“There’s a lot of foot traffic at a certain computer lab at our university,” says our submitter in Ypsilanti, Michigan, “but it can only seat 30 at a time.”
In order to (in theory) alleviate the problem, and in practice, to give waiting students some new clip art to focus their rage upon, the university posted this sign on the door of the lab…to which several students added their own clarifications.
Really, though: which is a better simulation of post-college working life for the major of university graduates: writing a paper on themes of alienation in James Joyce…or periods of mind-numbing boredom punctuated by the furtive checking of status updates and the throwing of virtual snowballs? Mmm?
related: Making time for the important things in life…like Facebook apps
48 responses so far ↓
#1
Doug
Is Hugs and Kisses 101 a new class?
Dec 12, 2008 at 2:28 pm rating: 11
#2
Goldie
Who are these people, I wondered. And then it dawned on me. They are students waiting to use a machine. They’re standing outside because the lab is packed. And they are middle aged, because they’ve been waiting since 1986. And the wait is so long because, all this time, people have been using lab computers for heavily un-academic activities. Damn you, Facebook, Myspace, Pac-Man, and Hentai!
Dec 12, 2008 at 2:38 pm rating: 22
#3
GhostWriter
Typical prejudiced bigots. They kicked all the minorities out to the curb.
Dec 12, 2008 at 2:44 pm rating: 9
#4
yousuckatcraigslist
I teach college. Nobody is doing any work in the computer labs, regardless of what the signs request. At least they’re not doing it for the classes I teach, anyway. Sigh.
Dec 12, 2008 at 3:09 pm rating: 9
#5
fantasy
☑ HUGS!
☑ KISSES!
☑ SMILEY FACE!
☑ …….. 101 = NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN LINE TO SEND HUGS, KISSES AND SMILEY FACES TO FRIENDS ON FACE BOOK!
Dec 12, 2008 at 3:41 pm rating: 2
#6
GhostWriter
Damon had just packed himself into the crowded parking garage elevator when she appeared. Blonde tresses gently brushed her bronze shoulders as she sashayed through the closing doors. As she turned, her Coach purse bumped his Dayplanner, and he was suddenly immersed in the sweet aroma of her Bright Crystal perfume.
“Now is the time to meet her!” he thought. But what to say? Then he remembered something interesting from last evening’s academic work in the computer lab.
He stepped up to her, cleared his throat, and said, “Boy, this car is certainly experiencing high utilization today…”
Her reply was a soft, tender cough in his general direction. Then, smirking, she turned away to look at the doors.
“But it made so much sense last evening…” he thought.
Dec 12, 2008 at 3:42 pm rating: 8
#7
Canthz_B
Are these people standing outside the computer lab, or home depot?
Dec 12, 2008 at 3:44 pm rating: 7
#8
Mishee
kerry thinks she is fooling me, but I know this is just Facebook Friday in disguise.
and we all know how much I hate Facebook Friday…
Dec 12, 2008 at 3:46 pm rating: 6
#9
GhostWriter
You’d better be considerate, or you might end up like Yellow Raincoat Lady’s husband, whose head she is cradling in her arms.
Dec 12, 2008 at 3:47 pm rating: 16
#10
fantasy
The people in line are at the unemployment office….. they are the teachers of America!
You don’t need lessons for face book or my space.
Dec 12, 2008 at 3:50 pm rating: 3
#11
Canthz_B
I’m sure there is a lot of “high utilization” of the computer lab.
You can tell from all of the Doritos and Little Debbie wrappers.
Dec 12, 2008 at 3:52 pm rating: 1
#12
Canthz_B
Frankly, I’m disappointed in the caliber of today’s students if, given this much graffiti-free space, the best they could come up with was facebook and myspace quips. I bet the signs in Bangalore are much more cutting edge.
Dec 12, 2008 at 3:58 pm rating: 8
#13
resa
Andrea Dworkin – I love it
Dec 12, 2008 at 4:01 pm rating: 1
#14
fantasy
Face Book and My Space users, punishable by real pain???
Being on Face Book and My Space is real pain.
Dec 12, 2008 at 4:08 pm rating: 2
#15
jrigglem
I go to this university and know the exact lab in which they are referring to. I; however, am yet to see this wonderful sign. They’re all standing outside because the building in which this lab is contained is closed at midnight while the lab is 24 hours. They’re waiting for someone to walk by and drop their ID so they can get in from the cold. They’re all middle aged because anyone in their 20′s wouldn’t be in the lab after 9pm. I say this all in jest of course. There are lab monitors in the lab, why don’t they do something other than scan facebook and myspace themselves and tell the ones that are holding up the line to get off the computer. I’ve been in this lab when I have to print something, stand around for 5-10 minutes while half the students in there are scanning their facebooks and I’m only going to take 2 minutes to print something.
Dec 12, 2008 at 6:17 pm rating: 2
#16
jrigglem
Sarcasm is the key…
Dec 12, 2008 at 7:34 pm rating: 0
#17
jrigglem
I’m so glad we have a grammar nazi in our presence, whatever will I do??????????????
Is that enough question marks for you?
Dec 12, 2008 at 7:38 pm rating: 2
#18
Monkeytard
I believe the 101 is actually an lol. Tougher to recognize when it’s printed rather than typed…amazing how some things don’t translate.
Dec 12, 2008 at 10:58 pm rating: 0
#19
llama4114
ZOMG… why didn’t i think about posting this note? I guess i would have if i wasn’t so busy hating on those ass holes.
Dec 13, 2008 at 12:28 am rating: 1
#20
maquiladora
to be fair, agatha christie, some of us do not have the resources to pay $50,000 for graduate education. perhaps this may be why my fellow students and i have to stare at passive aggressive notes while waiting for a spot in our computer labs?
Dec 13, 2008 at 1:01 pm rating: 2
#21
se
I think that the guy in blue shirt/jacket looks like CB…
Is this his way of getting his picture posted?
Dec 13, 2008 at 1:23 pm rating: 0
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