Vaguely fishy notes like this one from Toronto are pretty common around office kitchens…
…but I’ve never seen a note that gets right to the point quite like this one from Amber in San Francisco.
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Kitchen vigilantes
January 11th, 2010 · 94 comments
FILED UNDER: fish · kitchen · microwave · odor · office
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#1
Escape Goat
#2: Was the middle line written to mock a stereotypical Mexican? “Specially” (‘Specially) and and ‘afterwards taste Mexican.”
Sounds like a person trying to sound like Ricky from “I Love Lucy.”
Jan 11, 2010 at 6:06 pm rating: 7
#2
oi
Does this smell like Fish? *breathes in* yes kinda
Hey Jason does it smell like Fish? yes kinda.
I don’t have any doubt now. I am gonna put it in the microwave and enjoy it.
Jan 11, 2010 at 6:11 pm rating: 23
#3
Wade
So… are you saying my Old El Paso Fish Taco Supreme is not welcome in your microwave?
Jan 11, 2010 at 6:39 pm rating: 14
#4
se
I guess that means no girlfriends in the microwave?
Jan 11, 2010 at 6:39 pm rating: 6
#5
Woman on the Verge
Is this like 6 degrees of Kevin Bacon? The fish sat in the fridge next to the oranges. The oranges are from Florida. Florida is where Cher lives. Cher was once married to Sonny Bono. Sonny was a Scientologist. Tom Cruise is scientologist. Tom Cruise starred with Kevin Bacon in A Few Good Men. So, your fish actually smells like Kevin Bacon. Microwave away.
Jan 11, 2010 at 6:43 pm rating: 47
#6
texpenguin
Wish I could post this in our kitchen (which is 10 feet from my desk). Nothing worse than smelling cat food all day!
Jan 11, 2010 at 7:14 pm rating: 1
#7
Fridge Pirate
The uncovered mexican fish in the microwave was fucking delicious!
Jan 11, 2010 at 7:25 pm rating: 14
#8
MAMARILLA2
*struggling to rein in indignity and rage* Well, of course, because foriegn spices such as garlic and cumin, and strange meats like ground beef and chicken, and odd sides like pinto beans and rice, might contaminate their bland , white-bread food stuffs….
(pinche, condenado gringos, estan todos locos)
Jan 11, 2010 at 7:35 pm rating: 14
#9
Jen
I am the only one that noticed they used “specially” instead of “especially”…??? wtf?
Jan 11, 2010 at 8:17 pm rating: 1
#10
Halley
At my work, the only microwave sin you can commit is the dreaded buttery-flavored popcorn. You get that shit duct taped to your shirt if you pop it in my office. The stench.
Jan 11, 2010 at 8:25 pm rating: 4
#11
Canthz_B
The funny thing about the second sign is that its creator goes to Wendy’s for lunch every day and returns to the office with some good old, American chili.
Jan 11, 2010 at 8:58 pm rating: 0
#12
Mo®
What about cream of hobo socks soup? Is that okay?
I guess my shawarma will be okay then…
Jan 11, 2010 at 9:24 pm rating: 2
#13
Critical Grass
Wanna see the writer’s head explode? Just heat up some gilled fish tacos in that microwave and watch the commotion while you enjoy your hot, delicious dish.
Jan 11, 2010 at 9:39 pm rating: 0
#14
amuse
This is what i like to do for the fridge freek crowd @ work.
1. Save a container and bag from some freekin very expensive restaurant…Keep a business card, menu or coupon and place it in the bag for temptation.
2. Put some leftover fancy-shaped pasta in the carryout, covered artfully with some cheap 9 lives catfood, and decorate with some piped on mayonaisse. PRESENTATION IS ALL! Place a bit of pate style catfood on a lettuce leaf with a cracker or two next to the “entree”.
3. Place it prominently in the office fridge before leaving for the day.
4.Start prairie dogging at about 10 AM the next day! The food thieves usually strike early.
(not as mean as it sounds, i work in a .gov place.)
Jan 11, 2010 at 10:19 pm rating: 12
#15
snarky
Isn’t ceviche served cold? and raw?
Jan 11, 2010 at 10:19 pm rating: 0
#16
Canthz_B
Now I’m afraid that ichthyophobia may be contagious. I’ll have to grill those salmon steaks before I catch it.
I can always take some to work for lunch.
Sure, I’ll just nuke it for a few secs.
Jan 11, 2010 at 10:37 pm rating: 0
#17
trigger
To be fair to the fish-hater, it could, perhaps, be due to allergies that she/he requests no fish in the microwave.
Though that could have been included in the note, if that was the case.
Jan 11, 2010 at 11:18 pm rating: 1
#18
Sparkles23
Fish-related. I think he’s my third cousin.
Jan 11, 2010 at 11:30 pm rating: 2
#19
Critical Grass
No Mexican food, or fish… but Indian food is still okay, right?
Jan 11, 2010 at 11:52 pm rating: 10
#20
Isobel
It’s like that episode of Supernatural (Season 4, ‘It’s a Terrible Life’) where the man microwaves his head and there’s a little sign on the microwave saying ‘don’t heat up your fish in here – it stinks!’. . .
Jan 12, 2010 at 4:17 am rating: 1
#21
Deana
How offensive. Poor spelling as well.
Jan 12, 2010 at 6:56 am rating: 0
#22
Havingfitz
What if I agree to leave my sardines inside the tin when microwaving them?
Jan 12, 2010 at 7:32 am rating: 1
#23
John
I have my own microwave at my apt. but I looked in the common one by happenstance last week, and sweet jesus there is a LAYER of baked on shit. Like an entire new interior lining of the microwave consisting of (probably) hamburger helper, taco beef, marinara, maybe some alfredo… How hard is it to cover your dish?
Sometimes you just gotta smack people in the face with a sign.
Jan 12, 2010 at 10:33 am rating: 3
#24
GhostWriter
How could that tiny fish make anything smell bad?
It looks like a baby minnow laid atop an almond sliver.
Jan 12, 2010 at 11:08 am rating: 2
#25
Cartoid
hahahaha, “specially”
wait…does “taste mexican” mean “Taste, Mexican!” or does it mean “Taste by Mexican”.
Jan 12, 2010 at 1:02 pm rating: 1
#26
GhostWriter
Evolutionarily speaking, aren’t all land animals fish-related products?
Jan 12, 2010 at 1:15 pm rating: 6
#27
MW
If you can’t spell especially and handle basic subject-verb agreement, you don’t deserve your job or even lunch.
Jan 12, 2010 at 2:55 pm rating: 2
#28
sika
I would be freakin’ elated if my bland ass food ended up tasting like Mexican food. That would make my day. I would also enjoy an office that smelled like Mexican food.
Fish…well…that goes without saying. I thought it was just a universal rule that you never microwave fish in the presence of any other human that’s not also going to be eating it.
Jan 12, 2010 at 7:24 pm rating: 3
#29
nikki
If you’ll excuse me, I’m going to go microwave a geoduck.
Jan 13, 2010 at 3:20 pm rating: 1
#30
Dagny
“…ask yourself, “Does it smell like fish?”
….then eat it.
Jan 13, 2010 at 10:15 pm rating: 0
#31
Diego
That remembers me of a Dilbert strip…
http://www.dilbert.com/strips/comic/2008-11-02/
Jan 30, 2010 at 5:12 pm rating: 0
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