Our anonymous submitter in Dallas says this randomly showed up one day on the bulletin board at work with no further explanation, leaving everyone to puzzle over the notewriter’s intended motive. (To hurt? To edify? It boggles the mind!)
related: oh, the irony
113 responses so far ↓
#1
Garfield135
So, uh, who is the person who left the note?
Oct 1, 2009 at 6:51 pm rating: +22
#2
Narwhale
IT WAS ME!!
Oct 1, 2009 at 6:57 pm rating: +2
#3
Narwhal
Just kidding. It was her.
Oct 1, 2009 at 6:57 pm rating: +4
#4
Melissa
I think what must have happened is the note writer actually did sign the note, but then the anonymous submitter REALLY wanted to submit a note to PAN, so (s)he cut off the rest of the note and took a picture.
Except it was signed:
Sincerely,
[cartoon drawing of a penis]
Oct 1, 2009 at 6:59 pm rating: +27
#5
The Real Meh, The Great Meh, The Blue Meh
Exhibit A:
The internets.
Oct 1, 2009 at 7:02 pm rating: +2
#6
Quite Contrary
Well, duh. It’s what we do here every day. I don’t come to panotes.com to edify and impart grace.
Oct 1, 2009 at 7:09 pm rating: +4
#7
Captain Obvious
Ah, this is ironic because the note writer made themselves anonymous as well!
And this makes their point moot!
Oct 1, 2009 at 7:16 pm rating: +9
#8
pony girl
uh-huh.
By any chance, was there another (anonymous) note nearby defining irony?
Oct 1, 2009 at 7:18 pm rating: 0
#9
Ixtapa
It’s like reading a big fortune cookie
Oct 1, 2009 at 7:42 pm rating: +2
#10
Ed Decatur
That note writer, whoever it is, has imparted a heap of grace in me, big time. I’m fixin’ to take up ballet dancing.
Oct 1, 2009 at 7:52 pm rating: +5
#11
Aline
People hike up the Himalayas for that sort of edification, and here I got it for nuttin’!
Oct 1, 2009 at 7:54 pm rating: +3
#12
adnoxious
I think Grace wrote it.
adnoxious.blogspot.com
Taking aim at lousy advertising
Oct 1, 2009 at 8:04 pm rating: +1
#13
The Real Meh, The Great Meh, The Blue Meh
Page two reads:
Anonymity can be the coward’s way out, and it may be used to hurt people. However, it’s mostly to wtf own some noobs and make them look like crybaby douches! And then the losers don’t even know it was you that did it! Righteous burn brah!
Oct 1, 2009 at 8:08 pm rating: +2
#14
Neeners
Who’s the self righteous A-hole? Was it:
Signed,
Ima Anonymous Hypocrite
Oct 1, 2009 at 8:20 pm rating: +1
#15
park rose
Yet, the thread two (or was it three?) before was complaining about the graceless way in which god’s name was used; anonymity preferred, edification attained.
Oct 1, 2009 at 8:21 pm rating: +3
#16
Anonymous
“Anonymity allows others to be unkind without having to take responsability for their words.”
We all do that and you know it! Hypocrites!
Oct 1, 2009 at 9:17 pm rating: 0
#17
Seanette
I can share the writer’s sentiment, while sneering at the hypocrisy used to convey it. I won’t publish anonymous comments on my blog, mostly because I’ve found that cowards hide beyond anonymity to pour out venom and filth I don’t care to deal with. If someone isn’t willing to own their remarks, I figure that means even that person realizes what they’re saying is worthless.
Oct 1, 2009 at 10:11 pm rating: +1
#18
mystic_eye_cda
Oh god someone please someone rewrite this note, its lack of internal cohesion is killing me. That kind of grammatical inconsistancy haunts me, even though I can’t fully explain what is wrong with it.
Its in a plural voice, then singular. Its passive, its first person, its just all over the place.
Blah!
Killing me
*Our* words
*I’m* unwilling
*Anonymity* allows
eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeek
Oct 1, 2009 at 10:34 pm rating: +3
#19
TheOldSchool
A short phone message from an Australian school.
http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=1212601907690
Oct 1, 2009 at 10:47 pm rating: 0
#20
AuntyBron
The note writer is either a moron or a fucking genius.
Oct 1, 2009 at 11:52 pm rating: +2
#21
mamason
“Anonymity allows others to be unkind without having to take responsibility for their words.”
