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Counter attack
“Personally, I think all places should post this sign,” says Molly in Los Angeles. These days, it appears a lot of cash register-operators agree with Molly (and the fancy shop in Studio City where she...
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Facebook: enabling your Mom to embarrass you in new and increasingly...
Writes Natalie in Pennsylvania: “My mother (who is unfortunately on Facebook) noticed that some of my extended family had wished my twin sister happy birthday but not me.” Although Natalie herself...
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I have a problem with your window manners
At the time he received this note in his letterbox, Mike was living in Copenhagen, Denmark, where the apartments buildings tend to be rather close together. “My neighbor’s window is about 15 feet away...
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Women: Have your pole dancing classes empowered you too much?
I really hope to have the opportunity to work the coinage “pole vulture” into conversation this week. Apparently, they’re a serious problem at Jessica’s pole dancing studio of choice in Sydney,...
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And you’re not invited to my birthday party, either.
So, Dana was hanging out at a friend’s place with a bunch of people, and — as many people do these days — was texting back and forth with her significant other in the midst of the conversation. Our...
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Dear Grandma: Thanks for saving me the trouble of sending you a thank-you...
Explains Megan: “My grandmother is extremely particular about her grandchildren when it comes to writing letters, especially handwritten thank-you notes. (My cousins and I often spend family events...
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Mean Mr. Mustard
Abbey Road Studios is a must-see on almost any Beatles aficionado’s tour of London. Once there, a curious sort of tourist delirium seems to take hold. People feel absolutely compelled to recreate the...
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Hey, look! A coffee pot!
This isn’t the first “coffee-maker etiquette” flowchart I’ve seen, but it is the most aesthetically pleasing. Says Sarah in St. Louis: “The IT department in our office is notorious for drinking the...
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It’s like an entire episode of Seinfeld on one door
From the NON-public restroom inside a deli in Bishop, California: related: “If it wasn’t for the toilet, there would be no books.”
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How does a 135° angle sound like a couch?
If I worked at Steve‘s office, I would definitely be rallying the troops to launch a (non) silent 90° protest of round-the-clock water-glass-filling…and then place “out of order” signs on all the...
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Shushing the shusher
Anna in Minneapolis (“librarian in peach sweater”) recently received this anonymous note from a disgruntled library patron. “Apparently, I was talking too loudly to one of our elderly customers on the...
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How NOT to earn great restaurant tips
Writes Amber in Minnesota: “My friend works in accounting for a local restaurant chain, and every once in awhile she has to go through credit card receipts if something isn’t adding up correctly. She’s...
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Couplets for the Commode
You might think that the writer of nearly a dozen couplets on toilet etiquette would include at least one variation on the sprinkle/tinkle theme, but apparently the poet at work in this Nassau County...
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Hover & Flow(chart)
Writes Erica in New York: “I don’t think this woman is aware that the aggressive automatic flush makes water splash all over the toilet seats…but she’s obviously very angry.” related: Coffee pot...
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