Kyle in Sydney, Australia says this sign was posted near the elevator in the basement of his building, where apparently someone had spilled some cooking oil on the floor. Based on this note, I’m still a little unsure about how the person who cleaned up the mess felt about the whole situation.
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59 responses so far ↓
#1
Scott Hall
Does the janitor suspect a Korean spilled it? Heyyo, that’s racist.
May 26, 2013 at 3:39 pm rating: 90
#2
Iwill FindU
Spills oil “well crap I’ll need a mop to clean this up.” Returns with mop finds note.
May 26, 2013 at 4:18 pm rating: 90
#3
AngryJanitor
I’m not a native speaker of Korean, so someone who is please feel free to correct me, but this is how I read the Korean part. I took a few liberties with the translation, to make it fit more with the tone of the first (just changing the severity of some of the words that can be mildly or really offensive depending on tone; I think he meant the more offensive meanings, of course), and to make it flow better, but I tried to stay as close to the original as possible:
“To the bastard (guy) that spilled the cooking oil, you’re really a bunch of shit (trash). Why haven’t you cleaned this up? Are you retarded (handicapped) or something? You must be the kind of bastard who does things like this because he thinks he looks cool. But no, you dick around (play) when others are working and work (I think he means this more like “cause trouble,” but I’m not sure) when others are sleeping, you beggar-like son of a bitch. I hate people like you who play the rebel and leave me to clean up the mess. Just die, why are you living?”
The last sentence is a bit hard for me to translate, but it’s something to do with wanting to see the perp on camera, and it ends with calling him a motherfucker.
May 26, 2013 at 4:46 pm rating: 90
#4
shwo!
“Go fuck yourself with your shit face” made me laugh so hard I think a piece of brain came out of my nose.
May 26, 2013 at 5:33 pm rating: 90
#5
pppanther
According to a native Korean, the last sentence is something like “I wanna see your face on camera but I won’t because if you are Korean I will feel shame – motherfucker!”
The note-writer is also Korean, so I think a kind of shame of his fellow countryman’s actions.
May 26, 2013 at 6:23 pm rating: 90
#6
kermit
Anybody who’s done time in fast food purgatory sympathizes with the note writer.
May 26, 2013 at 6:30 pm rating: 90
#7
Nunavut Guy
Wow. Angriest run on sentence of the century.
May 26, 2013 at 8:26 pm rating: 90
#8
Sir Puke
What if English is the second language for the note writer?
This may explain the use of all caps and the run on sentences.
Nevermind, I read the comment confirming my suspicion.
May 26, 2013 at 10:52 pm rating: 90
#9
Guin
I’m pretty sure this note qualifies as aggressive, minus the passive part.
May 26, 2013 at 10:57 pm rating: 90
#10
Jane
I’m struggling to see the “passive” here…
May 27, 2013 at 12:00 am rating: 90
#11
fuzzbutt
“fuck yourself with a shit face!” This shall be my new “scream” at people
May 27, 2013 at 12:17 am rating: 90
#12
Pkay
I’m assuming that the note writer believes that the offender is a contortionist with the “Go fuck yourself with your shit face” remark.
May 27, 2013 at 1:04 am rating: 90
#13
Kyle
The building and suburb it is in has a large Korean population.
Glad someone translated the Korean – I figured he’d put the Korean version into google translate and pasted the output for the English version – apparently not.
There are security cameras facing the elevator doors, I’m curious if the reference to the camera means he’s part of building management and has access to it (maybe the cleaner?). Pretty unprofessional if so.
May 27, 2013 at 2:12 am rating: 90
#14
eba
It saddens me to see people in Australia using US English
May 27, 2013 at 2:53 am rating: 90
#15
madrugada
US English? How can you tell? I’ve always thought that Australians seemed pretty fucking fond of the word “FUCK” and all its motherfucking variations.
Not that there’s anything wrong with that.
May 27, 2013 at 5:11 am rating: 90
#16
diogenes
Tony Montana’s angry
May 27, 2013 at 9:26 am rating: 90
#17
kaytan
God I love Koreans. Their tempers make Irish look like kittens
May 27, 2013 at 9:44 am rating: 90
#18
Benny
lol “im so mad im gonna write a bunch of swear words in broken English that will show them”
May 27, 2013 at 10:11 pm rating: 90
#19
jdaniel
Hey, shit happens in every country. Don’t be offended. You did a nice thing, (whether or not it was your job).
It’s the mofo’s who shit-spray the bathroom stall, then leave their underwear on the floor. For somebody else to clean up.
May 28, 2013 at 1:47 am rating: 90
#20
KMacMurray
The note writer is an artist. A mother. fucking. Artist.
May 28, 2013 at 8:49 am rating: 90
#21
Lil'
This cooking oil note just inspired me to tell you an awful story I heard from my coworker at lunch today . He was hanging out with his brother at the brother’s girlfriend’s house. I don’t know where the girlfriend was, but he needed oil to do something with a car part. He didn’t have any in his trunk, so he used her cooking oil as a substitute. It was in a big jug, and the plastic wasn’t see-through. He didn’t recap it or put it back in the kitchen. He says he just forgot. A couple of days later, the girlfriend had the boyfriend’s family over dinner. She made burgers and fries. She casually mentioned in ear shot of him that she couldn’t find the lid for her cooking oil. It occurred to him that it was in the garage…but then he recalled, so was the oil. He realized it had been uncovered for days in the garage, but she had just used it to cook fries. So he eased into the kitchen to check the oil. He was sure there would be dust and debris floating around inside. Well, when he looked inside what he actually found was a dead mouse. He called her into the kitchen to break the news quietly. She began sobbing. She was mortified because of the mouse, but also because this was her very first time meeting most of the family and she just served them these fries. He ran out into the dining area and announced that they shouldn’t eat the fries because “there’s a bit of a problem.” She stayed behind and continued to sob. The burgers were pretty good, though.
May 28, 2013 at 1:46 pm rating: 90
#22
Spanner
No, Wrench. North Koreans call Korea “Choeson”. Hanguk is the South Korean term, and is valid and common to say “hanguk saram ieyo”.
May 29, 2013 at 6:59 am rating: 90
#23
Raichu
u mad?
May 30, 2013 at 10:50 am rating: 90
#24
guesst
There’s that Delta Gamma sorority president again.
Jun 12, 2013 at 2:44 pm rating: 90
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