“In college,” Sandy writes, “I shared a house with a motley group of roomies. When it was time for me to graduate, my super-kooky roommate suggested I send her parents a graduation announcement because they had liked me a lot (having met me once, for a few hours) and would feel insulted if I didn’t [...]
Entries Tagged as 'say wha?'
I hope you get money from everybody!
December 18th, 2009 · 138 Comments
Tags: moms & dads · money · not so much passive-aggressive · say wha? · signed with love · university
It’s Pat!
November 5th, 2008 · 60 Comments
On a recent road trip around southern Maine, Noelle and her friends Hilary and Misha spotted this puzzling little note posted in the back of a gas station convenience store.
When they left, Noelle says, “The manager ran after us, screaming, ‘What were you girls doing, taking pictures of my store like that?!’” Noelle and her [...]
Tags: CAPS LOCK · maine · now that's management · say wha? · spelling and grammar police
How I “did” my Grandma
September 30th, 2008 · 88 Comments
“My dear, sweet grandmother lived a long, full life and passed away recently at the age of 88,” writes Mark in Denton, Texas, but he still has the valentine his “Memaw” sent him back in 2005, during his freshman year of college.
Before the cockles of your heart get too warmed, however, take note: says Mark, [...]
Tags: family · guilt trip · say wha? · signed with love · texas · university
massive canine infestation
August 5th, 2008 · 215 Comments
this notice was spotted by tom from cambridge, england in “the tiniest little toilet in my college hall” — so tiny, he says, there’s “barely enough room to fit a dog in there if you tried.” (but a few raw steaks? perhaps!)
(massive canine infestation: sharing the stage with the light brown apple moth debacle at [...]
Tags: CAPS LOCK · bathroom · cambridge · food · fun with malapropisms · say wha? · toilet · u.k. · university · vermin
all your baristas are belong to us
June 17th, 2008 · 160 Comments
spotted by weston in the backroom of a dallas starbucks: the coffee chain’s recipe for the “keep-our-employees-locked-in-petty-arguments-so-they-won’t-unionize-accino”!
(add one pump “disgruntled english lit ph.d.s” + one pump “functional illiterates”; shake well.)
related: an extra bold request
extra credit: starbucks gossip
Tags: bathroom · group bitchfest · say wha? · spelling and grammar police · starbucks · towels · you call that a comeback?
the passive-aggressive note has not been destroyed; it has been solved
March 21st, 2008 · 119 Comments
this note represents pretty much everything about office culture that makes me cringe. appropriately enough, i can’t even bring myself to call out the specifics — it’s just too overwhelming. (but the sign will always be there…every day, taunting me.)
Tags: CAPS LOCK · alot · anthropomorphism · fridge · inane cartoon · mixed metaphors · say wha? · spelling and grammar police · u.k.
you can do it. we can’t help.
February 25th, 2008 · 92 Comments
julie spotted this amazing note on new york’s lower east side…
(dude, how ominous are those ellipses?)
related: movin’ out (anthony’s song)
Tags: crazypants · money · not-so-veiled threats · say wha?
over and over – the warning (passive-aggressive remix)
February 21st, 2008 · 156 Comments
laid back? i’ll give you laid back. in fact, i’ll spell it out for you: janice will break your legs.
(thanks to peter in milwaukee for documenting — you’re my number one guy!)
related: be informed, homeland security will be
Tags: crazypants · milwaukee · pure poetry · say wha? · smoking · spelling and grammar police · you call that punctuation?
noo oogling
January 7th, 2008 · 150 Comments
amy from yonkers spotted this beauty at a marshall’s in hartsdale, new york. she wonders what possible scenario could have prompted its posting. “were there oogling complaints to management?” amy asks. “did a manager observe an oogling incident? and why, exactly, is cart-oogling a problem?”
(perhaps because of people like this.)
related: adio, amigo
Tags: new york · say wha? · spelling and grammar police
Blame it on Coke
December 6th, 2007 · 163 Comments
Casey from Shreveport, Louisiana spotted this on the Coke machine in the office break room. she clarifies: “Henry G.’s comment is in reference to the increase in price, not Katie’s wanting more Coke Zero.”
Meanwhile, Breanna in L.A. saw this somewhat amusing notice in a liquor store on the corner of Hollywood and Wine. (“Did someone [...]
Tags: coke · group bitchfest · it's not my fault · los angeles · office · raging against the machine · say wha? · shreveport · spelling and grammar police · vending

