Entries Tagged as 'beverages'

passive-aggressive challenge #2: don’t take my beer

June 18th, 2007 · 72 Comments

as the vilification of outback-bread-eating michelle shows, the passive-aggressive notes community has no mercy for the unrepentant food thief.
in fact, screw repentance — we’re out for revenge.
beyond simple note-leaving, one of most popular tactics for dealing with thieves seems to be the “if i can’t have it, nobody can” approach: [...]

[Read more →]

Tags: beverages · revenge · roommates · stealing

welcome to the office

June 4th, 2007 · 4 Comments

explains jdb: “the blue note went up first, then we hired a bunch of contractors. the red note went up shortly after that.”

[Read more →]

Tags: cleaning · coffee · exclamation-point happy! · office

who’s the smartass?

May 31st, 2007 · 16 Comments

exhibit a, from lindsay in burbank:

says the author of post-it #2: “the next day, she added a note that said, ‘keep eating my sushi and you’re going to find out!’”
and exhibit b, from jason in new haven:

(to the left, the original note. to the right, the response.)
if you’re guessing these guys are engineers, you’re not [...]

[Read more →]

Tags: burbank · california · connecticut · food · milk · new haven · office · office fridge · rebuttals · smartass · stealing

switch to tea

May 31st, 2007 · 9 Comments

this note is like the teenager who manages to contain themselves long enough to grudgingly recite a lengthy mandated apology, but then can’t resist turning around and giving the finger afterwards…or the perky flight attendant who finally cracks when the drunk fat guy hits the call button again at the end of a long flight. [...]

[Read more →]

Tags: "helpful" advice · bullet points · coffee · etiquette · office · ohio

next time, go for the fiji?

May 24th, 2007 · 8 Comments

this fiendishly funny note comes to us courtesy of jennifer in philly, who does not condone the theft of bottled water of any kind.

[Read more →]

Tags: "helpful" advice · exclamation-point happy! · not-so-veiled threats · office · office fridge · oh snap · stealing · water

just severe enough

May 18th, 2007 · 13 Comments

from william, who notes: “sadly, management thought this was too severe, so it was replaced with a long whiny treatise on coffee etiquette.”

[Read more →]

Tags: coffee · comic sans alert · not-so-veiled threats · office