our submitter, b., was shopping at a shoe pavilion in san francisco when she realized she really needed to use the facilities. although there was no public restroom in sight, she did spy the familiar infographic just beyond a doorway marked “employees only.” when she ducked inside, b. was greeted by this sublimely creepy warning [...]
Entries Tagged as 'ohio'
the man™: now available in convenient mini-me size!
October 16th, 2008 · 95 Comments
Tags: big brother-ish · now that's management · ohio · retail hell · san francisco
what $48,000 a year gets you
October 1st, 2008 · 93 Comments
jenny says these notes have started showing up in several of the bathroom stalls in her freshman dorm at oberlin college. as far she knows, jenny says, none of her fellow frosh have taken the custodians up on their suggestion…but who knows what’ll happen once parents’ weekend rolls around?
so, president krislov… care to comment?
related: you [...]
Tags: TP · disgruntled janitor · ohio · university
some dating advice
May 16th, 2008 · 149 Comments
a breakup note too long for a text message…though that might have a been more (fucking) appropriate.
related: you oughta know
Tags: "helpful" advice · breakup · cleveland · ex drama · fuck fuckity fuck fuck · more aggressive than passive
if your grandma wrote PSAs
May 1st, 2008 · 153 Comments
j. star says he found this passive-aggressive twist on the old rspca campaign/scottish band in a cincinnati parking lot. (pet-lovers: just to let you know, it was crumpled up on the ground, not on his windshield.)
related: i can has guilt trip?
Tags: MYOB · cincinatti · dogs · guilt trip · spelling and grammar police
when you can’t blame the dog
March 6th, 2008 · 123 Comments
spotted by maureen in cincinnati, ohio…
(actually, just kidding — it’s from a conference center in dayton. but how awesome would that be?)
related: blame it on coke
Tags: bathroom · dayton · odor · ohio
but He took the wheel
September 27th, 2007 · 105 Comments
summer from decatur, georgia says she found this note “left on a car piously parked while attempting to attend mass on vacation” in galveston, texas.
stealing hot pockets is apparently not the only thing that jesus wouldn’t do.
related: there you go, bringing Him into it again
Tags: cincinatti · decatur · galveston · jesus · parking · texas · the lawn
we hear you, man
July 7th, 2007 · 61 Comments
thanks to elliette for passing this along for her friend in manhattan.
and as a bonus, a classic passive-aggressive noise complaint from the fantastic found magazine:
Tags: music · neighbors · new york · noise · ohio · pleasantries as afterthought · thanks (but not really)
it must have been a pretty big bite
June 29th, 2007 · 130 Comments
an amazing one from brian in cleveland:
Tags: CAPS LOCK · cheese · cleveland · exclamation-point happy! · moms & dads · more aggressive than passive · office · office fridge · ohio · pleasantries as afterthought · preggers · questionable logic · spelling and grammar police · stealing
switch to tea
May 31st, 2007 · 9 Comments
this note is like the teenager who manages to contain themselves long enough to grudgingly recite a lengthy mandated apology, but then can’t resist turning around and giving the finger afterwards…or the perky flight attendant who finally cracks when the drunk fat guy hits the call button again at the end of a long flight. [...]
Tags: "helpful" advice · bullet points · coffee · etiquette · office · ohio

