive (voice) abuse

December 17th, 2007 · 150 Comments

amber received this amazing note in an envelope on her doorstep in sacramento. “i have no idea which neighbor sent this to me, but i can only assume it was the paranoid-looking woman who lived above me,” she says. “but i don’t do drugs. i don’t even smoke cigarettes!” 

related: don’t hate the playa 

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Tags: a little uptight · drugs · holiday spirit · neighbors · not-so-veiled threats · odor · passive voice · sacramento

clip art crimes

December 16th, 2007 · 139 Comments

which clip art extravaganza is the most gratuitous? you be the judge!
is it this sign, from the virginia office of — of course — a major mobile carrier?

is it this little tea party of a sign from cambridge, mass.?

or is it this one, from, yes, a church restroom?

related: cubicle etiquette

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Tags: all clogged up · bathroom · boston · cell phone · clip art catastrophe · jesus · massachusetts · office · tea · virginia · you be the judge · you're like so going to hell

actually, we just hate you

December 13th, 2007 · 98 Comments

“we really don’t hate the holidays,” says our anonymous foreign-policy elf in washington, d.c., “just passive-aggressive coworkers.”

related: perhaps a committee to assess the health of the committee?

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Tags: d.c. · e-mail · holiday spirit · money · office · party planning committee · spelling and grammar police

so much for turning the other cheek

December 13th, 2007 · 137 Comments

thanks to sarah for capturing this delicious little slice of life from her christian college in illinois. (delicious like a quart of starbucks coffee almond fudge, not one measly little low-fat frappucino bar.)

related: but He took the wheel

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Tags: apostrophe abuse · excessive underlining · heart · ice cream · illinois · irregular capitalization · jesus · not-so-veiled threats · spelling and grammar police · touching · university · you call that punctuation? · you're like so going to hell

adio, amigo

December 12th, 2007 · 103 Comments

our anonymous submitter saw this note posted on the door to the walk-in cooler at a convenience store in boerne, texas. “the clerk told me that the red bull delivery person had been drinking red bull and leaving the empty cans on the floor of the walk-in,” our submitter says. “in her words, ‘he was [...]

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Tags: CAPS LOCK · message to all intended for one · spelling and grammar police · stealing

seriously!?!

December 11th, 2007 · 56 Comments

the inimitable jeff rubin passes along this note from the foyer of his park slope apartment building. yup, that’s what you think it is there on the floor. (perhaps a hapless victim of the bag-tampering deliquent?)

jeff says the shit was cleaned up when he checked a few hours later.
meanwhile, elsewhere in brooklyn, confusion still reigns.

related: [...]

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Tags: brooklyn · confusion??? · dogs · park slope · shit

the thought that counts

December 10th, 2007 · 93 Comments

our anonymous submitter from dallas works in the creative department of a large corporation that’s recently cut back on extras like holiday parties and cake and fruit. this scrooge-like misanthropy seems to have taken a toll on staff morale — even among the determined breed of office “fun fund” leaders.
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Tags: actions speak louder · dallas · holiday spirit · office