Entries Tagged as 'excessive underlining'

especially deborah

August 17th, 2008 · 205 Comments

as this sign from a montgomery, alabama breakroom shows, “PopCorn Users” remain one of the most persecuted groups in the workplace today.
 
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Tags: Popcorn · alabama · bold-underlined-caps · excessive underlining · gloriously redundant · highlighter · irregular capitalization · microwave · montgomery

passive-aggressive mad libs

July 30th, 2008 · 131 Comments

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

cue the violins

July 25th, 2008 · 209 Comments

when sheena in austin spotted this note on her neighbor’s front door, she couldn’t help but wonder: “if your doormat has sentimental value, maybe it should be hanging on your wall instead of sitting on the ground?”

related: wrath mat
extra credit: sentimental value: clothing stories from ebay

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Tags: austin · excessive underlining · grow up · neighbors · stealing

garçon à la pipe?

July 13th, 2008 · 140 Comments

this masterpiece is a gift from the collection of zedral (morgantown, west virginia, 2008). the original installation also includes a trail of small arrows pointing customers toward the register, along with multiple post-it reiterations along the way.

related: ceci n’est pas une note passif-agressif

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Tags: "customer service" · CAPS LOCK · excessive underlining · retail hell

and god knows what

June 16th, 2008 · 141 Comments

most drivers could easily identify these duct-tape wrapped shapes as the universal sign for “caution: crazy person ahead,” but our submitter in boston actually pulled over and parked in order to get a better look. up close, “the signs were even crazier than we thought,” she reports. “seriously, what happened to this guy?”

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Tags: CAPS LOCK · boston · crazypants · excessive underlining · exclamation-point happy! · spelling and grammar police · unnecessary "quotation marks"

pain (and disgust) at the pump

June 11th, 2008 · 118 Comments

just in case gas prices aren’t hurting you enough lately, tim from madison, wisconsin brings us this stomach-turning (yet impressively restrained) note from a petrol station somewhere en route to green bay.

meanwhile, tonya in oakland passes along a photo taken by a traveler brave/desperate enough to actual enter a gas station restroom somewhere in utah.

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Tags: "customer service" · Germaphobia · excessive underlining · south carolina · toilet · wisconsin