“Our office manager was upset that people weren’t responding promptly enough to the Christmas party invitation,” says our submitter in San Diego.
In keeping with the holiday spirit of things, the office manager apparently channeled that anger into the posting of this (uncredited) About.com excerpt in the office kitchen, for the edification of all. How that’s [...]
Entries Tagged as 'san diego'
RSV-f’ing-P. Comprenez-vous?
December 13th, 2009 · 154 Comments
Tags: etiquette · obnoxious definition · office · party planning committee · san diego
Gee, that’ll show ’em
November 17th, 2009 · 94 Comments
Exhibit a) The “urban” example, from the Silver Lake neighborhood of L.A…
Exhibit b) The equally ineffectual suburban cousin of exhibit a, from “a quiet, small community in San Diego where the residents are basically all over 50.”
related: bleak house
Tags: california · garbage · graffiti · los angeles · questionable logic · san diego
consider this
June 23rd, 2009 · 121 Comments
Evan in San Diego spotted this bilingual warning in a local thrift store. “I particularly enjoy the vaguely racist implication of the Spanish translation,” Evan adds. “It’s the only sign in the store (among dozens) that’s en espanol.”
related: when nature calls
Tags: espanol · oh no you didn't · questionable logic · retail hell · san diego
The return of Thx Sandra
October 20th, 2008 · 148 Comments
Casey in Human Resources may have moved on, but not to worry — Thx Sandra is here to solve our global climate crysis!
related: It takes a “genius”
Tags: CAPS LOCK · anthropomorphism · clip art catastrophe · energy usage · exclamation-point happy! · garbage · recycling · san diego · spelling and grammar police · temperature · the earth · thx
It takes a “genius” to come up with a potluck theme like this one
May 28th, 2008 · 354 Comments
Dealing with the rantings of your crazy boss or overzealous receptionist is one thing, but what do you do when your office’s resident passive-aggressive note-leaver doesn’t even work there? Casey in San Diego (a.k.a. RunBarbara) says that’s the situation she’s found herself in at her job.
The offender, Sandra, “has met me a total of twice, [...]
Tags: CAPS LOCK · bathroom · battle of the sexes · blitzkrieg approach · california · clip art catastrophe · crazypants · dubious scientific claims · exclamation-point happy! · gloriously redundant · office cop · party planning committee · san diego · spelling and grammar police · thx · toilet · unnecessary "quotation marks" · vomit · you call that punctuation?
maybe you should switch to body wash?
March 31st, 2008 · 90 Comments
at least that would make the roommate situation a little less hairy…
related: losing lisa
Tags: hair · hygiene · roommates · san diego · shower · that shit is disgusting
It’s not a race (it’s a social construct)
March 25th, 2008 · 217 Comments
Here’s a trio of notes from California that each make me very uncomfortable…and not just because of the painful lack of irony.
First up: an excerpt from seating guidelines posted at the quaint little Mexican restaurant in Huntington Beach where Brynn used to waitress. So quaint, Brynn says, “They also posted a dress code rule that [...]
Tags: california · casual xenophobia · parking · restaurant · san diego · your/you're
gossip boy
December 2nd, 2007 · 46 Comments
our anonymous submitter in san diego got this text message from a friend, explaining: “it’s in reference to him hooking up with one of my friends on my couch. he’s hooked up with three of my friends to date. it’s bound to get around, ya know?”
adds our submitter: “there’s no safe way to respond to [...]
Tags: drizzunk · frenemies · san diego · sarcasm · sex sex sex · text message
If the TSA was in charge of the office fridge?
October 21st, 2007 · 246 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.”
related: Cubicle etiquette
Tags: a little uptight · excessive underlining · inappropriate italics · let's try · office · office cop · office fridge · oh snap · san diego
no money, no trophy
July 12th, 2007 · 69 Comments
this exercise in mass shaming is brought to us by rocky in san diego, who adds: “these are 5-year-olds playing t-ball.”
Tags: CAPS LOCK · excessive underlining · exclamation-point happy! · moms & dads · money · san diego · unnecessary "quotation marks"
wait, what was the first reason again?
June 25th, 2007 · 43 Comments
paul in san diego says this note showed up above both urinals at his office last week.
Tags: CAPS LOCK · bathroom · nose-picking · office · san diego · visual aids

