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this note from a “friendly neighbor” was put through the mailslot of dan’s apartment in the heart of south philly. says dan: “i wanted to put ‘thanks for the advice!’ on the door in response, but thought better of it.”
as infuriating as the note was, “i do love how they phoned in the underlining on [...]
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Tags: excessive underlining · garbage · gloriously redundant · neighbors · philadelphia
what kind of objectionable trash do you suppose is being disposed of in these bins? (half-eaten curries? yesterday’s times?) how many hours of company time did the sign’s designer spend on this full-color laminated masterpiece? what is that comma doing there? and how, exactly, how are these bins to be monitored?
related: servicing over a half-billion [...]
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Tags: CAPS LOCK · bathroom · clip art catastrophe · garbage · ireland · now that's management · office
the word “newsflash,” like the phrase “no offense,” is an early indicator that what follows is probably going to be something pretty bitchy. unless, of course, you’re watching tv news, in which case the word “newsflash” more likely heralds the announcement of a hard-hitting segment about the household product in your kitchen that could be [...]
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Tags: "helpful" advice · a little patronizing · facebook · garbage · ice · moms & dads · office · roommates · sarcasm · thanks (but not really) · whiteboard
while other passive-aggressives plow through post-its with wild abandon, the caretaker of kale’s building in winnipeg has a more economical style.
p.s. vetta, i think the only thing that would make me love this note more is if your postscript began with “i wish…”
related: and what’s your christmas wish?
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Tags: garbage · holiday spirit · p.s.
amanda spotted this on the door of the post office in milford, pennsylvania. (confidential to the fecal matter general: dude, i know recycling can be a hassle sometimes, but this seems like a little much.)
perhaps the brooklynites who issued this poetical preemptive warning knew what they were doing all along…
related: this is why your server [...]
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Tags: CAPS LOCK · garbage · going postal · more like crazy · pennsylvania · shit
joey in pittsburgh spotted this one on the campus of carnegie-mellon university. now that’s the thanksgiving spirit!
meanwhile, a different version of this photo floating around shows what appears to be a copy-edited version. ain’t punctuation grand?
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Tags: garbage · pittsburgh · punctuation abuse · you're like so going to hell
PES picked this note out of an apartment building in newark, nj in 2004 because he loved the paragraph, which is oh-so-amazing. add in the peculiar diction and the glorious redundancy of it all, and you’ve got one fucking delicious note.
p.s. for more deliciousness, be sure to check out the stop-motion shorts at eatpes.com.
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Tags: CAPS LOCK · exclamation-point happy! · garbage · gloriously redundant · graffiti · jersey · landlord · loitering · newark · not-so-veiled threats · questionable logic · shameless meme-mongering · smoking