Entries Tagged as 'toilet'

the sincerest form of passive-aggression

December 30th, 2007 · 45 Comments

laura in boston says one of the restrooms at her school is a real note bonanza. the inside of the stall features no fewer than four individual notes about proper flushing etiquette, and immediately outside the restroom are two (slightly contradictory notes) about proper door opening/closing procedure.

but what’s most interesting? how a couple of those [...]

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Tags: bathroom · blitzkrieg approach · boston · meta · opening/closing · toilet

office anthropomorphism

December 29th, 2007 · 64 Comments

many offices, it seems, are a regular disneyland of what only appear to inanimate objects. the evidence? from frank in san francisco, a talking sponge:

from amy in annapolis, a talking toilet:

from ben in san antonio, a talking door:

and then there’s my favorite – from an anonymous submitter in washington, d.c. – a talking (and walking) [...]

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Tags: CAPS LOCK · annapolis · cleaning · clip art catastrophe · confusion??? · d.c. · irregular capitalization · maryland · microwave · opening/closing · san antonio · san francisco · texas · toilet

choose-your-own adventure memo

December 4th, 2007 · 124 Comments

daniel m. saw this note in a men’s room on the 59th floor of the empire state building, where he confirms the toilets were indeed frequently left unflushed.

related: priorities; et tu, dora? 

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Tags: memo · new york · office · pleasantries as afterthought · toilet

dearest roommate

July 26th, 2007 · 99 Comments

“is it doubly passive aggressive to use this site to convey this message? i am the creator of this note, and the photo depicts actual conditions. i would love to send a post of this to said roommate at work.” — flushpatrol in washington, d.c.

related: servicing over a half-billion people…each and every day.

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Tags: d.c. · internet citation · meta · roommates · sex sex sex · toilet

paper is cheap

July 22nd, 2007 · 42 Comments

this note is from an the philippines, but don’t try and write this off entirely as a “cultural thing.”
camille in manila says she finds “do not step on the toilet bowl” quite baffling, too, adding “stepping on the toilet could also mean probably stepping ‘into’ the toilet bowl itself, which is rather, uh, gross.”

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Tags: "helpful" advice · bathroom · office · philippines · toilet

something must be done

June 22nd, 2007 · 46 Comments

vida says her friend in baltimore received this note from “his pathologically lying roommate.”

it’s a little hard to read, but the (genius) last line says, “if not possible we’re moving and you can stay.”
so: team joe? team asa? or too tough to call?

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Tags: baltimore · excessive underlining · roommates · shit · spelling and grammar police · toilet