Instead of letting the Facilities Dept. know that the toaster was broken, the folks in Catherine’s office opted to collaboratively solve the problem Apollo-13 style, using only the paper products found in the office supply cabinet.
The major difference? This time, failure was an option.
Tags: kitchen · note wars · office · Oregon · smartass · toaster
Would you care to furnish the last line of this haiku?
related: Sandwich guilt
extra credit: Lunch Bugs Anti-Theft Sandwich Bags
Tags: food · London · office fridge · smartass · stealing
This brilliantly understated little note comes to us from a campus library at the University of Auckland, where submitter Louise says the staplers do seem to get jammed into disrepair on a fairly regular basis.
(I have to admit that I kinda love this one. Hat tip to you, librarian!)
related: (Insert Office Space reference here)
extra credit: A rocket-powered detaching device
Tags: fed-up librarian · most popular notes of 2011 · New Zealand · office supplies
Writes Heather in Kentucky: “I keep a basket of candy on my desk, but after having my candy basket completely cleaned out during the night shift on several occasions, I started locking it in my boss’s office overnight.”
A few mornings later, she arrived at her desk to find this oh-so-thoughtful note from one sugar-deprived night-shift worker.
![Heather, Hope your [sic] feeling better! Noticed your candy basket is missing so I got you a new one to fill.](http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4057/4583229078_a6456e1219.jpg "Heather, Hope your [sic] feeling better! Noticed your candy basket is missing so I got you a new one to fill.")
related: This is a candy-optional office
Tags: "helpful" advice · candy · Kentucky · office · your/you're
Apparently the “this will damage elevator” meme is the most exciting thing to happen around this Cincinnati cubicle farm in a long time.
(According to our submitter, the photos below represent only a fraction of the variations that have popped up all over the office.)
related: Death by a Thousand Puns
Tags: CAPS LOCK · Cincinnati · elevator · exclamation-point happy!!!! · office · smartass
Various religious-themed notes have been popping up all over our submitter’s workplace in Phoenix, Arizona. “Several co-workers have found these messages in their offices, stuck in between papers, and written on whiteboards,” she says, but so far no one has come forward to claim authorship.
One of most recent notes showed up in the office kitchen one morning.
![God Loves Your, Your [sic] Important to him, and you have Value in his Kingdom. —God Bless](http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6061/6154094064_99622c656d.jpg "God Loves Your, Your [sic] Important to him, and you have Value in his Kingdom. —God Bless")
Another note turned up beside it sometime after lunch.
![God Loves Your, Your [sic] Important to him, and you have Value in his Kingdom. —God Bless Poor grammar has no place in the Lord's Kingdom. :)](http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6206/6154094438_efcfc84f63.jpg "God Loves Your, Your [sic] Important to him, and you have Value in his Kingdom. —God Bless Poor grammar has no place in the Lord's Kingdom. :)")
Tags: God · irregular capitalization · office · Phoenix · smiley · spelling and grammar police · your/you're
Spotted next to a festive bowl of Halloween candy in a university administrative office: a preemptive strike at the Jeffs of the world.
(I love it.)
related: Cupcakes make people…
Tags: candy · let me stop you right there · most popular notes of 2011 · office
“My buddy has to share his office with the only color printer on the floor,” says Murray in Birmingham, Alabama.
(Based on this note, I wouldn’t be surprised if he shared his office with a Louisville Slugger, too.)
related: Yes, it’s a longer walk to the copier. Yes, it’s a shorter walk to the bathroom.
extra credit: Office Space Printer Montage [vimeo.com]
Tags: Alabama · let me stop you right there · office · the printer
