Entries Tagged as 'newspaper'
Writes Jarrod in Australia: “This was published in the local newspaper where my sister is a reporter. On first observation, it doesn’t seem like much of a passive-aggressive note, but the backstory behind it is that the owner of the paper has been refusing to have the building sprayed for spiders, thinking it unnecessary.” The staff’s response?
“For the record,” Jarrod adds, “the redback spider is related to the black widow, but more toxic (has killed people, but not recently).”
related: What’s black, white, and totally over?
extra credit: The Death of Print Journalism
Tags: kinda creepy · newspaper
Writes Josh in St. Louis: “In our university’s paper, during the first semester, parents can send in notes for their kids away at college to read. Most parents put something sweet, happy, and uplifting — ‘We love you, good luck, hope you’re well,’ that kind of thing.” Josh’s parents, meanwhile…
related: No money, no trophy
Tags: college life · Moms & Dads · money · newspaper · public shaming · pure poetry · St. Louis
From Canberra…
To London…
To Washington, D.C….
…it seems like one thing everyone can agree on is the total obsolescence of print media.
(sigh)
related: Love, apt. #3
Tags: Australia · Canberra · D.C. · newspaper · pleasantries as afterthought
“I work for a pretty awesome non-profit, where people are amazingly laidback, accepting and non-OCD,” says our anonymous submitter in San Francisco — so this note came as something of a surprise.
Adds our submitter: “I have to admit, seeing the newspaper on top of the toilet tank the previous week had kinda gotten on my nerves too.”
related: oh dear
Tags: CAPS LOCK · newspaper · office · San Francisco · toilet
Another doozy of an apartment manager note from Oakland, California! Our anonymous submitter wasn’t able to save any of those 14 notices, so it’s unclear if any of them were anything like this one.
related: love, apt. 3
Tags: California · CAPS LOCK · excessive underlining · guilt trip · landlords and property managers · neighbors · newspaper · Oakland · obnoxious definition · stealing
(Spotted by Kyla in Regina, Saskatchewan.)
Tags: Canada · neighbors · newspaper · Saskatchewan · signed with love · stealing
