Entries Tagged as 'visual aids'

no girls allowed

April 18th, 2008 · 92 Comments

writes bailey in oklahoma: “my nine-year-old brother hung the original note on his door when i came home from college for christmas. after i laughed it off, he left a special note just for me. when i when walked in anyway, he yelled, “didn’t you see the sign?!?’ i can’t believe i’m being patronized by […]

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Tags: battle of the sexes · keep out · kids · siblings · visual aids

or take a cab!!!

April 14th, 2008 · 72 Comments

cameron says the window cases in her college dorm are typically filled with run-of-the-mill upcoming event calendars or bland motivational posters, so this educational display caught her a little off guard.
 
related: no bread and circuses! but maybe an ice cream social?

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Tags: driving · new york · that's illegal · university · visual aids

in-game placement would have scored much higher in user engagement

January 21st, 2008 · 61 Comments

at the circuit city in bradenton, florida (which i envision something like this) one anonymous employee reports that much of the staff’s downtime is spent obsessively playing guitar hero 3 in the store’s break room. they even have a 42-inch wall-mounted flatscreen expressly for this purpose. or at least, they did, until about a month […]

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Tags: CAPS LOCK · exclamation-point happy! · florida · now that's management · retail hell · visual aids

“take out of box, place directly in toilet”

January 13th, 2008 · 86 Comments

after noticing a tell-tale crisper sleeve in the garbage, charlie in new york spotted this helpful directive on the office fridge.

(though if you ask jim gaffigan, the thief was really doing the guy a favor.)
related: i swear this isn’t some kind of viral marketing campaign

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Tags: "helpful" advice · new york · office fridge · stealing · visual aids

sticky note

November 30th, 2007 · 144 Comments

couch-sleeping molly wasn’t andrea in astoria’s first roommate with quirky habits.
andrea’s now ex-roommate blythe has a penchant for leaving her chewed gum around the apartment in odd places – on this occasion, on a kitchen cutting board. (cue passive-aggressive amy!)

related: to put it as politely as possible

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Tags: new york · queens · roommates · visual aids