alexa in texas works in a graduate lab of five students. one friday, she says, “our advisor came in around 9:30 a.m. looking for us. no dice: except for one poor guy, we were all out. when the hard-working crew finally rolled in around 1:30 (or, um, 3 p.m.), they were greeted by this inspirational slogan pinned to the door.
related: paul newman, the franz ferdinand of the fridge
52 responses so far ↓
#1
Lorrie
Is that a colon in the middle of Friday? So it’s Fr:day, now?
Apr 11, 2008 at 2:44 pm rating: +2
#2
Dan Weber
The beatings will continue until morale improves.
Apr 11, 2008 at 2:45 pm rating: +9
#3
S.S.
Truly inspirational.
If it hadn’t been for that sign, I would have never showed up to work on Fridays. Its deep, thoughtful message and poetic language was enough to convince me that Friday was, indeed, a great day to work.
Apr 11, 2008 at 2:50 pm rating: +1
#4
JPav
Is it, Mr. Advisor? Is it?
Apr 11, 2008 at 2:58 pm rating: +1
#5
RunBarbara
Fr:Day! ‘A Great Day to be Passive Aggressive’
Apr 11, 2008 at 3:00 pm rating: +10
#6
Summer
hint hint, wink wink. These notes are the truly P/A ones, they’re mysterious and cryptic, he’s brilliant! Good Note, i’d be frightened to walk in late on a friday and see that note.
Apr 11, 2008 at 3:01 pm rating: 0
#7
damon
Team Advisor! Lazy-ass slackers!
Apr 11, 2008 at 3:05 pm rating: +1
#8
claw71
Unfortunately since this is a lab full of grad students and the note poster is just an advisor this crappy little PAN is about all he’s got.
Apr 11, 2008 at 3:05 pm rating: +1
#9
GhostWriter
Friday is the only day to work. I told you I’d have it done by the end of the week.
Apr 11, 2008 at 3:05 pm rating: +5
#10
GhostWriter
The only way to get grad students into the office before noon on Fridays is to offer mimosas for brunch in the lounge.
Apr 11, 2008 at 3:09 pm rating: +5
#11
GhostWriter
“But Professor- we were up until 4:30 last night finishing our capstone projects.”
Apr 11, 2008 at 3:15 pm rating: 0
#12
unholyghost2003
When I was a put upon Grad student I didn’t always work on Friday … but I was OFTEN working on Saturday and Sunday and Oh yeah, did I mention I was there until 10:30pm on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday? If you want to demand that I come in at 9:30am every Friday you can bet I will be gone by 5:00pm EVERYDAY and I wont be in on Saturday or Sunday either!
Apr 11, 2008 at 3:16 pm rating: +3
#13
Wade
The sign next to the professor’s message clearly indicates “Emergency Eye Wash Station: Keep Area Clear”. By posting his note there, with the intention of forcing the grad students to stand in the area and read it, he is in clear violation of university safety policy.
Apr 11, 2008 at 3:47 pm rating: +9
#14
KittyKat
They couldn’t come to work on Friday . . . they were having a rumble behind the student center with those teacup-stealing bastards from the Statistics department! They found this note while washing the blood out of their eyes at the Emergency Eyewash Station. But you should have seen those guys from the Statistics dept.
Apr 11, 2008 at 4:48 pm rating: +8
#15
Stacy
If it were Austin, they would have already been there and left by 1:30 on a Friday. Nobody works much past noon on Fridays, because the Friday traffic starts on Thursday afternoon. But since they are in College Station, they can afford to stay at work until later in the day. Most likely, they were out late Thursday night at the Dixie Chicken, which in College Station is a valid excuse for being late on a Friday.
Apr 11, 2008 at 4:54 pm rating: +1
#16
Megan
That’s some of the worst handwriting I’ve seen as well… What’s up with the ‘e’ in great?? And one lowercase letter in great, that looks like a 9 anyway? It boggles the mind.
Apr 11, 2008 at 4:56 pm rating: 0
#17
bifyu
why is it only folks who aren’t from HI call them “hawaiian” shirts?
Apr 11, 2008 at 5:02 pm rating: 0
#18
Canthz_B
Friday, a great day to work…on resting up for Friday night!
Apr 11, 2008 at 5:04 pm rating: +1
#19
Ben
I wonder what they are researching at the lab – irony perhaps?
Apr 11, 2008 at 5:32 pm rating: +2
#20
secondsout
Monday, a really shitty day to work!
Apr 11, 2008 at 5:57 pm rating: +4
#21
Meaghan
I think there’s a perfect space for someone to write “NOT” infront of that “to”.
Just a suggestion.
Apr 11, 2008 at 8:56 pm rating: +3
#22
Quite Contrary
What this note proves is you don’t need hearts, rainbows, special fonts, multiple paragraphs, crayons, stitched borders, outlined letters, smiley faces, underlined words, coins taped on the note, multiple exclamation points, ALL CAPS words, arrows, or the c-word to get a simple point across.
Apr 11, 2008 at 9:38 pm rating: +7
#23
Quite Contrary
And the fact that it is unsigned makes it priceless.
Apr 11, 2008 at 10:07 pm rating: 0
#24
S.S.
I have conducted a personality analysis on this note, basing myself on the following characteristics: the use of a “:” instead of an “i”, the inconsistent sizes of the letters, the incomplete lines of certain characters (note the “t” lines don’t touch each other), and the alternating, nonsensical use of capital and lower-case letters.
In conclusion, all of this has told me that the writer is a neurotic, unstable, highly caffeinated individual. Possibly homicidal.
Apr 12, 2008 at 2:51 am rating: +5
#25
RALPHY
It’s like the “Support Mental Health Or I’ll Kill You” sign. It makes it’s point without being disagreeable. Kudos to the author.
Apr 13, 2008 at 5:46 am rating: +2
#26
john
this should be forwarded to that sweet blog about unnecessary quotation marks. in this case, i dare say the quotes are appropriate – friday are a crappy day to work. for that matter, i fucking hate work no matter what day it is…
Apr 13, 2008 at 12:17 pm rating: 0
#27
joyatho
Instant classic
Apr 15, 2008 at 7:36 pm rating: 0
#28
bobby
all my alexas live in texas
Jul 24, 2008 at 3:02 pm rating: 0
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