Weird Signs That Would Make Any ‘Ace of Base’ Member Open Up Their Eyes

Ever since I was in high school, I’ve been obsessed with weird signs. My school had countless posters on the wall to motivate us, but all we did was make fun of them. The most iconic of them read this:  «30 years from now, it won’t matter what shoes you wore, how your hair looked, …
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Domino’s Causes Uproar With «Do Not Feed Employees» Sign

Over the past few years, many brands have learned the hard way that cutesy branding just isn’t going to fly with certain kinds of customers. If you’re going to have a comedy TikTok or Twitter account, you better be good at it, or you’re getting teared limb from limb. Even things like your packaging or …
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Funny Thread Tells Tale Of Airbnb Owner Through the Signs He Leaves At His Property

It takes all types of people to make up this world. Tall or short, nice or rude, people who can flow freely down the stream of life, and people who are uptight control freaks.  This latter category is a pretty important one. We’ve even come up with a letter-based personality hypothesis to define which category …
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Restaurant Causes Controversy Over «No Tipping» Sign

It’s one of the cornerstones of going to any kind of company that provides a service to you: it’s imperative that you leave a tip. This is especially true when it comes to something like a restaurant or café, where it’s basically expected that the customer makes up the wages of employees.  Plenty of places …
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Unhinged Workplace Bathroom Break Policy Prompts Outrage

There’s a fairly lengthy list of things out there that are perfectly reasonable, but many managers hate them. Taking vacation days that you’re entitled to has to be pretty high up there; so is taking a rest at acceptable times. However, perhaps one of the worst things that horrible bosses take offense at is how …
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Apartment Complex Ignites Debate By Publicly Shaming Households Late On Rent

Realistically, most of us are only a couple of missed paychecks away from not having a place to live. It’s not a nice thought, but it is an unfortunate reality — one that some people have a lot more experience with than others.  Dealing with many landlords can be a prickly experience at the best …
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Needlessly Mean & Gendered Parenting Signs Spark Needlessly Extra Response

There are few harder jobs out there than being a parent. There are few that are as common, too. Having responsibility over the formation of a whole person for a minimum of eighteen years is not for the faint of heart, although some might argue that many have this realization a lot later than they …
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Entertaining Examples Of Unscrupulous Signage

There is no better insight into the idiosyncrasies of human nature than our deep and enduring love for signage. Both the signs themselves and the fact that they need to be there in the first place show us that as a species, perhaps we’re not as intelligent as we like to make ourselves out to …
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Bewildering Moments Of Infuriating Incompetence

We all make mistakes sometimes. Much as it would be nice to be right all the time, the margin of human error is a large one. Everybody has bad days, gets brain fog, or simply can’t be bothered to give 100% to whatever it is that they’re doing all of the time.  The seriousness of …
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Horrifying Workplace Bathroom Break Policy Prompts Outrage

There’s a fairly lengthy list of things out there that are perfectly reasonable, but many managers hate them. Taking vacation days that you’re entitled to has to be pretty high up there; so does taking a rest at acceptable times. However, perhaps one of the worst things that horrible bosses take offense at is how …
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