Entries from March 2008

it’s not a race (it’s a social construct)

March 25th, 2008 · 187 Comments

here’s a trio of notes from california that each make me very uncomfortable…and not just because of the painful lack of irony.
first up: an excerpt from seating guidelines posted at the quaint little mexican restaurant in huntington beach where brynn used to waitress. so quaint, in fact, brynn says “they also posted a dress code [...]

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Tags: california · casual xenophobia · parking · restaurant · san diego

help yourself

March 24th, 2008 · 43 Comments

spotted by doppelfrog at london’s paddington station…

related: water, water everywhere

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Tags: london · rhetorical question · subway · water · whiteboard

i’m pregnant…what’s your excuse?

March 23rd, 2008 · 95 Comments

amanda in fairhaven, mass. recently took her sister-in-law in for an ultrasound appointment, and she was a little frightened by this sign. (it was posted in three places inside and outside the restroom.)

related: bun — er, pizza in the oven

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Tags: bathroom · exclamation-point happy! · massachusetts · piss · preggers

the passive-aggressive note has not been destroyed; it has been solved

March 21st, 2008 · 113 Comments

this note represents pretty much everything about office culture that makes me cringe. appropriately enough, i can’t even bring myself to call out the specifics — it’s just too overwhelming. (but the sign will always be there…every day, taunting me.)

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Tags: CAPS LOCK · alot · anthropomorphism · fridge · inane cartoon · mixed metaphors · say wha? · spelling and grammar police · u.k.

my secretary, sybil

March 19th, 2008 · 123 Comments

dan spotted this triple-bonus-score of a note at the desk of a receptionist in MTV’s new york office. the craziest part, he says? “she leaves it up there all the time, just in case she calls in sick. it’s just up there, all day, in her face, reaffirming her violent disapproval for people invading her [...]

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Tags: bold-underlined-caps · exclamation-point happy! · overzealous secretary · touching