Entries Tagged as 'opening/closing'
Chris says this note was slipped under his apartment door by one of his “typically passive-aggressive Seattle neighbors.” And no, he adds, he hadn’t noticed. Perhaps because the door was lacking in aggressively punctuated parenthetical statements!! (Homeowners dues??)
Personally, I am just luuurving the nice little call-and-response rhythm this note has got goin’ on. I eagerly await [...]
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Tags: confusion??? · exclamation-point happy! · irregular capitalization · neighbors · opening/closing · seattle · you call that punctuation?
September 22nd, 2008 · 88 Comments
“the screen door to our block of flats is broken,” says our anonymous submitter in australia, “which has provoked some rather unique responses from my fellow residents.”
related: but who’s counting?
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Tags: australia · elevator · jesus · opening/closing · saga
writes an anonymous new yorker: “our neighbors hate us because we are the youngest in the building. thus, any malfunction that occurs in the building results in notes directed towards us. and yes, this note was a follow-up to another note (seen at left) also directed at us.”
happy st. patrick’s day, kids!
related: infinite note project
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Tags: "helpful" advice · a little patronizing · kids today · neighbors · new york · opening/closing
laura in boston says one of the restrooms at her school is a real note bonanza. the inside of the stall features no fewer than four individual notes about proper flushing etiquette, and immediately outside the restroom are two (slightly contradictory notes) about proper door opening/closing procedure.
but what’s most interesting? how a couple of those [...]
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Tags: bathroom · blitzkrieg approach · boston · meta · opening/closing · toilet
Many offices, it seems, are a regular Disneyland of what only appear to be inanimate objects. The evidence?
From Frank in San Francisco, a sentient sponge:
From Amy in Annapolis, Maryland, a talking toilet:
From Ben in San Antonio, Texas, a talking door:
And then there’s my favorite – from an anonymous submitter in Washington, D.C. – a talking [...]
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Tags: CAPS LOCK · annapolis · cleaning · clip art catastrophe · confusion??? · d.c. · irregular capitalization · maryland · microwave · opening/closing · san antonio · san francisco · texas · toilet
this delightful note comes to us from the wilds of suburban orange county, california. “there is a door at my school (a private college) that is constantly propped open,” explains amy, a grad student. “up until yesterday, the note on the door said, ‘please close door.’ i have NO idea about the microwave [...]
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Tags: CAPS LOCK · california · excessive underlining · exclamation-point happy! · irregular capitalization · microwave · o.c. · opening/closing · reverse psychology · spelling and grammar police · stealing · thanks (but not really) · university
Writes our anonymous submitter in Corte Madera, California: “We have a lot of passive-aggressive notes up around the office, and most of them are addressed to the entire office staff in common areas. You can imagine my surprise when after eating lunch and going out for a smoke break with some coworkers today, we came [...]
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Tags: CAPS LOCK · california · cleaning · dishes · garbage · guilt trip · kitchen · moms & dads · office · oh snap · opening/closing · recycling · spelling and grammar police · the earth · visual aids · your mother doesn't...
frequent troublemaker team cassandra sends us a dispatch from her trip to old montreal. the charmant hostel she stayed in had 32 hostelers, two bathrooms, one kitchen, lots of awkward signage, and an overall vibe of, “i’ve said this 10, 000 times and i’m not saying it again.”
plus….
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Tags: bathroom · bathtub · beer · canada · excessive underlining · francais · montreal · opening/closing · smiley · strangers · transliteration
found on the company dishwasher by pete m.at the bottom: “if you would like a lesson in telling the difference between the machine being on or not, please see reception.” (now that’s a power point presentation i’d love to see.)
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Tags: CAPS LOCK · confusion??? · dishwasher · office · opening/closing