Our submitter at a university in Canberra spotted this first note while getting his morning coffee. “Pat (a professor in the department) has been complaining for weeks that her coffee mug seems to disappear and reappear spontaneously. Her mood varies with its presence.”
Several days later, our submitter spotted this addendum, written by another professor sympathetic to Pat’s cause. “Since the mug hasn’t turned up in over a week, I’m pretty sure the culprit is too afraid to return the mug at this point.” (Could you blame him?)
related: Not to name names, but…
51 responses so far ↓
#1
Bec
The note seemed reasonable until the line “I will track you down & stab you in the face.” You can pinpoint the exact moment the meds stopped working!
May 31, 2011 at 10:28 pm rating: 44
#2
George P
Stabbing someone with a bread knife wouldn’t be very effect.
May 31, 2011 at 10:40 pm rating: 3
#3
TickleMyBambo
So let me get this straight. There is college where people are supposedly getting a higher education from psychotic professors, with the mentality and handwriting of a 8 year old, that are prone to violent PA temper tantrums when their prized Hello Kitty coffee mug goes missing? Uh huh… I learned something new here, and that is to NEVER enroll in that school or else risk going in for a peppered stab wound because I said SpongeBob was better then Hello Kitty.
May 31, 2011 at 10:51 pm rating: 33
#4
shipaddict
She’s going to serrate them to death?
May 31, 2011 at 10:53 pm rating: 15
#5
ReeT
It really shouldn’t be hard to find a mug that says “meouw purr.” My mugs never speak.
May 31, 2011 at 10:56 pm rating: 28
#6
Dean Treadway
I think this note is completely justified. Including the stabbing. With a bread knife. Which would be painful. Not ALL notes are uncalled for.
May 31, 2011 at 11:11 pm rating: 20
#7
Gladystopia
Obviously this is NOT a high-class establishment; a classy joint would offer fresh-cracked pepper.
May 31, 2011 at 11:37 pm rating: 7
#8
Christine
Just Fyi: The ground (black) pepper would actually stop the bleeding made by the knife wound.
Cup stealer wins.
May 31, 2011 at 11:42 pm rating: 3
#9
Canthz_B
“You call that a knife?…This is a knife!”
–Crocodile Dundee
Jun 1, 2011 at 12:00 am rating: 8
#10
Canthz_B
Borrow Pat’s mug and she’ll stab you in yours.
Jun 1, 2011 at 12:03 am rating: 9
#11
VerityBrown
I’m with Team Professor. If someone is nice enough to allow you to use their own personal mug when they aren’t using it, the least you can do is to leave it (cleaned, preferably!) where it can be found when they want it. Maybe the culprit didn’t previously know it belonged to a specific person, but ignoring this information, now that it has been conveyed, is asshattish enough to warrant dull stabbery. Although I would use a spoon. And aim lower.
Jun 1, 2011 at 3:34 am rating: 12
#12
Kate
I keep my mug in my classroom.
End of problem.
Jun 1, 2011 at 6:10 am rating: 5
#13
madrugada
Pat warms the cockles of her coworkers’ hearts…with a blowtorch.
Team Pat on this one. She’s totally reasonable about the mug, doesn’t mind if the thief uses it as long as it’s there when she wants to use it, and gets bonus points for creativity by selecting a bread knife as her weapon of choice!
Jun 1, 2011 at 6:36 am rating: 11
#14
Chesire Cat
I like her style. I like to threaten murder on people too when they piss me off. It usually works.
Jun 1, 2011 at 7:02 am rating: 2
#15
Jen
I like Pat.
Jun 1, 2011 at 7:47 am rating: 15
#16
Grumpy Teacher McGrumperson
If anything, her reaction is understated.
Jun 1, 2011 at 9:26 am rating: 3
#17
The Elf
Do not stand between a coffee addict and the coffee (and by extension, the coffee mug). People have been killed for less.
Jun 1, 2011 at 9:46 am rating: 6
#18
Eileen
I work with a Pat. The truly scary thing is that on any given day, you never know if you’re going to encounter Nice Pat or Crazy Bitchy Bread-Knife-Stabbing Pat. I don’t touch her stuff on a *good* day.
Jun 1, 2011 at 5:06 pm rating: 6
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