Entries Tagged as 'temperature'

stop, hammertime

February 26th, 2008 · 83 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

more like hardly working

January 9th, 2008 · 130 Comments

mara in minneapolis ( average temperature in january: 12° F/-11° C) says the worst job she’s ever had was at a local thrift store – and not because of the crazy customers and their indiscreet use of the fitting rooms. no, like many workers, the crazy person driving mara crazy was her boss — [...]

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Tags: "helpful" advice · crazy boss · minneapolis · now that's management · retail hell · temperature

they were shivering, not dancing

October 24th, 2007 · 139 Comments

chris has held on to this note from his college days at suny binghamton since 1990, which i believe makes this the oldest note to grace this site thus far.
the years seem to have given him some perspective on the situation, and chris fully admits to being the apartment’s “thermostat tyrant,” always nagging everyone to [...]

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Tags: binghamton · new york · shameless meme-mongering · smartass · temperature · university

some creative brainstorming and flexible thinking

August 8th, 2007 · 101 Comments

jenn in san francisco received this little from a then-roommate who she lived with for a year but barely ever saw or spoke to. says jenn, “she was rarely seen outside the confines of her own room and seemed to prefer communicating electronically and then, only when absolutely necessary. so you can imagine, she probably [...]

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Tags: "helpful" advice · e-mail · energy usage · lighting · money · roommates · san francisco · smiley · temperature

i’m sure you guys can deal

July 9th, 2007 · 85 Comments

just in case this site hasn’t given you enough reasons to think twice before leaving a passive-aggressive note, tobjar in oakland passes along this cautionary tale from worsethanfailure.com:
Not too long ago, there was a small furor in the local media about a major disaster at The State’s Technology Services Division.…When employees of The State came [...]

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Tags: energy usage · office · oh snap · temperature