“The Winston Salem Transit Authority posted this memo in their depressing, dingy, bus depot,” reports Bill in North Carolina. (The WSTA‘s new motto: “Kick ’em while they’re down!)
Entries Tagged as 'United States'
Your new favorite band: Larceny of Electric Power
April 2nd, 2012 · 51 Comments
Tags: cell phone · North Carolina · public transit · warning · Winston-Salem · WTF?
How to deal with a chronically messy roommate once and for all
April 1st, 2012 · 19 Comments
The strategic box placement — in what appears to be a minefield of dog turds — is bad enough. But the really passive-aggressive part? Apparently, the box wasn’t taped shut on the bottom.
related: “I don’t miss them.”
Tags: cleaning · Idaho · moving/not moving · roommates
And on the eighth day…paper towels?
March 26th, 2012 · 42 Comments
So, apparently this is how creationism debates play out among employees of Seattle coffee shops.
Tags: cranky barista · God · It's science! · most popular notes of 2012 · Seattle · signed with love
The Hunger (Mind) Games
March 25th, 2012 · 85 Comments
…because if there’s one thing you can do to help the starving children of Africa, it’s to eat a cupcake. (Sigh.)
That said, nobody wants the damn thing after you’ve taken a bite out of it. Don’t try to assuage your guilt/food issues by telling yourself that someone else will eat it.
related: The Nibbler — the plague of office breakrooms everywhere
extra credit: Charity Navigator’s top-rated charities providing aid to victims of famine and drought in Africa
Tags: Arizona · cake · guilt trip · office · sad face · Tucson
How DARE you.
March 17th, 2012 · 48 Comments
Our submitter, Cynthia, spotted this exchange clipped to a fence in her Seattle neighborhood. “I love the meanness of trying to publicly shame my neighbor into returning this amazing garbage can, and my other neighbor’s overly offended response,” Cynthia says. As of yet, she adds, “the mystery of the missing garbage can remains unsolved.”
Meanwhile, I think some of us are still a little confused about what type of emergency constitutes calling 911. (Hint: a missing garbage can is not one of them.)
![One of the neighbors told us they saw you take a white garbage can from our yard. It is custom for our cabinets [sic] and we need it. Please return it. No questions asked. Thank you. Response: No questions asked, how dare you. You got the wrong neighbors. look [e]lsewhere for your can. Or call 911.You could of [sic] asked us about it instead of leaving a nasty note.](http://farm8.static.flickr.com/7200/6802181140_e017c5fedc_b.jpg "One of the neighbors told us they saw you take a white garbage can from our yard. It is custom for our cabinets [sic] and we need it. Please return it. No questions asked. Thank you. Response: No questions asked, how dare you. You got the wrong neighbors. look [e]lsewhere for your can. Or call 911.You could of [sic] asked us about it instead of leaving a nasty note.")
Tags: garbage · neighbors · Oops? · Seattle · stealing
Will it recycle?
March 14th, 2012 · 49 Comments
Kristen in San Francisco says the copy room is ground zero for office arguments, such as this battle of the “enviro people.”
Meanwhile, Ryan in Minneapolis says his building manager left the following note on the mailbox, apparently “after a vagrant left a little ‘present’ in the recycling bin.” Adds Ryan: “Why he thought anyone in the apartment house would do such a thing is beyond any of us.”
related: Hair is not recyclable!
Tags: Minneapolis/St. Paul · rebuttals · recycling · San Francisco · shit · The Earth
Your “constructive” criticism is a little off-putting
March 12th, 2012 · 67 Comments
This was the “constructive criticism” Peter received from a classmate on his latest creative writing assignment. (Doesn’t it make you really want to read the whole paper?)
related: So you were hoping to get an A for “asshole-like entitlement?”
Tags: college life · Iowa · most popular notes of 2012 · way harsh
Hello, 911? My neighbors are loud walkers!
March 11th, 2012 · 154 Comments
Writes Chelsea in Colorado: “This is just hilarious. Their bass shakes our floor at all hours on a pretty much daily basis, but they’re upset because…we walk loudly?”
related: How now, Mad Cow?
Tags: college life · Colorado · neighbors · noise · non-apology apology · smiley
