spotted in the basement of a church where people play bingo all the time, says yamis in garfield, new jersey, who adds: “i guess we know the demographics of the crowd.”
related: more like hardly working
spotted in the basement of a church where people play bingo all the time, says yamis in garfield, new jersey, who adds: “i guess we know the demographics of the crowd.”
related: more like hardly working
Tags: CAPS LOCK · jersey · old folks · spelling and grammar police · temperature · your/you're
technically, mike in boston only has two roommates, but roomie #2’s ever-present girlfriend has become the apartment’s de facto fourth resident…the non-rent-or-utilities-paying kind.
explains mike: “we only have one thermostat for the whole apartment, but our rooms are so tiny that we can typically keep the heat off and the place stays at 68-70 degrees.” once [...]
Tags: boston · energy usage · oh snap · roommates · smiley · temperature
casey in human resources may have moved on, but not to worry — thx sandra is here to solve our global climate crysis!
related: it takes a “genius”
Tags: CAPS LOCK · anthropomorphism · clip art catastrophe · exclamation-point happy! · san diego · spelling and grammar police · temperature · the earth · thx
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 [...]
Tags: blitzkrieg approach · exclamation-point happy! · providence · san francisco · south carolina · temperature · touching
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 — [...]
Tags: "helpful" advice · crazy boss · minneapolis · now that's management · retail hell · temperature
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 [...]
Tags: binghamton · new york · shameless meme-mongering · smartass · temperature · university
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 [...]
Tags: "helpful" advice · e-mail · energy usage · lighting · money · roommates · san francisco · smiley · temperature
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 [...]
Tags: energy usage · office · oh snap · temperature
says dave in new york city: “i love that this note contains a fairly detailed explanation of lord kelvin’s formulation of the second law of thermodynamics. and a helpful diagram!”
related: when you get down to it
Tags: "helpful" advice · temperature · university · visual aids
thanks to rachel for bringing to light another key battleground for office passive-aggressives: the thermostat.
click to enlarge.
Tags: "helpful" advice · new york · office · temperature