Entries Tagged as 'south carolina'

Counter attack

February 25th, 2010 · 196 Comments

“Personally, I think all places should post this sign,” says Molly in Los Angeles.

These days, it appears a lot of cash register-operators agree with Molly (and the fancy shop in Studio City where she buys her cheese).
To wit: exhibit a, from Betsey in Sumter, S.C.

Exhibit b) spotted by Otto at a sandwich shop in Frisco, [...]

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Tags: "customer service" · actually totally reasonable · california · cell phone · colorado · etiquette · new york · oh snap · south carolina

Love, Dad

July 26th, 2009 · 105 Comments

While returning a long-lost battery charger, Kaitlin’s Dad echoes the sentiments of parents with adult children everywhere.

Meanwhile, Sarah in Greenville, S.C. shows the downside of giving in to parents’ nagging for unfettered access.

related: why you should not be facebook friends with your parents

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Tags: CAPS LOCK · facebook · moms & dads · san francisco · signed with love · south carolina

pain (and disgust) at the pump

June 11th, 2008 · 117 Comments

just in case gas prices aren’t hurting you enough lately, tim from madison, wisconsin brings us this stomach-turning (yet impressively restrained) note from a petrol station somewhere en route to green bay.

meanwhile, tonya in oakland passes along a photo taken by a traveler brave/desperate enough to actual enter a gas station restroom somewhere in utah.

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Tags: "customer service" · columbia · excessive underlining · germaphobia · south carolina · toilet · wisconsin

maybe “no teenagers” would have been simpler

June 2nd, 2008 · 141 Comments

our anonymous submitter spotted this signage at a homemade water park somewhere near cherry point, south carolina.

related: and pull up your pants

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Tags: crazypants · sex sex sex · south carolina · spelling and grammar police · unnecessary "quotation marks" · you know who you are

I can has guilt trip?

April 2nd, 2008 · 116 Comments

Writes Jake in Los Angeles: “At home for Christmas (in Greenville, South Carolina) I mentioned in passing that I would ‘try’ to make it home for Easter, which is what most southern refugee children with guilt complexes tell their doting mothers even though both sides know said child has no intention of showing up to [...]

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Tags: guilt trip · holiday spirit · moms & dads · south carolina · southern charm

Bun — er, pizza — in the oven

February 29th, 2008 · 126 Comments

Zakir in Montreal came home one night to find his roommate, Tristan ferociously scribbling this note for his other roommate, Vincent.  Apparently, Tristan was baking cookies on Saturday night (aww) and when he turned on the stove, the entire apartment filled with smoke from the charred cardboard from Vince’s frozen pizza.
Says Zakir: “Vincent’s reply to [...]

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Tags: double-entendre alert · heart · montreal · oven · pizza · preggers · smiley · south carolina · spelling and grammar police

stop, hammertime

February 26th, 2008 · 87 Comments

so, after seeing this note from daily piglet in columbia, south carolina:

and this one, from anna in providence, rhode island:

and this doozy from an anonymous san francisco office worker…

is it any wonder that this photo from afroswede’s flickrstream (and others) came to mind?

(meanwhile, over at bethany’s “blog”…u can touch this.)
related: can i lick [...]

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Tags: blitzkrieg approach · exclamation-point happy! · providence · san francisco · south carolina · temperature · touching

and pull up your sign

September 25th, 2007 · 95 Comments

writes mel in beaufort, south carolina: “our city has decided to go with those shorter, more pleasing to the eye signs for businesses. all new businesses have had to have them for a few years now, but existing businesses are just starting to have to replace their signs. i guess the local liquor store wasn’t [...]

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Tags: raging against the machine · smartass · south carolina

I swear this isn’t some kind of stealth viral marketing campaign

May 29th, 2007 · 40 Comments

…but Hot Pockets are totally the car radios of the communal freezer.
Exhibit a: New York City

Exhibit b: Southern Oregon

Exhibit c: Washington, D.C.

Exhibit d: Oahu, Hawaii

Thanks to Beth at Columbia and DJ Shaggy for their help in uncovering this phenomenon.

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Tags: columbia · excessive underlining · exclamation-point happy! · office · office fridge · sad face · spelling and grammar police · stealing · unnecessary "quotation marks" · whiteboard

CARE: it makes a difference

May 25th, 2007 · 23 Comments

This girl is like the archetypal freshman roommate, no?

From Megan in Charleston, who was not the slob that this note might suggest.

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Tags: dishes · excessive underlining · garbage · not-so-veiled threats · rhetorical question · roommates · south carolina · university · whiteboard