Entries Tagged as 'passive voice'

Don’t blame us

July 28th, 2009 · 158 Comments

Exhibit a) Spotted at a laundromat in Silver Lake by Jessica in Los Angeles…

Exhibit b) From Ronnie’s Diner, also in LA.., by Valerie:

Exhibit c) From Barnacle Bill’s in Sarasota, Florida:

Exhibit d) From, as Miranda explains, ” the local ‘community thrift store’ in Dahlonega, Georgia, where everything is donated, and all the people who work there…are volunteers. [...]

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Tags: "customer service" · CAPS LOCK · highlighter · passive voice

passive (voice) abuse

December 17th, 2007 · 155 Comments

Amber received this amazing note in an envelope on her doorstep in Sacramento. “I have no idea which neighbor sent this to me, but I can only assume it was the paranoid-looking woman who lives above me,” she says. “But I don’t do drugs. I don’t even smoke cigarettes!”

related: don’t hate the playa

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Tags: a little uptight · drugs · holiday spirit · neighbors · not-so-veiled threats · odor · passive voice · sacramento

“if it wasn’t for the toilet, there would be no books”

November 21st, 2007 · 119 Comments

reading in the bathroom is one thing…but kicking back with a purloined snapple? that’s one step too far for this food service establishment, as spotted by jenny in washington, d.c.

you gotta love that passive voice! any kindly guesses re: the crossed-out word?

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Tags: bathroom · highlighter · not-so-veiled threats · passive voice · restaurant · stealing

hendrix is the cat

June 21st, 2007 · 44 Comments

no lols from this feline — just some lovely passive voice!

(thanks to megan in michigan.)

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Tags: cats · cleaning · michigan · passive voice · roommates · signed with love · whiteboard