Says our submitter in Melbourne: “This one is just classic — even the mistakes are soooo typical!”
![Dear Plant Theif, [sic] you may like to know that the plants in this garden are protected by a special flock of bees who will hunt down the nector [sic] of their stolen flowers, who will feed on your bits until they are returned to the garden.](https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7633/16664799058_7c4e9c1cee_b.jpg)
related: The Orchid Thief
Entries Tagged as 'spelling and grammar police'
Bees?
March 27th, 2015 · 51 Comments
Tags: flowers, trees, houseplants & gardens · i before e · Melbourne · not-so-veiled threats
What if God were a cyclist?
September 15th, 2014 · 26 Comments
Glen found this magnificent notice attached to a lamppost on 4th & Jackson in San Jose.
related: I hope you step on a Lego!
Tags: bicycle · God · San Jose · spelling and grammar police
New York City? Get a rope.
July 30th, 2014 · 76 Comments
Our submitter just moved to a small town in South Dakota, and says that seeing this “edited” ad at a diner was the biggest culture shock she’s had yet! “As an art teacher,” she writes, “I was irritated that someone would try so hard to dissuade some kids from pursuing what sounds like a pretty cool experience.”
related: Hey, redneck
Tags: God · schools & teachers · small town living · spelling and grammar police
Rotten heel, steel toes
June 1st, 2014 · 75 Comments
One of Allison’s coworkers recently became convinced that one of the evening janitors had it in for her shoes — different shoes. On multiple occasions. “Needless to say,” Allison says, “she didn’t last much longer.”
![Janitors don't ever put my shoes in the garbage. Your [sic] not nice.](http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2915/14239765534_d7cb142b88_o.jpg "Janitors don't ever put my shoes in the garbage. Your [sic] not nice.")
Meanwhile, Kris in Alabama spotted this note on a locker at his place of business:
related: Or I will CUT YOU
Tags: Edmonton · I know who you are · office · spelling and grammar police · you're like so going to hell · your/you're
Prison? Or the prison or hurt feelings? You decide.
April 30th, 2014 · 20 Comments
Sarah in Philadelphia calls this note, from a much-beloved bookstall at the Reading Terminal Market, “the single most adorable and passive aggressive note I have ever read in my life.”
Meanwhile, as Jenna shows us with this sign from an Albuquerque Antiques Mall, the “adorable” approach doesn’t work for everyone.
![If you steal here you may just die here theives [sic] beware I hate you!!!!](http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2608/4143161392_0277c0cb99_o.jpg "If you steal here you may just die here theives [sic] beware I hate you!!!!")
related: May you get a seriously itchy bum!
Tags: "customer service" · i before e
Unthightly and unsymphatetic
November 12th, 2013 · 62 Comments
Alrighty, folks. Yesterday’s “millennial-bashing” post seemed to stir up outdoor-cat levels of ire, so I think it’s time for a day of healing. I’ll even set aside the issue of “passive-aggressive” vs. “just straightforward aggressive.” Cheap laughs for all, courtesy of Sarah in Providence and Peter in New York!
Tags: bathroom · spelling and grammar police · unnecessary "quotation marks"
Drag Queen Problems
September 22nd, 2013 · 47 Comments
Spotted backstage at a resort in St. Petersburg, Florida — drama!
![ALL DRAG QUEENS: ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT JOBS AS A QUEEN IS LIPSYNCHING!!!!!! WE HAVE RECEIVED MANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT PERFORMERS NOT KNOWING THEIR WORD. THEREFORE WE WILL BE WATCHING VERY CLOSELY WEATHER [SIC] YOU KNOW YOUR WORDS OR NOT!!!! WATERMELON, WATERMELON, MOTHER FUCKER, WATERMELON WILL NOT WORK ANYMORE. IF YOU DO NOT KNOW YOUR WORDS YOU WILL NOT BE PAID FOR THAT NUMBER!!!! THATS ALL QUEEN.............](http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6142/6202334895_96732d2efe_o.jpg "ALL DRAG QUEENS: ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT JOBS AS A QUEEN IS LIPSYNCHING!!!!!! WE HAVE RECEIVED MANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT PERFORMERS NOT KNOWING THEIR WORD. THEREFORE WE WILL BE WATCHING VERY CLOSELY WEATHER [SIC] YOU KNOW YOUR WORDS OR NOT!!!! WATERMELON, WATERMELON, MOTHER FUCKER, WATERMELON WILL NOT WORK ANYMORE. IF YOU DO NOT KNOW YOUR WORDS YOU WILL NOT BE PAID FOR THAT NUMBER!!!! THATS ALL QUEEN.............")
Or, as RuPaul put it:
related: Stripper Problems
Tags: bold-underlined-caps · ellipses-crazed · exclamation-point happy!!!! · Florida · most popular notes of 2013 · spelling and grammar police
Failure to Yeild
August 14th, 2013 · 81 Comments
“My spelling skills are a perpetual work in progress,” admits Kelly in Calgary. “When I told my sticky-note-happy coworker about my most recent spelling mistake caught by my boss, she decided to take action.”
related: A personal pet peive
Tags: blitzkrieg approach · Calgary · i before e · office · smartass · spelling and grammar police
It’s hard out there for a tanning salon owner
August 6th, 2013 · 37 Comments
As if the clients pissing in the trash cans weren’t enough…the owner of this tanning salon in Boston also can’t afford spellcheck.
Tags: Boston · don't blame us · fired · opening/closing · passive voice · spelling and grammar police · TMI
Actually, we have a garden for that
July 22nd, 2013 · 54 Comments
Rachel in the U.K. found this note pushed through the letterbox this morning. “This the first note either I or my boyfriend have had regarding any kind of ‘leek,’” she says. “I just checked both the bathroom and the kitchen for anything watery where it shouldn’t be and there’s nothing, so I’m very confused. I’m not sure what she wants us to sort, either. Exciting stuff!”
related: Drippy faucets
Tags: bathroom · neighbors · spelling and grammar police · U.K.
