Entries Tagged as 'spelling and grammar police'

i know where she lives

January 3rd, 2008 · 125 Comments

margarita spotted this note in the window of a laundromat in san francisco. honestly, she says, “i’m more afraid of a vindictive, threatening neighbor than a laundry ‘theif.’”

related: no, that’s not the british spelling

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Tags: laundry · neighbors · san francisco · spelling and grammar police · stealing · warning

happy new year!

December 31st, 2007 · 45 Comments

(and much love to robin in sydney!)

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Tags: drizzunk · holiday spirit · spelling and grammar police · sydney

actually, we just hate you

December 13th, 2007 · 98 Comments

“we really don’t hate the holidays,” says our anonymous foreign-policy elf in washington, d.c., “just passive-aggressive coworkers.”

related: perhaps a committee to assess the health of the committee?

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Tags: d.c. · e-mail · holiday spirit · money · office · party planning committee · spelling and grammar police

so much for turning the other cheek

December 13th, 2007 · 138 Comments

thanks to sarah for capturing this delicious little slice of life from her christian college in illinois. (delicious like a quart of starbucks coffee almond fudge, not one measly little low-fat frappucino bar.)

related: but He took the wheel

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Tags: apostrophe abuse · excessive underlining · heart · ice cream · illinois · irregular capitalization · jesus · not-so-veiled threats · spelling and grammar police · touching · university · you call that punctuation? · you're like so going to hell

adio, amigo

December 12th, 2007 · 103 Comments

our anonymous submitter saw this note posted on the door to the walk-in cooler at a convenience store in boerne, texas. “the clerk told me that the red bull delivery person had been drinking red bull and leaving the empty cans on the floor of the walk-in,” our submitter says. “in her words, ‘he was [...]

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Tags: CAPS LOCK · message to all intended for one · spelling and grammar police · stealing

blame it on coke

December 6th, 2007 · 161 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 baffling note in a liquor store on the corner of hollywood and vine. (“did someone pee [...]

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Tags: coke · group bitchfest · it's not my fault · los angeles · office · raging against the machine · say wha? · shreveport · spelling and grammar police · vending

just plane rude

November 28th, 2007 · 112 Comments

writes deanne: “because orlando prides itself on being a friendly city, we tend to do most of our dirty work via passive-aggressive notes and signs. this one is from the front door of a tacky tourist shop on international drive. i can get past the reference to ‘plane rude’ but the ‘macdonalds’ analogy is a [...]

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Tags: clip art catastrophe · etiquette · exclamation-point happy! · florida · orlando · questionable logic · retail hell · smiley · spelling and grammar police

now finish up them taters, i’m gonna go fondle my sweaters

November 2nd, 2007 · 486 Comments

writes tessa, who works at a restaurant in albuquerque: “the day manager left this note for the night cook, who does spend all night smoking, watching TV and calling his girlfriend on the business phone.” (i’m sure this note will absoutley set him straight.)

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Tags: albuquerque · now that's management · restaurant · smoking · spelling and grammar police

come get some

October 26th, 2007 · 147 Comments

lisa in berkeley says she was doing laundry in her dorm building when someone pointed out this amazing note to her. “according to that person, who knew the note-poster through a friend, ‘the towels were actually nice. they were from kohl’s or something.’”

lisa says the note has since been taken down. “i guess an ra [...]

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Tags: TMI · berkeley · california · comic sans alert · comma diarrhea · die bitch die · laundry · not-so-veiled threats · spelling and grammar police · stealing · that shit is disgusting · towels · university

it’s not, like, rocket science

October 25th, 2007 · 123 Comments

aarwenn from seattle found this note in her office’s cafeteria, which she says is a hot spot for bad writers with passive-aggressive issues. “of course,” she says, “here at Large Aerospace Company, a lot of us have ‘issues.’”

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Tags: fun with euphemism · garbage · just wondering · office · seattle · spelling and grammar police · unnecessary "quotation marks"

bright future in sales

October 22nd, 2007 · 141 Comments

this exercise in how not to get a job is brought to us by an anonymous submitter in kansas city. the worst part: before sending this e-mail, this guy was actually in the top five.
(i think steve might have watched in good company one too many times.)

