Entries Tagged as 'energy usage'

how good is that?

August 19th, 2008 · 175 Comments

our anonymous submitter in takoma park, maryland says her roommate/landlord is constantly leaving little post-its and e-mails for the other roommates, but i think these two have a bit of yum-o synchronicity.

related: the first thing i did when i woke up

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Tags: e-mail · food · maryland · takoma park · thanks (but not really) · the earth

al gore knows you drove when you could have taken your new bicycle

July 21st, 2008 · 233 Comments

kendall was waiting for her peach perfection at the jamba juice in elmhurst, illinois when she spotted this note on the napkin-holder. writes kendall: “i guess it’s their passive-aggressive way of saying, ‘take fewer napkins, a**hole!’”

a tip for would-be internet meme-mongers: as of this writing, algoreknowshowmanynapkinsyoutake.com is still available. (what are you waiting for? apparently, [...]

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Tags: "customer service" · guilt trip · illinois · politics · shameless meme-mongering · the earth

some creative brainstorming and flexible thinking

August 8th, 2007 · 101 Comments

jenn in san francisco received this little from a then-roommate who she lived with for a year but barely ever saw or spoke to. says jenn, “she was rarely seen outside the confines of her own room and seemed to prefer communicating electronically and then, only when absolutely necessary. so you can imagine, she probably [...]

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Tags: "helpful" advice · e-mail · energy usage · lighting · money · roommates · san francisco · smiley · temperature

i’m sure you guys can deal

July 9th, 2007 · 85 Comments

just in case this site hasn’t given you enough reasons to think twice before leaving a passive-aggressive note, tobjar in oakland passes along this cautionary tale from worsethanfailure.com:
Not too long ago, there was a small furor in the local media about a major disaster at The State’s Technology Services Division.…When employees of The State came [...]

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Tags: energy usage · office · oh snap · temperature