I’d nominate all three of these for inclusion in the encyclopedia entry for “petty office debates.”
Exhibit a) From San Francisco:
![Your mother does not work here. This is disgusting for others who use this restroom. {Response:] YOU SURE NAG LIKE MY MOTHER](http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4090/4946706042_e2c0c42e87.jpg "Your mother does not work here. This is disgusting for others who use this restroom. {Response:] YOU SURE NAG LIKE MY MOTHER")
Exhibit b) From Jeron in Dallas:
![To conserve energy, please turn off the dupe deck when you are done. Tks [RESPONSE:] food for thought: it may in fact consume more energy to continually turn it off + on.](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3501/3743415137_0631709eb3.jpg "To conserve energy, please turn off the dupe deck when you are done. Tks [RESPONSE:] food for thought: it may in fact consume more energy to continually turn it off + on.")
Exhibit c) From Monterey, California:
![Covering your food keeps microwave clean. Thnx! [RESPONSE:] Please state the obvious here...](http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4152/4954794738_da426574b6.jpg "Covering your food keeps microwave clean. Thnx! [RESPONSE:] Please state the obvious here...")
related: Completely valid rebuttals
Three never-ending office arguments
September 27th, 2010 · 61 comments
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#1
Rat Fink
What’s a “dupe deck?”
Sep 27, 2010 at 5:49 pm rating: 10
#2
farcical aquatic ceremony
note1: WTF is up with this “your mother” shit, anyway? If my mother worked in your office she wouldn’t be moppin’ up your piss, she’d be calling the shots cuz she’s a C.E.O., beeyotch!!!
note2:hey, “food for thought”–whyncha’ back that shit up with some science so you don’t seem like a DICK.
note3:apparently, it’s not obvious to EVeryone, yellow-note-wench. (I feel for purple-note-leaver, backed into untenable position of passiveness by desire to placate everyone…)
Thnx!!
Sep 27, 2010 at 6:14 pm rating: 38
#3
SB
Man, the majority of these note-writers sound like real wankers. And yeah, I don’t know what decade people who leave “Your mother doesn’t work here” notes are living in.
Sep 27, 2010 at 6:42 pm rating: 10
#4
shorthanded
yeah, my mother really likes a disgusting bathroom, so I spray everywhere and leave paper in the floor. I always forget to adjust when I’m using others’ facilities. thanks for the reminder.
Sep 27, 2010 at 6:56 pm rating: 18
#5
grammarian
10 bonus points for correct use of “continually” vs. “continuously.”
Sep 27, 2010 at 6:58 pm rating: 15
#6
Elorel
It’s like passive aggression and sanctimony bring out the best cursive in people.
(Note #3′s responder is too young to have learned cursive so she resorts to her finest bubble letters.)
Sep 27, 2010 at 7:25 pm rating: 13
#7
aaa
You know, my mother works at the same place I do, and she still doesn’t clean up after me. (Not that I leave things to be cleaned up, anyway…) HOW ABOUT THAT, BITCHES.
Sep 27, 2010 at 8:15 pm rating: 16
#8
eslinger
In exhibit b, NW2′s handwriting is a bit unbalanced and suggests emotional instability to me. I have no training in this field, I just think the way the “ug” in “thought” was a bit scary looking.
Then again, maybe it’s some hipster douche trying to be cool. Who knows?
EDIT: Sorry, Jeron, if you’re NW2. No offense.
Sep 27, 2010 at 10:22 pm rating: 1
#9
Lizzie Birdsworth
@ Note 1 – My mother died on 9/11 and this note just makes me feel kinda bad…
Sep 28, 2010 at 3:08 am rating: 0
#10
ammali
Okay, the first one made me laugh. Snorty laughter, at work, which meant I got a O_o look from the guy who sits near me. That’s your success story for the day, PAN.
Sep 28, 2010 at 7:29 am rating: 3
#11
Mo®
The, “Your mom doesn’t work here” notes it seems like a good opportunity for a “your mom” joke. I’ve got nothing.. Wait… Your mom should work here, she is good at cleaning my pipes. Bazinga!
I work at the most boring place no one ever leaves choice P-A notes around. Occasionally a post it about remembering to refill the LN2 dewar if you empty it but that is it.
Sep 28, 2010 at 9:07 am rating: 2
#12
Cady
Exhibit A: Aaaaw, you just got SERVED! It’s ON!
Sep 28, 2010 at 9:36 am rating: 0
#13
flib
Team don’t be a disgusting pig in the bathroom…
Sep 28, 2010 at 10:33 am rating: 0
#14
claw71
Covering your food in the microwave might help keep the microwave clean, but it also traps harmful radiation in your food. If your mother wasn’t so busy cleaning up the rest room she’d tell you that.
Sep 28, 2010 at 12:36 pm rating: 7
#15
scientifically
Learn how microwaves work before posting such a stupid idea that it will “trap harmful radiation”.
Sep 28, 2010 at 1:26 pm rating: 2
#16
Russkie
In Soviet Russia, my mother nags like you!
Sep 28, 2010 at 5:09 pm rating: 1
#17
Odious
#2-2
learn some physics, food for thought man
electricity is drawn when something draws it
but then, you just wanted to be p/a
Sep 29, 2010 at 1:51 am rating: 1
#18
butt
note #2… [citation needed]
Sep 29, 2010 at 7:55 pm rating: 0
#19
Leila
I hate those note makers.
Sep 30, 2010 at 1:05 pm rating: 0
#20
Helen
I think the microwave note to cover the food in the microwave is an excellent housekeeping tip. I will post a reminder for myself tomorrow, after I go to Office Depot and buy purple post its.
Sep 30, 2010 at 11:14 pm rating: 0
#21
MaggieB
I love people who make shit up about devices taking more power to turn on and off than to just leave on. Sorry, lazy retard, every time that myth has been tested for any device it’s been 100% busted. If you wanna mock a tedious note, don’t do it by making it clear that you have no fucking clue what you’re talking about. Until you can put together a rebuttal that actually works, just get off your damn ass and hit the fucking power button.
Oct 2, 2010 at 12:01 am rating: 1
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