Entries Tagged as 'the earth'
Who needs a water cooler? Nothing fosters “community” like shared networked printers! Need proof?
First up, an anonymous submission from a cubicle farm in Rochester Hills, Michigan. (Not pictured, our submitter says: two additional copies of the same “Pomptly” note to the left and right of the original.)
And from Illinois…
From Omaha, Nebraska…
(And from Brooklyn…and just about [...]
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Tags: note wars · office · oh snap · rebuttals · spelling and grammar police · the earth
caroline sends this delightful trio of holier-than-thou notes from “a rather famous university in scotland where many students and staff have illusions of grandeur.”
the first note was spotted, caroline says, while exiting a building “where many people work late and lights are almost always burning to help us find our way through the maze of [...]
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Tags: CAPS LOCK · anthropomorphism · double-entendre alert · energy usage · scotland · the earth · university
writes our anonymous submitter: “i own a restaurant, and the writer of the note is a college student who has worked for me for a while now. yesterday, her pal flatly refused to put on her uniform (a chef coat) and i was so tired of her shenanigans that i roared at her right before [...]
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Tags: butterflies are so passive-aggressive · farewell letter · nice stationery · p.s. · restaurant · the earth
alec in houston found this little work of art on his desk, he says, “after i went out for lunch and didn’t do the dishes like they had asked.” with gritted teeth, he goes on: “they have ‘too much work’ and i have ‘none’ so i might as well wash them!”
related: al gore knows you [...]
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Tags: a little patronizing · dishes · houston · office · thanks (but not really) · the earth
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”
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Tags: CAPS LOCK · anthropomorphism · clip art catastrophe · exclamation-point happy! · san diego · spelling and grammar police · temperature · the earth · thx
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
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!’”
UPDATE 10/12/09: a copycat is on the loose in milwaukee, wisconsin! (as spotted by paul in nebraska)
a tip for would-be [...]
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Tags: "customer service" · guilt trip · illinois · politics · shameless meme-mongering · the earth