Entries from August 2009
Ah, college. While living in an all-female dorm might reduce some types of conflicts…


You also get…this. Explains Hannah in Pullman, Washington: “I live in an all-girls dorm, and guys aren’t allowed to use the bathrooms in the hall. The rule is they are supposed to be escorted out into the lobby…which is a apparently too long of a walk for some people.”

related: (it wasn’t me)
Tags: CAPS LOCK · college life · piss · roommates · sex sex sex · that shit is disgusting · that's unsanitary
K, so Court in Michigan met this guy out at a bar. He seemed harmless enough, but Court knew right he wasn’t her type. Still, she didn’t have the heart to give him a flat-out “no” when he asked for her number. (She couldn’t give him a fake one, either, ’cause he the did the “dial his number into the phone and call” thing.)
Says Court: “The first time he called, I talked to him and decided right then I definitely wasn’t interested.” By the end of the conversation, she figured he’d gotten the message…but then he kept calling. And then, texting. When she didn’t respond, Court says, “I assumed he’d take the hint…but I’m not too sure he did.” Um, yeah, you could say that.

related: Not a match
Tags: casual sexism · just not that into you · Michigan · oh no you didn't · spurned lover · text message · unsolicited feedback
Who knew? Apparently, every office has at least one person with an insatiable need to spread the contents of their nose on the wall.
From Florida:

From Georgia:

From a hospital (!) in Washington, D.C.

And another hospital in Pennsylvania:

from utah:

From Montana:

From California:

from Minnesota:

from Texas:

from ohio:

And even in Denmark:
[Submitter Latrine's rough translation: won't you be kind and wipe your boogers off in a piece of toilet paper instead of on the walls/kind regards the janitor]

related: Wait, what was the first reason again?
Tags: bathroom · most popular notes of 2009 · nose-picking · office · that shit is disgusting
Even more dangerous than friending your parents on Facebook? Friending a) your boss and b) the cubicle-mate you kinda can’t stand.
Exhibit a)

Exhibit b)

Exhibit c)

And Exhibit d) (via “the Internet”)

related: Busted by facebook
extra credit: Study says Facebook is like, totally ruining your life …and gonna get you fired [mashable]
Tags: Facebook · most popular notes of 2009 · office · oh snap
Caroline sends this delightful trio of holier-than-thou notes from “a rather famous university in Scotland where many students and staff have delusions of grandeur.”
The first note was spotted, Caroline says, while exiting a building “where many people work late and lights are almost always burning to help us find our way through the maze of corridors. I found these stuck to just about every light switch in the vicinity. Luckily, I snapped a picture as the next day they were all crumpled into balls and thrown on the floor in what i assume was a protest against sexualising light switches.”

(“Next time,” she adds, “I will make sure my light switch is fully satisfied before I leave.”)
The second note, Caroline says, “is posted in a building where, due to the age of the pipes, the water is filled with lead and unsafe to drink, meaning water coolers are conveniently posted on most floors. I know we are a biology building and we have to care about the environment and blah blah blah, but while we are doing our world-saving research, would it be ok if we just had a cup of water that isn’t going to kill us?” [Ed. note: Yes, the note-writer has a point.]

The final note is posted next to the door leading to one of the outside smoking areas. “Unfortunately,” Caroline says, “it tends to have the opposite effect than intended. Every time I see it, I find myself having to sneak one in.”

Moral of the story this website: even if you’re on the most solid moral/ethical/logical/legal ground, writing an snotty note about it will backfire on you more often than not. [insert maniacal emoticon]
related: Al Gore knows you know drove when you could have taken your new bicycle
Tags: anthropomorphism · CAPS LOCK · college life · double-entendre alert · energy usage · Scotland · The Earth