Entries Tagged as 'pennsylvania'

raging against the little guy

October 20th, 2009 · 144 Comments

kellye from huntsville, alabama spotted these notes posted on boarded-up diner during last month’s G20 summit in pittsburgh.
explains kellye: “the broken windows were caused by a few rowdy anarchists/drunk college kids from oakland who apparently missed the mark in their defiance of the man. since the vandals represented only a very small cross-section of protesters [...]

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Tags: heart · note wars · pittsburgh · raging against the machine · spelling and grammar police · starbucks

oh! shit!

July 15th, 2009 · 168 Comments

writes stephanie in lubbock, texas: “one day at work, there were four or five of these bulletins posted above all bathroom trashcans, with an additional flyer posted in the ‘memos’ section on the bulletin board. there’s such rage in her bulletin, it’s like she personally found crap resting on a pile of paper towels.”

meanwhile, our [...]

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Tags: bathroom · exclamation-point happy! · office · pennsylvania · shit · texas

just another picture to burn

January 21st, 2009 · 74 Comments

our anonymous submitter in pittsburgh says this note was sitting atop a copy-room filing cabinet — and a stack of 50 or so identical print-outs of the jo bros. “guess someone in the office is on team taylor swift!”

related: let’s not mince words
extra credit: taylor swift’s passive-aggressive swipe at joe jonas [youtube]

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Tags: ex drama · office · office supplies · pittsburgh

the right to bear fruit

August 27th, 2008 · 166 Comments

three u.s. cities where nature-lovers might want to keep their hands to themselves:
1. austin, texas

2. macon, georgia

3. pittsburgh, pennsylvania

(thanks to don in austin, elizabeth in macon, and jasmine in pittsburgh for risking the wrath of some devoted gardening/second amendment enthusiasts to document these warnings.)
related: no “questions” asked

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Tags: CAPS LOCK · austin · blame it on the crackhead · exclamation-point happy! · georgia · macon · neighbors · not-so-veiled threats · pittsburgh · plants · spelling and grammar police · stealing

passive-aggressive mad libs

July 30th, 2008 · 132 Comments

this note from a “friendly neighbor” was put through the mailslot of dan’s apartment in the heart of south philly. says dan: “i wanted to put ‘thanks for the advice!’ on the door in response, but thought better of it.”

as infuriating as the note was, “i do love how they phoned in the underlining on [...]

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Tags: excessive underlining · garbage · gloriously redundant · neighbors · philadelphia

the womb that would birth a thousand excuses

July 8th, 2008 · 213 Comments

the most irritating part of finding this note propped on her keyboard, says jackie in philly, is that she wasn’t the person who requested dark chocolate in the office vending machine. “in fact, i can’t stand the stuff!” (in that case…hello, shower gift?)

related: bun — er, — pizza in the oven

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Tags: office · philadelphia · preggers · smiley

stop! in the name of clip art

April 15th, 2008 · 80 Comments

like this phrase, there are a few irritating little pieces of clip art that keep popping up in submissions over and over again. hovering somewhere near the top of most-wanted list is this pouty little white-gloved dandy.
from the factories of pittsburgh…

…to the cube-farms of virginia, this perspiring misanthrope has been spreading his message of intolerance [...]

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Tags: CAPS LOCK · bathroom · boston · clip art catastrophe · exclamation-point happy! · gloriously redundant · neighbors · office fridge · pittsburgh

this is why your postal worker is disgruntled

January 14th, 2008 · 74 Comments

amanda spotted this on the door of the post office in milford, pennsylvania. (confidential to the fecal matter general: dude, i know recycling can be a hassle sometimes, but this seems like a little much.)

perhaps the brooklynites who issued this poetical preemptive warning knew what they were doing all along…

related: this is why your server [...]

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Tags: CAPS LOCK · garbage · going postal · more like crazy · pennsylvania · shit

eats, shoots and leaves

November 18th, 2007 · 167 Comments

joey in pittsburgh spotted this one on the campus of carnegie-mellon university. now that’s the thanksgiving spirit!

meanwhile, a different version of this photo floating around shows what appears to be a copy-edited version. ain’t punctuation grand?

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Tags: garbage · pittsburgh · you call that punctuation? · you're like so going to hell

a fancy feast

September 4th, 2007 · 125 Comments

joshua brings us this amazing pair of notes from his apartment building in philly.
the backstory: “a bulk package of cat food (probably 20 or so cans) was delivered and sat in the hallway for about 4 or 5 days. we could see what it was because the sides of the package were cardboard, but [...]

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Tags: cats · neighbors · not-so-veiled threats · philadelphia · rebuttals · smiley · stealing · thanks (but not really) · that's illegal

is this what a post-post-feminist looks like?

August 15th, 2007 · 107 Comments

brandy in york haven, p.a. forgot to put water back in the fridge, she says, “and my boyfriend likes his cold water.” yikes.

also note the list of tasks for brandy and her boyfriend at upper right. um, so much for challenging gender stereotypes at home, huh?

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Tags: exclamation-point happy! · heart · more aggressive than passive · pennsylvania · sig o · smiley · water · whiteboard