Entries from May 2009
Writes our anonymous submitter in San Francisco: “I spotted this on the sidewalk on my way to work. (It wasn’t obviously attached to anything, just laying there.) I realize parking in SF is a real nightmare, with driveways every .03 inches, but come on!

related: How Berkeley
Tags: car · parking · San Francisco · sarcasm
A busy working mom in Austin, Texas got this little love note on her BlackBerry from her sixteen-year-old son. (Michael is his friend, by the way, not the craft store.)

In the end, our submitter adds, he didn’t take the bus after all. Total bluff!
related: friends don’t lie 2 friends
Tags: Austin · e-mail · kids today · Moms & Dads · schools & teachers · signed with love · spelling and grammar police
Just remember: smashing packets of condiments might be a festive way to celebrate, but it’ll cost you.

(Thanks to Coral from Minnesota for the photo.)
related: Deviled egg, anyone?
Tags: restaurant · smiley
Writes Matt in Los Angeles: “I went to get some of the 2% milk I keep in our communal work fridge for my coffee, and BAM! — front and center was this lovely.”
![Do not use! I spit in this (since someone's been using it) THANKS! [I spit in it too! (since you're a jerk)] Do not use! I spit in this (since someone's been using it) THANKS! [I spit in it too! (since you're a jerk)]](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3352/3492007361_6181ccc7b9.jpg)
related: And I’m singing “uh oh” on a Friday night
Tags: heart · Los Angeles · office fridge · rebuttals · spitting · thanks (but not really)
Passive-aggressive? Oh, heavens no! These are just a few selfless public service announcements.
From an office in Oregon…

New Zealand…

and Kentucky…

related: The overly friendly coworker: ruining your day since you held the elevator for her that one time
Tags: big brother-ish · CAPS LOCK · Kentucky · noise · odor · office · Oregon