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Oh for Pete’s sake!

Someone on my floor at work needs to get a life

It reads, "If you're the person whose food splattered all over the interior of this microwave (you know who you are!) please spend a few minutes now cleaning it up - all of the people also using this kitchen would appreciate it!"

All in capital letters. If that doesn't get the point across, I don't know what does!

I'll bet it took longer to go back to their desk, type the note, print it, rip the paper in half, and tape it to the microwave than it would have to just clean the stupid microwave. (and no, I'm not the one that messed it up!)

Another example of the insanity can be found here.

Even though I only use the kitchen to make my tea and get water, I got sick of the signs, the smell, and the mess one day and wrangled a co-worker to join me in the frivolity.

Really people- stop with the notes already!

RisibleGirl was blabbing on about another adventure on 06/22 at 04:26 AM

FTS wrote:

AH, office politics. How I so do not miss them...

Mike wrote:

indignation is so much more effective than actual work, is it not

Mona wrote:

I know...it's the principle of the thing sometimes, but then the efforts are pointless because the person who left the mess isn't really going to notice the note either!

Poopie sent me your way, she mentioned you and hospice. Just wanted to say hi.

Great blog!!!

Mona wrote:

And what I meant to write was, bravo to you for doing hospice. I think it's an AMAZING thing.

Doug wrote:

As a matter of policy, I fire employees who put up signs. I just like to.

janie wrote:

oh GIRLFRIEND. I work with a dang lab full of note posters. Note on our microwave:"If this microwave is not kept SANITARY it will be removed!" Typed and placed inside a sanitary sheet cover, no less.

I spill stuff just to irritate 'em

And I also yank those hand written badly spelled notes off of the terminals and trash them.

Would it be too hard to simply talk to each other??

Morris wrote:

Okay I admit that was me!

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KathyHowe wrote:

hahahaha! I once worked in an office where people/someone would repeatedly leave notes reminding people that the office microwave was not their personal microwave and should be treated with MORE respect since it is shared.

I would flip the notes over and write things like "This microwave is not a bulletin board, please use it for the purpose in which it was designed."

Mikey wrote:

Rais you hand all those who enjoy cleaning up other people's messes....

tlm wrote:

It's sad, yes, but most offices need signs like that one.

I'm seriously thinking of putting one that reads "Don't aim here" on the floor of the men's room at work.

Doug wrote:

Kathy, that's great.

kyknoord wrote:

Notes like that are utterly pointless, because if the food splatterer is anything like my dear spouse, then he or she is probably oblivious to the mess that they are making.

ComfortAddict wrote:

I think that they call that Obsessive Compulsive Disorder.

Tanya wrote:

Ok. I'm a note writer, but only after the fact that I've cleaned up the mess! I hate getting notes too. My boss would leave ones that left me muttering obscenities all day.

Basically, people do your job and everyone stop being so finicky and power hungry. Geez!

BTW Love your blog!
(how were you able to eat so much of that hot sauce?)

The Complimenting Commenter wrote:

You make a very good point about the time it took to make the sign. Thanks for the smile and good post.

grrltraveler wrote:

I remember those days.... the working ones.... i'm always surprised at the mess that people would leave in a communal kitchen... but a sign never seems to work for those people. they just don't care!

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