sorcia mcnasty in north carolina says this “piece of art” is located right next to the paper supply drawer. “we’re not sure if there is really a problem with theft or if occasionally, you know, the machine just runs out of paper. no one wants to question the MACHINE IN MOTION.”
related: the passive-aggressive note has not been destroyed; it has been solved
114 responses so far ↓
#1
Miss Unloop
Where does one find clip art like that? The fax machine on the right looks like it it singing opera or something…
“Fi-i-i-i-i-i-garo! Fi-i-i-i-i-i-i-garo! Figarofigarofigarofigarofi-i-i-i-i-i-i-garo!”
Aug 18, 2008 at 10:00 pm rating: +22
#2
e
does it walk across the room? I’ve never seen a fax machine move. Old crappy copy machines i’ve seen scoot across a table, but never a fax machine. I’m just curious what kind of motion it has…. maybe it’s a perpetual motion machine!
Aug 18, 2008 at 10:02 pm rating: +3
#3
anglophile
What is this strange item called a Facsimile Machine?
Aug 18, 2008 at 10:04 pm rating: +13
#4
se
I have tossed a fax machine across a room. Does that count as being in motion?
Aug 18, 2008 at 10:08 pm rating: +8
#5
Miss Unloop
“Hello? Is this Lloyd’s of London? Yes, I’ve just been informed that the fax machine is a piece of art, and I’d like to see about getting it insured…”
Aug 18, 2008 at 10:15 pm rating: +2
#6
anglophile
The Cave Drawings at Lascaux
The Venus de Milo
The Mona Lisa
The Starry Night
Les Demoiselles d’Avignon
The Facsimile Machine
sounds about right
Aug 18, 2008 at 10:16 pm rating: +28
#7
agirlie
I particularly love the sneaky clip art thief on the bottom right hand side. Because people who work somewhere and steal paper dress up like that to steal office supplies…
Aug 18, 2008 at 10:22 pm rating: +12
#8
Kimberly
I tend to want to give our fax machine the same treatment that the fax machine in Office Space received. I can’t recall one time that I’ve ever thought of it as art.
I’m all for the sentiment of everyone chipping in and filling the paper if they notice it’s out but I can’t really take anyone seriously who abuses clipart so egregiously and likens the bane of my existence to Renoir.
Aug 18, 2008 at 10:39 pm rating: +2
#9
park rose
Some say the body is like a machine, a MACHINE IN MOTION. One of the most important motions it has is the bowel movement. This motion can be performed if there is no paper, but it makes the clean-up very messy. In fact, the thought of there being no paper might hinder perfect execution of this movement. There are paper thieves around, everywhere (U know who U R). Note, your actions can have a disastrous effect on the potential works of art that our MACHINE IN MOTION pushes forth (though the abstract connoisseurs at Skidmark art might disagree). Please allow our MACHINE IN MOTION to stay in MOTION by not stealing its paper.
Aug 18, 2008 at 10:45 pm rating: +21
#10
snee
DID YOU KNOW???
nope, but now that i have this new, glorious information, what shall i do with it? i am full to bursting of information and pape–wait! no, just full of information. that’s all. carry on. nothing to see here, folks…
Aug 18, 2008 at 10:56 pm rating: +4
#11
SF Iris
Maybe it’s just me, but if I see anything or anyone in motion at work, I tend to just leave them alone until they’ve finished. Less embarrassing all ’round.
Aug 18, 2008 at 10:58 pm rating: +2
#12
snee
with all that clip art, could they not scare up a screen bean?!
Aug 18, 2008 at 10:59 pm rating: +6
#13
Canthz_B
You know, Man, like this business is an Organism, Man. An Organism in motion, Man. The Organism, Man, needs to keep moving forward, Man. The Facsimile Machine, Man, is the voice of our business, Man. The paper is our breath, Man. Don’t steal our breath, Man. Otherwise we’d just be going through he motions, Man.
Aug 18, 2008 at 11:06 pm rating: +18
#14
Maddy
Can’t be too careful!
Cheers
Aug 18, 2008 at 11:08 pm rating: 0
#15
snee
dear paper stealer,
FAX YOU!
Aug 18, 2008 at 11:08 pm rating: +31
#16
Canthz_B
A fax machine in motion will stay in motion unless acted upon by an outside force.
~ Sir I. Fig Newton
Aug 18, 2008 at 11:10 pm rating: +19
#17
Canthz_B
Maybe it’s sharing its paper with the attractive copier down the hall. I say shorten the extension cords of all office machines. That’ll learn ‘em to be in motion!
Aug 18, 2008 at 11:19 pm rating: +9
#18
Wolverine Girl
I’m a little disturbed by the clip art beside the sentence “Sadly, it cannot perform its motion if there is no paper.” All references to toilet paper aside, what happened to the guy in the picture? Did the fax machine, unable to perform its motion, get revenge by biting off his head?
Aug 18, 2008 at 11:30 pm rating: +4
#19
erin
wait a minute
are you telling me that this fax machine’s paper tray isn’t never-ending?
CRAZY
Aug 18, 2008 at 11:43 pm rating: 0
#20
ellemarie
I think this is one of the scariest notes I’ve seen so far- whoever wrote this sounds ready to commit (a somehow passive aggressive) murder over the lack of paper. Methinks somebody ‘cannot perform its motion’ enough at home.. sadly.
Aug 18, 2008 at 11:54 pm rating: +4
#21
Canthz_B