“Personally, I think all places should post this sign,” says Molly in Los Angeles.

These days, it appears a lot of cash register-operators agree with Molly (and the fancy shop in Studio City where she buys her cheese).
To wit: exhibit a, from Betsey in Sumter, S.C.

Exhibit b) spotted by Otto at a sandwich shop in Frisco, [...]

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Ashley in Richmond, Virginia says this e-mail was sent to every single employee at her office. Then,  “after thirty minutes, the sender attempted to recall it six times.” (That’s how you know she was SO SERIOUS.)

related: the classic all-staff e-mail

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K, so Court in Michigan met this guy out at a bar. He seemed harmless enough, but Court knew right he wasn’t her type. Still, she didn’t have the heart to give him a flat-out “no” when he asked for her number. (She couldn’t give him a fake one, either, ’cause he the did the [...]

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As far as he can tell, Chris in Portland thinks this anonymous text was sent by his downstairs neighbor after a morning of hitting the snooze button one too many times. “Needless to say,” Chris admits, “this was not the first time I had ignored the alarm  clock.”
What’s strange, Chris says, is that he has [...]

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Writes our anonymous submitter: “I’m the oldest of four girls, none of whom are living at home. In fact, we’re all currently living in different states. My mom resents the fact that we don’t want to spend the rest of our lives living under her roof. On mother’s day she screened my call, then mass-texted [...]

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our anonymous submitter, a college student in california, thought he was “flying under the radar” in his poetry class, but as later he discovered, the “stealth mode” setting on his ipod touch was a little buggy.

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daniel in new york spotted this note (and the follow-up) on the door of his soho office building’s restroom — “a nice single seater with a window.” adds daniel: “i understand the sentiment — my sphincter locks up like a vise with any distraction. but i do hope that the large white area on the [...]

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i really thought it couldn’t get more egregious than this clip-art catastrophe from a church in boston (left), which made this one (right) look downright tasteful in comparison.

but then, at a friend’s recent wedding, carey in northern virginia spotted this note — complete with that same punchy little yellow smiley — on several [...]

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Which clip art extravaganza is the most gratuitous? You be the judge!
Is it this sign, from the Virginia office of — of course — a major mobile carrier?

Is it this little tea party of a sign from Cambridge, Mass.?

Or is it this one, from, yes, a church restroom?

related: cubicle etiquette

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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 [...]

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Our anonymous submitter in Detroit tells us his roommate is a repeat offender when it comes to passive-aggressive note-leaving. This time around, he went with a note AND a text message. (“And it’s not even my fault!” our submitter protests.)

related: Text me at work if you want to talk!

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bradley in new york woke up yesterday to find this little love note from his girlfriend. (his explanation? “she’s a light sleeper.”) i feel her pain. if there’s a sound more irritating than a nokia ring tone, the pathetic “i’m dying” whine of an out-of-juice cell phone just might be it.

meanwhile, chris’s friend michelle doesn’t [...]

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according to a 2006 harris poll, office-workers say annoying ringtones are one of their biggest pet peeves — second only to office loud talkers. so i’m actually surprised we haven’t seen more notes like this one, which flickr’s heather champ found taped to her (chirping) cell phone once upon a time. (meanwhile, elsewhere at yahoo [...]

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