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 l.a., 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. raising [...]

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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 lived 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