Who needs a water cooler? Nothing fosters “community” like shared networked printers! Need proof?
First up, an anonymous submission from a cubicle farm in Rochester Hills, Michigan. (Not pictured, our submitter says: two additional copies of the same “Pomptly” note to the left and right of the original.)
And from Illinois…
From Omaha, Nebraska…
(And from Brooklyn…and just about everywhere else, from Glastonbury, Connecticut to Geneva, Switzerland.)
Meanwhile, Melissa from San Francisco was recently at the D.C. bureau of a news magazine for a press meeting, but being a devoted PAN-ista, she managed to sneak out of the conference room while the coast was clear to make sure she could capture this shot for us. (So please excuse the blurriness.)
related: this is not positive communication
155 responses so far ↓
#1
Adam
Will I still get flamed if I post first ironic-ly?
Nov 18, 2009 at 10:28 pm rating: 90
#2
park rose
Excuse me kind sirs, would you be so obliging as to pass me that water-marked parchment from that contraption which has evolved from Joseph Gutunberg’s fine invention, upon which is pressed and embossed with the finest Indian ink and pigment in the most florid and divine of God’s language, my discourse and composition on the mass and measure of quills and writing provisions, staplers and other accoutrements aplenty which may or may not be residing in the stationery and habiliment receptacles.
Nov 18, 2009 at 10:32 pm rating: 90
#3
cx420ns
omg… no comments…..
do not say first… do not say first…. resist the douchey temptation…..
ok i think im good… phew… close one…
Nov 18, 2009 at 10:37 pm rating: 90
#4
park rose
Actually, I’m after a pompous pick-up truck driver. Who can do pretentious hillbilly, redneck? I’m throwing it out there…
I love the, I dream of the day a warrior robot… sign, btw
Nov 18, 2009 at 10:39 pm rating: 90
#5
park rose
This printer can’t handle big jobs. Please don’t send your big jobs to this printer.
Nov 18, 2009 at 10:48 pm rating: 90
#6
Phizzle
“Paper has two sides for a reason.”
Um yeah, I think the reason has nothing to do with saving the planet or saving corporate a few cents. But I like your forward thinking–go ahead and invent three sided paper. Earth can’t save itself!
Nov 18, 2009 at 10:49 pm rating: 90
#7
zenvelo
that first sign was left by Maurice, the Pompitous of Love.
Nov 18, 2009 at 10:55 pm rating: 90
#8
zenvelo
oh those Nebraskans! always dreaming…do they get pillows in their cubes?
Nov 18, 2009 at 10:57 pm rating: 90
#9
Betch
I personally find it more annoying when people print something that is as long as a novel, and then press print multiple times so that one of the three computer room printers is endlessly printing thousands of unneeded pages and keeping the rest of us from being able to print out the miniscule number of pages we need for the class that starts in 10 minutes.
But I’m not bitter or anything.
Nov 18, 2009 at 10:59 pm rating: 90
#10
Catburglar
I’m David Pomptly and I resent being singled out like this.
Nov 18, 2009 at 10:59 pm rating: 90
#11
JetJackson
I have that same love slave robot dream… I wouldnt call it a nightmare though I do often wake up in a sweat.
Nov 18, 2009 at 11:42 pm rating: 90
#12
humberthumbert
I bet it’ll duplex print my ass, Green Team.
Fight recycling: one-sided color print 4 EVA!!!!
Nov 18, 2009 at 11:47 pm rating: 90
#13
infant tyrone
Paging Miss Place! White courtesy telephone, please.
Miss Place: This is Miss Place.
Operator: Yes, Ma’am, your office called to say that you left without picking up the 5 page memo you left at the printer on the fifth floor, but don’t worry because Sandra is talking to someone in IT and they should be able to text it to your cell phone by the time you arrive in Chicago.
This is American Airlines announcing the prompt and immediate departure of Flight 237 to Chicago.
All ticketed passengers should be at the gate and boarding at this time.
Miss Place: Oh, good, I’ll just get it printed at a Kinko’s when I get to Chicago. I’ll just relax with a few drinks on the plane. Here we go.
Ladies and gentlemen, until we reach our cruising altitude, we ask that you please turn off all portable electronic devices, including laptops, pagers, and cell phones.
Miss Place: Oh, right, better turn off my cell phone…hey, it was just here in my…..
and the heat goes on, and the heat goes on…..(Talking Heads)
Nov 19, 2009 at 12:25 am rating: 90
#14
jinx
The second sign reminds me of my university. If you’re too slow in taking your pages, exspect them to be moved. However, if your the mover, don’t take the pages that don’t belong to you or throw out them out.
Nov 19, 2009 at 12:52 am rating: 90
#15
slythwolf
I think my favorite thing about the one that advises people to use spellcheck is that spellcheck wouldn’t have caught “pickup”. It’s like when people recommend spellcheck for differentiating between “your” and “you’re”.
Nov 19, 2009 at 1:09 am rating: 90
#16
Geek Goddess
#3 is a kind of real world version of PAN. I want to work in that office. Or at least post notes there in response to their notes.
Nov 19, 2009 at 1:33 am rating: 90
#17
Canthz_B
“Paper has two sides for a reason…”
What do the physics of three-dimensions have to do with two-sided printing again?
Edit: Back-read fail. Too close to number six?
Nov 19, 2009 at 6:19 am rating: 90
#18
Canthz_B
Please stop taking print jobs off of the printer to find your own.
Use your psycho-kinetic powers to draw out the pages that belong to you.
And stop straightening out my spoons!!!
–The Amazing Kreskin
Nov 19, 2009 at 6:37 am rating: 90
#19
Canthz_B
Handicapped employees already get the best parking spots.
Now they want to walk to the printer?
Keep the dream alive, but give up the parking space…or get to
steppin’rolling!Nov 19, 2009 at 6:55 am rating: 90
#20
songer
I dreamed a dream in time gone by
when things were pompt
and people listened
Two-sided paper! yet I cry!
the second side
to wipe your bum with….
Nov 19, 2009 at 7:53 am rating: 90
#21
GhostWriter
Most people don’t realize that Martin Luther King Jr.’s first draft included references to a warrior robot race (which is what Martin called the Japanese).
Jesse Jackson deemed the slur too controversial, and pulled the line.
What- you didn’t know that, CB?
Nov 19, 2009 at 8:50 am rating: 90
#22
laurie
Uh-oh, I think that warrior robot note may be giving the printers IDEAS.
Nov 19, 2009 at 2:27 pm rating: 90
#23
aaa
Warrior robots
They steal all of the printings
I don’t use speel chek
Nov 19, 2009 at 3:48 pm rating: 90
#24
Mark Smith
Really? Paper has two sides for a reason? I’d love to see this type of paper that exists with only one surface.
Nov 21, 2009 at 1:20 pm rating: 90
#25
Wordtinker doesnt smith
Has no one figuredd out yet that rolls of single sided paper are available in many less expensive eateries, gas stations, and discount stores? I mean, have you ever really considered using the other side of that see-through stuff?
I’m just sayin’
Nov 21, 2009 at 2:15 pm rating: 90
#26
Simster
1. I adore the expression douche canoe and will be using it pomptly
2. The robot dream/nightmare of that office peon is so much more interesting than the photocopy dream of the original office peon that I feel they have not been working in an office for very long. Those who work in offices for substantial periods are forced, by the very atmosphere of the office, to resort to dreams of photocopying etiquette perfection.
Nov 22, 2009 at 4:45 pm rating: 90
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