Why this sign isn’t pictured in the 
Tourist guide to Shelter Island, I have no idea.
(Thanks to Laurie’s Aunt Sylvia for snapping the picture!)
Entries Tagged as 'bar'
The town recommends you hold it.
September 29th, 2010 · 77 Comments
Tags: bar · Long Island · New York · toilet · tourists
Who steals pens from disabled children???
August 31st, 2010 · 42 Comments
At Nat’s office in York, England, one of his coworkers has been trying to bully everyone into coughing up some cash for an (admittedly worthy) charitable cause.
In Nat’s opinion, however, her guilt-heavy fund-raising techniques might benefit from a little fine-tuning…especially given that all seven of those special “charity pens” were nicked from the office supply closet.
related: Starve on!
Tags: "accidental" "borrowing" · a matter of taste · bar · confusion??? · guilt trip · Miami · MYOB · not wrong · office · office supplies · rebuttals · U.K.
In case you were wondering why we’re closed
May 10th, 2010 · 75 Comments
…the proprietors of this Toronto bar will leave you pondering some different questions instead.
![TONITE: SUNDAY 25th BANGBANG BAR IS CLOSED DUE TO FEMALE TEMPERMENT [sic] ISSUES](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3291/4559213104_200d70cfe3.jpg "TONITE: SUNDAY 25th BANGBANG BAR IS CLOSED DUE TO FEMALE TEMPERMENT [sic] ISSUES")
Meanwhile, as Will observed, a Shell station in Austin apparently abides by a similar “honesty is the best” policy.
![Due To Tonyas drug habbit [sic] store will be Closed](http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4005/4573635768_509b167ecf.jpg "Due To Tonyas drug habbit [sic] store will be Closed")
…as does a shopping center in Tyler, Texas, where Erin spotted this explanation (on a 100-degree July day).
Similar venting was on display at a store in Ironton, Ohio. (“For the record, I cannot validate whether or not the ‘oner’ was an in fact an asshole,” says submitter Meagan.)
![CLOSED FOREVER DUE TO ASSHOLE ONER [sic]](http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2716/4139144865_6efd76c5fc.jpg "CLOSED FOREVER DUE TO ASSHOLE ONER [sic]")
And smetimes, of course, brutal honesty isn’t enough.
So really, why bother with an explanation at all?
related: Closed for good! Remember that the cheese loved you more than you loved it.
Tags: "customer service" · bar · don't blame us · drugs · most popular notes of 2010 · Norway · Ohio · raging against the machine · restaurant · retail hell · spelling and grammar police · Texas · Toronto
Welcome to SXSW, sucker
March 17th, 2008 · 123 Comments
While you were drunk-texting your latest Eugene Mirman sighting to all your pals, more industrious folk like Bryan from Minneapolis, Betsy from L.A., and Adele from Montreal were documenting the comedic gold being served up by Austin bartenders.
related: Reporting not-exactly-live from SXSW
Tags: Austin · bar · money · most popular notes of 2008 · tipping
Now that’s effective management
September 10th, 2007 · 113 Comments
Craig from Nottingham, England snapped these at the pub where his cousin works. (Apologies for the blurriness — just pretend you’ve already knocked back a few pints.)
![TO ALL STAFF The habit of simply writing in the duties diary or ringing up to say "Can't work" will cease forthwith. With my approval, attempts to swap shifts with another member of staff of a similar experience will be made first if that is not possible then approach to me to ask for time off. Although for some of you your work is part-time it is not temporary and I expect people when they say they want to to work at the pub to fufil [sic] their part of the bargain.](http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1437/1357320315_8d2133b906.jpg "TO ALL STAFF The habit of simply writing in the duties diary or ringing up to say "Can't work" will cease forthwith. With my approval, attempts to swap shifts with another member of staff of a similar experience will be made first if that is not possible then approach to me to ask for time off. Although for some of you your work is part-time it is not temporary and I expect people when they say they want to to work at the pub to fufil [sic] their part of the bargain.")
By the way, if you’d like to go meet Stephen and shake his hand, Craig says the name of the pub is The Flowing Spring, in Henley. Stephen seems like a kindred spirit to Desi’s New York dungeon master, no?
related: p-e-t-t-y
Tags: bar · CAPS LOCK · cleaning · crazy boss · excessive underlining · not-so-veiled threats · Nottingham · office · U.K.
