Entries Tagged as 'a little uptight'

crazy is right

February 19th, 2008 · 200 Comments

in the office kitchen, expecting your coworkers to wipe up the spatters from their exploded hot pockets seems like standard enough microwave etiquette. and a ban on charred popcorn and leftover tuna casserole? eh, fair enough. but this note — from an anonymous office worker in baltimore — is the kind of thing that leads […]

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Tags: a little uptight · baltimore · microwave · office · post-it

thou dost protest too much, methinks

January 22nd, 2008 · 66 Comments

writes joe in denver: my roommate “gets very emotional when someone criticizes him, but will gladly email me or leave notes around the house with dozens of ‘little reminders’” like this one, written after joe left a broom in the living room overnight.

related: how not to housetrain a roommate

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Tags: "helpful" advice · a little uptight · denver · smiley

passive (voice) abuse

December 17th, 2007 · 148 Comments

amber received this amazing note in an envelope on her doorstep in sacramento. “i have no idea which neighbor sent this to me, but i can only assume it was the paranoid-looking woman who lived above me,” she says. “but i don’t do drugs. i don’t even smoke cigarettes!” 

related: don’t hate the playa 

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Tags: a little uptight · drugs · holiday spirit · neighbors · not-so-veiled threats · passive voice · sacramento · smell

if the TSA was in charge of the office fridge?

October 21st, 2007 · 242 Comments

our anonymous submitter spotted this note posted by a coworker on the office fridge. when asked about the note, this coworker described himself as someone “with a penchant for an orderly universe and a strong desire to see food mingle.” um, okay.

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Tags: a little uptight · inappropriate italics · let's try · office · office cop · office fridge · oh snap · san diego · underlining

excuse me, I believe you have my stapler

September 19th, 2007 · 266 Comments

attention: corporate emergency in the chicagoland area!

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Tags: a little uptight · and that's an order · chicago · crazy boss · email · not-so-veiled threats · office · office supplies · seattle · spelling and grammar police · underlining