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What’s the most ridiculous, patronising or annoying sign in your workplace?

― not-goodwin (not-goodwin), Tuesday, 24 May 2005 12:15 (twenty-one years ago)

grammatical errors in toilet sign (and other signs)

― ken c (ken c), Tuesday, 24 May 2005 12:19 (twenty-one years ago)

In the kitchen in our office there is a sign that goes “ CAN I REMIND ALL STAFF NOT TO BUTTER BREAD BEFORE PUTTING IT IN THE TOASTER” wtf, I don’t know whether to get angry at the patronising content or hunt down the person whose actions resulted in this sign going up & beat them like a dog!

― not-goodwin (not-goodwin), Tuesday, 24 May 2005 12:20 (twenty-one years ago)

there's a sign on the door to the stairs at the evil council's office saying something like 'please be very careful when carrying coffee or other hot drinks up and down the stairs'.

considering there isn't a coffee machine or anything around, i figure this must be based on a very specific incident in the past, which makes me wonder about the intelligence of the people there.

― colette (a2lette), Tuesday, 24 May 2005 12:21 (twenty-one years ago)

This one’s more general than toilet based, hope you don’t mind?

― not-goodwin (not-goodwin), Tuesday, 24 May 2005 12:23 (twenty-one years ago)

I don't think we actually *have* any signs in our offices, or at least the parts I use regularly. The bathroom showroom has a sign on the door to tell you what it is, but that's about it.

― caitlin (caitlin), Tuesday, 24 May 2005 12:54 (twenty-one years ago)

Our toilet door has a sign stuck on it saying: "Please be quiet and careful. Shoot in progress." Guess how it has been amended?

People keep saying 'we must move that. It's not even funny.' But it stays.

― Anna (Anna), Tuesday, 24 May 2005 12:57 (twenty-one years ago)

If the copier stalls, please press this code JODSFOSHOAHKSADJLASJDLAJ or try turning it on and off before calling the copy repair people.

― jocelyn (Jocelyn), Tuesday, 24 May 2005 12:58 (twenty-one years ago)

"please push this plug all the way in the wall socket"

tragically, it is necessary due to the presence of a retarded monkey woman who shouldn't even be allowed near a kettle.

― g-kit (g-kit), Tuesday, 24 May 2005 13:16 (twenty-one years ago)

I've bitched about this before on This is the Thread Where I Say..., and no one seemed to understand what the problem was, but: in the office kitchen, there is this notice from the state government that says "In Illinois, women earn 71 cents for every $1 a man earns." I am the only man that works in my office, and I have the lowest position. I know everyone else makes more money than me. I find it kind of insulting, but mainly I'm confused about what the point of it is in our office. Is it supposed to make me feel guilty, despite the fact that I don't hold a position of power and make less money than everyone else? Is it supposed to make the women in my office feel better because they're better off than other women?

― n/a (Nick A.), Tuesday, 24 May 2005 13:53 (twenty-one years ago)

On the campus bus: Polite notice. The driver is fed up of lifting up your'e rubbish, it is time to take it of with you

In the staff toilets: Please do not put sanitary towels down the toilets, bins are provided for this purpose (as yet nobody has put a bin down the toilet)

I actually put a stupid sign on the fridge this week because I have been landed with the defrosting/cleaning this time around, so there is a reminder to everyone to remove their perishables (!) by Friday evening. I even adorned the sign with a picture of a melting ice cube.

― Madchen (Madchen), Tuesday, 24 May 2005 14:09 (twenty-one years ago)

That is sort of odd, n/a. I mean, yes it's obviously a salutary reminder/sobering thought but it's hard to see why it belongs in your office kitchen. If I were you and *very paranoid* I would think it was there as a weird justification for you being the lowest-paid person - 'hey nick, we're just redressing the balance dude'.

― Archel (Archel), Tuesday, 24 May 2005 14:32 (twenty-one years ago)

For a few years, there were these signs advertising the company's promo magazine with the client-submitted tagline "WITH ALL THE ACCURACY OF A SMART BOMB". Nevermind all the footage we sell of childrem with their limbs blown off by said smart bombs.

― The Sensational Sulk (sexyDancer), Tuesday, 24 May 2005 14:43 (twenty-one years ago)

Some folks around me have these folded pieces of paper sitting atop their cubicle wall (near the opening) that say INVISIBLE LINE: DO NOT CROSS. As if wishing made it so. Didn't work for Les Nessman, it ain't gonna work for you. (Not you - the other one.) I'm tempted to just skip back and forth like a spaz across these imaginary lines, just because.

― David R. (popshots75`), Tuesday, 24 May 2005 14:52 (twenty-one years ago)

On every door in the joint, you'll encounter this little logical puzzle: "SAFETY IS NOT AN OPTION ... PLEASE MAKE IT YOUR CHOICE"

???????

― brianiac (briania), Tuesday, 24 May 2005 14:58 (twenty-one years ago)

CHOOSE LIFE

*jitterbug*

― David R. (popshots75`), Tuesday, 24 May 2005 15:02 (twenty-one years ago)

IT IS ADVISED THAT STAFF MIX BOTH HOT & COLD WATER IN THE BASIN BEFORE WASHING THEIR HANDS!

It’s true, I swear.

― not-goodwin (not-goodwin), Wednesday, 25 May 2005 08:51 (twenty-one years ago)

The sales area in my last job had all these weirdass motivational sales posters stuck around, that made no sense. I wish I could accurately recall them now but they said stuff like "have you got DGFFEMBF?" as an acronym that stood for a bunch of stuff sales guys do - only the acronyms made no sense, weren't pronounceable nor memorable. WTF?

― Trayce (trayce), Wednesday, 25 May 2005 09:09 (twenty-one years ago)

over teh fax

"HELEN WAIT is in charge of rush jobs. If you need it RIGHT NOW, you can go to HELEN WAIT."

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Wednesday, 25 May 2005 12:00 (twenty-one years ago)

"PLEASE SEE RECEPTION WHEN YOU LOSE YOUR MONEY IN THIS VENDING MACHINE"

(not if, when)

― mark grout (mark grout), Wednesday, 25 May 2005 12:06 (twenty-one years ago)

toilet at work

"can all staff please keep this toilet clean please and take care when using it"

written below in pen

"especially the girls"

― Ronan (Ronan), Wednesday, 25 May 2005 12:13 (twenty-one years ago)

"please do not remove list from this room"

― AaronK (AaronK), Wednesday, 25 May 2005 12:32 (twenty-one years ago)

After reading this thread, I'm tempted to put a sign on my office door that just says "DO NOT READ THIS SIGN"

― caitlin (caitlin), Wednesday, 25 May 2005 13:51 (twenty-one years ago)

three years pass...

http://img149.imageshack.us/img149/8624/2638770kt0.jpg

― James Mitchell, Thursday, 19 February 2009 22:05 (seventeen years ago)

seven months pass...

U&K:
http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg187/nick-uptoeleven/Image069.jpg

― Lovely and tender, like velvet. (Upt0eleven), Friday, 9 October 2009 12:51 (sixteen years ago)

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