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Tags: "helpful" advice · e-mail · kansas city · office · spelling and grammar police

you gotta keep ’em separated

October 18th, 2007 · 183 Comments

this delightful note comes to us from the wilds of suburban orange county, california. “there is a door at my school (a private college) that is constantly propped open,” explains amy, a grad student. “up until yesterday, the note on the door said, ‘please close door.’ i have NO idea about the microwave [...]

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Tags: CAPS LOCK · california · excessive underlining · exclamation-point happy! · irregular capitalization · microwave · o.c. · opening/closing · reverse psychology · spelling and grammar police · stealing · thanks (but not really) · university

your to lazy

October 15th, 2007 · 173 Comments

those troublemakers requesting more crazy apartment notes can thank our anonymous submitter, a GM at a property management firm in springfield, missouri for today’s masterpiece. “one of our resident managers delivered this letter to 115 units at her property, then e-mailed me a copy because she was REALLY proud of it,” our submitter writes. “i [...]

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Tags: TLDR · cleaning · dogs · exclamation-point happy! · garbage · irregular capitalization · itemized list · landlord · missouri · more like crazy · music · noise · not-so-veiled threats · parking · rhetorical question · smoking · spelling and grammar police · vandalism

down and dirty down under (dear)

October 12th, 2007 · 133 Comments

when our saga begins, our anonymous submitter’s girlfriend was living in a tiny apartment in sydney, australia. due to space constraints, she was temporarily sleeping on what our submitter admits was “possibly one of the world’s shittiest sofabeds.”

but while the mailbox notes were presumably written first (based on the tone) they weren’t actually discovered until [...]

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Tags: "helpful" advice · CAPS LOCK · australia · awk abbrev · excessive underlining · exclamation-point happy! · neighbors · noise · saga · sex sex sex · spelling and grammar police · sydney

this shit is bananas

October 11th, 2007 · 95 Comments

our anonymous submitter dutifully passes along this company-wide farewell e-mail, but says: “i have no idea what’s he’s talking about. holla!” (i know, i know, he’s no jason.)

related: the farewell email to end all farewell emails 

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Tags: "helpful" advice · dallas/fort worth · e-mail · farewell letter · office · spelling and grammar police

nice move

October 4th, 2007 · 87 Comments

long-simmering roommate issues comes to a head in toronto…
(green ink is being kicked out by black ink.)

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Tags: excessive underlining · not-so-veiled threats · rebuttals · roommates · smiley · spelling and grammar police · toronto · touching

just in case you didn’t catch the sarcasm…

September 26th, 2007 · 97 Comments

a staff-all email from an anonymous submitter in seattle…

what’s muscle milk, you ask? well, say its makers, “muscle milk is arguably america’s favorite protein.” apparently because unlike, say, chicken, muscle milk comes in flavors like “egg nog,” “chocolate banana crunch” and “root beer float.”
related: try a bite 

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Tags: CAPS LOCK · comic sans alert · ellipses-crazed · office fridge · sarcasm · seattle · spelling and grammar police · stealing

no, that’s not the british spelling

September 24th, 2007 · 126 Comments

“you know when you drink so much that you can’t remember what you did the night before?” asks our anonymous scottish pizza bandit. “sometimes we’re lucky enough to encounter certain things which trigger memories of our alcohol-fueled rampage. i was lucky enough to come across this the next day.”

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Tags: fridge · guilt trip · not-so-veiled threats · pizza · sarcasm · scotland · spelling and grammar police · stealing

excuse me, I believe you have my stapler

September 19th, 2007 · 266 Comments

attention: corporate emergency in the chicagoland area!

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Tags: a little uptight · and that's an order · chicago · crazy boss · excessive underlining · not-so-veiled threats · office · office supplies · seattle · spelling and grammar police

she slipped the registrar 30 pieces of silver

September 14th, 2007 · 179 Comments

this note, from the science library of washington and lee university in lexington, virginia, has a bit of a backstory.
explains our anonymous submitter: “here, you can reserve a carrel for the entire school year, with two students to a carrel. our honor system is such that people leave their books and belongings at their carrel [...]

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Tags: martyr complex · rebuttals · signed with love · spelling and grammar police · university · virginia