Jake in Vermont says that the sign of the left showed up after the sign on the right failed to get the job done. (And you thought you’d never put that high school chemistry to use!)
related: Right, I still don’t understand this water/ice thing
extra credit: Mr. Wizard = kind of a jerk [youtube]
39 responses so far ↓
#1
Otakinator
Fucking ice cubes, how do they work?
Jun 17, 2014 at 4:14 pm rating: 19
#2
Quite Contrary
No ice. Check. No water. Check. Diet soda okay?
Jun 17, 2014 at 4:57 pm rating: 17
#3
NeenerBeeners
Will there be enough liquid in the plastic trash bag to cause an insidious problem thereby necessitating the need for two signs telling us about the properties of water and what not. Possibly people relieve themselves here or dispose of liquid nitrogen or gasoline in this trash can? There are so many liquids I feel we should be more specific.
Jun 17, 2014 at 4:59 pm rating: 9
#4
Lita
Clearly they’re just worried about the risks of dihydrogen monoxide. It’s deadly at large concentrations, you know.
Jun 17, 2014 at 9:34 pm rating: 17
#5
Poltergeist
Aww, no ice cubes or sulfuric acid in the trash can? Damn.
Well at least they didn’t say anything about used hypodermic needles!
Jun 17, 2014 at 10:10 pm rating: 7
#6
Moe
At a job I had years ago, there was a workstation that several people took turns using, and under this workstation was a cardboard box that served as a trash receptacle. Nothing gross ever got thrown away in there — mostly paper — so it worked just fine.
But we had this one coworker. Perfectly nice person, except every afternoon when she was done with her iced tea, she’d throw her cup full of ice into the cardboard box. We told her again and again not to do it, but she still did it every single day, automatically and without thinking about it. We’d remind her, and she’d go, “Whoops, I forgot all about that.” And then she’d do it again the next day. Eventually we gave up. I still remember the rattling crash it made as it landed, and every time I heard it, I’d think, “Yep, she did it again.”
(And no, the company wasn’t going to spring for a plastic wastebasket. We’re talking about a place that, in 1996, was still using computers that ran DOS and had 5.25-inch floppy drives and color monitors where the only color was bright orange.)
Jun 17, 2014 at 11:38 pm rating: 18
#7
ramentastic
Next sign: STOP PEEING IN THE TRASHCAN
Jun 18, 2014 at 1:00 am rating: 8
#8
TRT
Ice Ice Baby.
Jun 18, 2014 at 4:23 am rating: 6
#9
Kasaba
My old boss used to “water” the pot plant on my colleague’s desk with the dregs from his tea cup at the end of the day. I sat with my back to her desk, but turned around and “caught” him doing it once. He looked a bit shocked and embarrassed and then went “Shhhhhh, don’t tell her”.
Jun 18, 2014 at 6:50 am rating: 5
#10
Lisa S.
OMG.
Commercial trash bags lined at the bottom with the gel stuff from disposable diapers.
Ka-ching.
Feel free to steal that, I’ll never do anything with it.
Jun 18, 2014 at 7:29 am rating: 13
#11
GhostWriter
A black Sharpie could edit that “AS WELL” at the end of the note into something more personal.
Jun 18, 2014 at 8:41 am rating: 2
#12
lo-fi pi
Always follow liquid disposal by copious amounts of paper towel from the kitchen. Get Viva brand and you could pick the towel out again without it even tearing. It’s the little rutilations of V-shapes that trap moisture, promoting an evenly-wicked spread of moisture across the entire surface of the paper square. V for Viva. Ask for it by name.
Jun 18, 2014 at 11:17 am rating: 2
#13
lo-fi pi
Always follow liquid disposal by copious amounts of paper towel from the kitchen. Get Viva brand and you could pick the towel out again without it even tearing. It’s the little rutilations of V-shapes that trap moisture, promoting an evenly-wicked spread of moisture across the entire surface of the paper square. V for Viva. Ask for it by name.
PS: Douche: liquid. (It’s French for ‘shower’.) Douchebag: not liquid. So simple you could commit this to memory. (Strong suggestion there.)
Jun 18, 2014 at 11:20 am rating: 2
#14
The Beast Among Us
What’s worse: liquids in the trash, or trash in the sink?
Jun 18, 2014 at 11:37 am rating: 4
#15
HeadDummy
I lost my recipe for ice…can someone send it to me.
Jun 18, 2014 at 11:38 am rating: 8
#16
assiveProgressive
If they turned the room temperature down to 25F or so, they would not have to worry about ice cubes melting in the trash.
Jun 18, 2014 at 4:43 pm rating: 3
#17
Hal
I once tried to take a water bottle half full of ice through airport security. The TSA agent told me I couldn’t — no liquids. I said, “I’ll toss it out, no problem… but it’s a solid.” The guy insisted it was a liquid. I’ve never felt safer than at that moment, knowing the caliber of individual we have on the front lines of national security.
Jun 18, 2014 at 9:17 pm rating: 4
#18
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Jun 28, 2014 at 9:30 am rating: 0
#19
Henry Valdez
ice being solid water and melting would be more of physics thing as the chemical composition has not changed, the ice is just in a crystalline organization due to the lack of energy in the means of heat
Aug 21, 2014 at 3:46 am rating: 0
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