Isn’t that the point.
Oct 1, 2009 at 11:53 pm rating: +3
#22
Anonymous
Hey, I posted that!!!!! See! I put my name on it!!!
Oct 1, 2009 at 11:54 pm rating: +3
#23
Canthz_B
The writer wasn’t trying to remain anonymous.
They included a link to their personal web page at the top.
You know, some people don’t know that the link on their screen won’t work on the hard copy.
They’re probably still wondering why they haven’t received a slew of anonymous comments on their page.
Oct 2, 2009 at 12:00 am rating: +3
#24
mamason
If I’m unwilling to use my name, my motive may be to avoid getting my ass whipped.
Oct 2, 2009 at 12:03 am rating: +3
#25
Flack Jack-it
Whoever wrote the note we see was busted, outed, and crushed by the original Anonymous’ note.
We’ll never know what it accused the perp of.
We just know that it was perceived as harsh, un-edifying, and hurtful, and had a low coefficient of imparted grace to boot.
Those are the chief characteristics of a note that accurately calls out a co-worker who should have fucking known better.
Well, nimrod, when you get caught in the bathroom trying to flush the remains of a chef’s salad (heavy on the leftover cheese and lettuce, you unrepentant carnivore….but that’s another post) after St. Sandra asked you oh-so-nicely not to play Russian Roulette with the sewer pipes, well, it’s supposed to hurt like hell, because that’s apparently what it’s going to take to get through your thick, vacuum-packing skull.
So, nice try, you whinging small-hearted little shit-weasel…get a grip, take a deep breath, make a resolution never to order that salad again from Marie Callender’s , and try your best to sneak $50 into the petty cash fund over in Suzy’s desk without being noticed while everybody else is in the break room complaining about having to walk up two flights to use the toilets on the fourth floor…oh, and if you get noticed and quizzed…be sure to have an edifying and graceful excuse to impart. M’kay ?
With the lights out it’s less dangerous
Here we are now, entertain us
I feel stupid and contagious
Here we are now, entertain us
Yeeeeaaaahhhh!
Oct 2, 2009 at 1:13 am rating: +6
#26
bowloftoast
Open letter to the voices in my head.
Oct 2, 2009 at 2:16 am rating: +1
#27
bokky
I feel all sort of *chastened* just reading it. It takes me back to Sunday School. For which i don’t thank it…
Oct 2, 2009 at 2:48 am rating: +3
#28
Sandra
Sorry guys, I forgot to sign my note.
THX SANDRA
Oct 2, 2009 at 6:49 am rating: +5
#29
GhostWriter
This is Michael Scott’s way of telling the Office that Dunder Mifflin now requires all employees to wear identity badges while at work.
Oct 2, 2009 at 8:34 am rating: +2
#30
Woman on the Verge
Where is this place? Are those green things in the corner supposed to be palm leaves?
Oct 2, 2009 at 9:03 am rating: 0
#31
Geni
I love your website – so much that I highlighted it in my blog today! Keep up the great work!
Oct 2, 2009 at 5:18 pm rating: +1
#32
sexy_angelina
HAHAHAHA i have a similar problem in office, stupid cowards!
Oct 3, 2009 at 8:50 am rating: 0
#33
pilgrimchick
So, why did the author of said note choose to remain anonymous, given he/she was so highly critical of anonymity?
Oct 3, 2009 at 10:37 am rating: 0
#34
anglophile
Hey…did anyone else notice how ironic it is that the writer of this note against anonymity chose to remain anonymous?
What’s that? All of you did? Well, damn. I guess I’m not so special after all.
Oct 3, 2009 at 10:49 am rating: +6
#35
Wolf7770
Anonymity is the province of fools, and cowards. It all depends on who hears and sees the things you do and say, whether you’ll be known as a genius or an idiot. I speak from the point of view of one who spouts golden wisdom one moment and vomits forth idiotic bile the next. Yet, I refuse to do either anonymously. I can laugh at my own idiotic moments, can you laugh at yours? If you are laughing at me at least I know you were listening, or watching. If you’re unwilling to use your name you’re afraid of being seen as a fool, so that makes the poster of said note both a fool and a coward. Everyone who has pondered the aforementioned note, I hope you realize it was done in jest. And, it’s an old one. I once saw it on a placque in a lawyers office, way back in 1978.
Oct 13, 2009 at 6:05 am rating: 0
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