“While stopping for our millionth potty break,” a road-tripping Rachel from Atlanta pondered the circumstances that could have inspired this intolerable discombobulation at a Tennessee gas station. “I don’t know what happened,” she says, “but that’s a hell of a lot of exclamation marks!!!”
![Discombobulation of the cooler will no longer be tollerated [sic]!!! If you to STOCK or DELIVER, YOU will take out your trash and keep it NICE AND CLEAN!!! NO EXCEPTIONS!!!](http://farm8.static.flickr.com/7084/7154300744_3ef8879ca0_b.jpg "Discombobulation of the cooler will no longer be tollerated [sic]!!! If you to STOCK or DELIVER, YOU will take out your trash and keep it NICE AND CLEAN!!! NO EXCEPTIONS!!!")
p.s. dis·com·bob·u·la·tion, noun — confusion: a feeling of embarrassment that leaves you confused
related: Pain (and disgust) at the pump
30 responses so far ↓
#1
kermit
The fridge may not be discombombulated, but the management sure is vexed and flummoxed at the current state of fridge affairs.
May 7, 2012 at 6:06 pm rating: 25
#2
joshua
A confused walk-in freezer is a sad walk-in freezer.
May 7, 2012 at 6:17 pm rating: 10
#3
Lisa D. Owen
English much?
May 7, 2012 at 6:19 pm rating: 2
#4
jt
Someone got a new thesaurus!
May 7, 2012 at 6:30 pm rating: 8
#5
Anonymous
“Tollerated” and this is coming from Management… Learn to spell and maybe your cooler won’t be so confused. T-O-L-E-R-A-T-E-D.
May 7, 2012 at 6:33 pm rating: 8
#6
DS
It’s irritating that they know how to spell “discombobulated” but not “tolerated”.
May 7, 2012 at 6:36 pm rating: 31
#7
Eileen
This is, of course, a little-known subsidiary of Confuse-a-Cat, known as Discombobulate-a-Cooler, at work here. They travel across the country, confusing large cooling appliances wherever they may be found, for a small fee.
May 7, 2012 at 6:47 pm rating: 24
#8
shwo!
Why would I need to keep my trash nice and clean?
May 7, 2012 at 6:58 pm rating: 8
#9
Sir Puke
toll·er·rated – To assess the value of toller.
May 7, 2012 at 7:00 pm rating: 4
#10
UpFront Content
If I were to stock or deliver here, I would be discombobulated… Why must they keep their trash nice and clean?
May 7, 2012 at 7:02 pm rating: 3
#11
Jon
OED says discombobulate is “To disturb, upset, disconcert.” so I’d say the usage is proper.
May 7, 2012 at 8:25 pm rating: 1
#12
Lori
“I do not think that word means what you think it means.”
May 7, 2012 at 8:36 pm rating: 13
#13
Paige
That poor cooler. Maybe they could toll the trash?
Edit: After cleaning it, of course. Same as you would any decor.
May 7, 2012 at 8:54 pm rating: 2
#14
FeRD
It’s really quite silly for the notewriter to get this worked up about their water cooler discombobulation, when such amazing advances have been made in recombobulation technology over the past two decades. It’s not as if they’re dealing with something really serious, such as disarray!
May 7, 2012 at 9:30 pm rating: 14
#15
Daniel
Bad ‘bob you!
May 8, 2012 at 3:42 am rating: 3
#16
TKD
Discombobulation of this website will no longer be tolerated!!! If you enter to TROLL or DELIVER SNARK, YOU will take out the gratuitous CAPITALIZATION, excess punctuation… and keep the grammar nice and clean!!! No EXCEPTIONS!!!!
May 8, 2012 at 7:44 am rating: 6
#17
Poltergeist
Well this note obviously doesn’t apply to me or my trash. As a wandering nomad, I wasn’t in there to STOCK or DELIVER. I simply needed a place to sleep and watch my piss freeze on those warm Tennessee nights.
May 8, 2012 at 8:06 am rating: 8
#18
Nope Not Me
This note is actually damn impressive from someone in TN. Their education system is discombobulated to say the least and they tolerate it.
May 8, 2012 at 9:51 am rating: 1
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