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this is your “last warning”

June 4, 2007 · 10 Comments

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the eleventh plague

June 4, 2007 · 5 Comments

oh, how i love (totally tacky) reply-all e-mails.

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thanks to kate in new york city, who says she has a whole inbox full of e-mails like this from the coworkers at her law firm.

→ 5 CommentsCategories: e-mail · etiquette · food · stealing · workplace

welcome to the office

June 4, 2007 · 5 Comments

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explains jdb: “the blue note went up first, then we hired a bunch of contractors. the red note went up shortly after that.”

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danke [for the sarcasm]!!!

June 4, 2007 · 9 Comments

tim found this note in the basement storeroom of an apartment building in kiel, germany:

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tim’s rough translation:

THANKS for filling [up the storeroom]!!!
i was able to get to the meter just SUPER!!!
tenant 5/1 [fifth floor, first apartment]

[hand written at the bottom] many thanks from me too, tenant 5/2

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there you go, bringing Him into it again

June 4, 2007 · 17 Comments

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(from sarah’s AMAZING photo set, “notes on theft”, and from james in beaumont, texas.)

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the post-it wars

June 4, 2007 · 16 Comments

after receiving numerous “helpful tips” from her roommate at the university of minnesota…

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lydia decided to add a few post-its of her own.

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(the large signs on the oven and the microwave were already there.)

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i would prefer

June 4, 2007 · 6 Comments

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“i still put my stuff all over his couch,” says ryan in d.c., who adds that this note is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to his “anal-retentive” roommate. ryan will be moving out of the apartment soon, but (in a final passive-aggressive gesture) says he has stuffed the couch full of candy wrappers for his roommate to find.

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