PassiveAggressiveNotes.com » that’s irresponsible http://www.passiveaggressivenotes.com funny (if not necessarily "passive-aggressive") notes from pissed-off people Wed, 08 Feb 2012 19:51:33 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Perhaps your boss is due for a little chat with HR? http://www.passiveaggressivenotes.com/2011/09/28/please-kill-yourself-now/ http://www.passiveaggressivenotes.com/2011/09/28/please-kill-yourself-now/#comments Wed, 28 Sep 2011 20:44:36 +0000 Kerry http://www.passiveaggressivenotes.com/?p=19466 The sign to the left was posted by the boss at an office in Oneonta, New York. (Adds our submitter: “He claims the spelling was autocorrected by Word.”)

Without even getting into the finer points of what might constitute a “hostile work environment,” I think it’s safe to say that encouraging your employees to commit suicide isn’t the best management technique.

IF YOU ARE NOT INTELLEGENT [sic] ENOUGH TO RINSE OUT THE EMPTIES, PLEASE KILL YOURSELF NOW. [response:] What about not being able to spell

(Of course, some managers might disagree.)

You don't call retarded people retards. You call your friends retards when they're acting retarded.

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]]> http://www.passiveaggressivenotes.com/2011/09/28/please-kill-yourself-now/feed/ 31 Warnings for the altruistic tourist http://www.passiveaggressivenotes.com/2010/06/13/warnings-for-the-altruistic-tourist/ http://www.passiveaggressivenotes.com/2010/06/13/warnings-for-the-altruistic-tourist/#comments Sun, 13 Jun 2010 18:37:00 +0000 Kerry http://www.passiveaggressivenotes.com/?p=14946 Juliet from Los Angeles came upon this sign near the summit of a 12-km hike up Turrialba Volcano, in Costa Rica. “As I stared down into giant crater of the active volcano, dotted with sulfur pools, I realized the sign was right. Swimming in those pools probably wasn’t worth the expense.”

It is costly to take an injured or dead person out. Avoid unnecessary expense.

The dryly practical approach seems to be a popular one at tourist locations around the world — especially zoos, such as this one on Langkawi Island:

PLEASE BE SAFE - Do not stand, sit, climb or lean on the fences. If you fall, animals could eat you and that might make them sick. Thank you.

Meanwhile, this resort in the Bahamas adds its own whimsical twist:

PLEASE DO NOT DROP CIGARETTE BUTTS ON THE GROUND. THE FISH COME OUT AT NIGHT TO SMOKE THEM AND WE ARE TRYING TO GET THEM TO QUIT.

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]]> http://www.passiveaggressivenotes.com/2010/06/13/warnings-for-the-altruistic-tourist/feed/ 84 A not-so-friendly handshake http://www.passiveaggressivenotes.com/2010/05/02/a-not-so-friendly-handshake/ http://www.passiveaggressivenotes.com/2010/05/02/a-not-so-friendly-handshake/#comments Mon, 03 May 2010 03:30:48 +0000 Kerry http://www.passiveaggressivenotes.com/?p=14311 So, apparently this is a thing.

At a service station in the U.K., as Kerrie from London noticed, personal safety is the justification.

PLEASE DO NOT SHAKE WET HANDS ONTO FLOOR AS THIS MAY CAUSE SOMEONE TO SLIP AND FALL & INJURIES MAY OCCUR DUE TO CARELESSNESS!

At a University in Florida, it’s cleanliness.

ATTENTION Please dry your hands with a paper towel instead of shaking your hands and water falling on the floor. It keeps the bathroom floor a lot cleaner. Thank you, Staff Yeah, nevermind the environment. —Student It's okay I don't need trees. —Student

Meanwhile, in Canada…

Out of Stock Use Your Pants

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]]> http://www.passiveaggressivenotes.com/2010/05/02/a-not-so-friendly-handshake/feed/ 57 A disgrace to all other encyclopedias of action figures http://www.passiveaggressivenotes.com/2009/04/01/theres-no-emnity-in-this-message/ http://www.passiveaggressivenotes.com/2009/04/01/theres-no-emnity-in-this-message/#comments Wed, 01 Apr 2009 18:56:14 +0000 eerac http://www.passiveaggressivenotes.com/?p=10287 Editor’s note: Eric has been trying to get me to post this note for almost a year now, and I’m usually all, “but it’s not, you know, real!” and he’s all, “but it’s real(ly) funny!” (A point I had to concede). And so, in honor of April 1 (a.k.a. Ninja Note Day on PAN) I’m offering this note amnesty. —Kerry

Writes our anonymous submitter from Dayton, Ohio: “Sent by what appears to be a group of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle aficionados*, this letter was received last year after the somewhat eccentric and always-crazy editor of a small toy magazine erroneously described one of the characters as an ‘evil enemy rat.’”

Dear Tomart, First of all: fuck you. What your Encyclopedia of Action Figures has done on page 282 is a disgrace to all other encyclopedias of action figures. To portray Splinter, the stoic sensei that coalesced the mutant turtles' angst and talent into an unstoppable ninja force for good, as the turtles'

*We had our crack research staff (read: Google) look into the authors’ identities, and the results were shocking: the letter was written by then-interns at The Onion, and sent from the publication’s New York offices.

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