If you've ever worked in an office, used municipal buildings or lived in a city, chances are, you already know what public notices are — bland, dull, usually complaining and rarely funny posters that tell us somewhat useful information about all kinds of things. For a prankster, though, street signs or a note out in public is an easy opportunity to get a guaranteed audience for their smart jokes. When the note is a passive-aggressive complaint about something petty, the urge to give an appropriately hilarious response or make an office prank out of it must be downright irresistible!
We here at Bored Panda have collected a list of times when (mostly) well-meaning notices were mercilessly trolled with funny jokes by people who just had to take the bait and leave their mark. Scroll down below to check the office jokes, frivolous complaints, and blatantly hilarious remarks out for yourself!
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Funny Poster Spotted In Cambridge: Friendly Neighborhood Note Banter
Dad jokes are always regretted by somebody
Load More Replies...yeah, white paper & black marker are both so RARE! what a coincidence!
Load More Replies...OK, I'm 100% serious...What is a "handicap pole"? Is it where the sign is to mark a handicap parking spot?
Here Is An Office Joke
Legend say that he still stealing purple makers Edit:since when you can edit post!
The Coffee Maker At My Office Got A Public Notice
I am sure. I don't. Do you really want your laundry machine giving you sass?
Load More Replies...A Smart Joke On A Public Notice
I would have posted an picture of an elephant with an arrow saying - Here's my friend Eddie, and Eddie is no flyer. Remove him if you can.
I'm sure that there's a rocket big enough somewhere, that we can make that elephant fly.
Load More Replies...English is not my native language,can saomeone explain this to me please?
Alaskan Office Joke
Nah I just this sign near me office, I live in Australia. *Sarcasm*
Load More Replies...Office Joke
27 likes? Is everyone on here depressed? Geesh. Life is full of infinite opportunities no matter who you are or where you've been. Stay on target.
Load More Replies...This looks like the kind of thing Jim would put to prank Dwight
The People At This Office Couldn't Help Themselves With This Public Notice
If you don't want your mug used keep it at your desk, not in a kitchen cupboard.
I work in an office and we have a large kitchen. I bring my own mug in which gets put in the dishwasher nightly by the night crew. It's untouched and always readily available for me to find the next morning in the shared cupboard! It's about being respectful of other people's stuff!
Load More Replies...loooooool i love this kind of teasing..... at least they just touched it...
My School Tried Locking Us Out Of The Bathrooms. Retaliation Followed
What is that kind of punishment??? Let's punish averyone for the one guy that messed up? I hope no one is sick or this gonna be a real mess.
It's probably locked waiting for a plumber to unclog the line. You don't want someone using the toilet KNOWING it won't flush when they're done. It's not punishment. It's preventing a bigger problem.
Load More Replies...Pretty sure that's an OSHA violation. You can't deny your workers/students the right to the bathroom.
Smart Jokes
The Office Fridge Prank
A person doing this was the reason for installing a hidden camera in my company. They caught the woman stealing food, fired her and pressed criminal charges against her. It's really not funny if someone steals your food from the company fridge, and it wasn't funny for that woman.
Aaw... :-( I think I would have had a conversation with her first : asked her why she had to steal food, if she couldn't afford her own, and why, or what could be done so that she would stop ? There always is a different path you can try. (and I wish the BP page would stop jumping up and down !!)
Load More Replies...None of those foods are even appealing, you couldn't pay me to steal and eat green juice.
Do Not Deny My Needs
Randy Newman said it best: Short people got no reason Short people got no reason Short people got no reason To live They got little hands And little eyes And they walk around Tellin' great big lies They got little noses And tiny little teeth They wear platform shoes On their nasty little feet Well, I don't want no short people Don't want no short people Don't want no short people Round here
I thought "short" means short of staff so they can't run the store,seems I was wrong
It seems none of the seven dwarfs reach the high expectations of customers ...
When Dad Leaves A Misspelled Note
Not in English. If they were German then maybe, but the accepted spelling in the English language omits the umlaut. Just like how English speakers don't spell "Putin" with the Russian lettering. See, I can be pedantic too.
Load More Replies...Just Like My Ex
One day at work. Forgot lunch. Only had a 10 dollar note on me. Went to the vending machine. Put my order in. Didn't give it to me and didn't give my 10 bucks back. My stomach groaned and I was frantically pressing the CANCEL button. I went hungry all day. Lesson learnt: NEVER TRUST A VENDING MACHINE.
The Poster On My Teacher's Door Was Tagged, This Was Her Response
Someone leaving their name/mark on something that does not belong to them. Look to the left of the teacher's "assessment," you can see a corner of a poster with somebody's scribbles on it.
Load More Replies...Not Accepting Change
My School Has Motivational Photos Put Up Everywhere And This Is A Great Response To One Of Them
Perhaps they could argue for a ramp to success - nah, they don't have a leg to stand on. . .
As a disabled person - I approve! It's hilarious, and reminds abled people to check their privilege! Also, that quote always annoys the heck out of me.
Emergency Exit
This Sign On A Vending Machine At My Work
My English Teachers Response To A Grammar Nazi
bossed it, as I was reading the 16 year old's note I was thinking shes going to wish she didn't do that...
Same! Read her note and started cringing. >.<
Load More Replies...In a way, there is. The teacher that was corrected by the student edited the same student's grammar mistakes!
Load More Replies...It's okay to write "16" instead of "sixteen" in a handwritten note. Otherwise, excellent.
Yep - you're meant to use numbers after ten, even typing
Load More Replies...So a grammar Nazi is someone who corrects someone else's writing, but does it wrongly? Do we respect the person who did it correctly because they did it correctly, or because they were smart-assing at the wrongly-written note?
No, a Grammar Nazi is someone with no life and no self-esteem and the only way they can feel good about themselves is to act like they are intellectually superior to others. Correcting someone's grammar is only one of the ways they do this.
Load More Replies...Actually, using numerals with ages is quite appropriate. The rest of the corrections, though, are well-deserved.
*annoying voice* Well actually, there's an apostrophe in "Teacher's."
Our Office Relocated Some Equipment. A Ninja Turtles Fan Had A Quick Response To The Posted Notice
Found This At Work Today
Open coffee can, get a fistful, shove it down your throat and drink warm water. Ta-Da!
An Appropriate Question
When Is A Door Not A Door?
I did that joke with my husband once... sadly, he didn't really get it... even after I wrote it down for him^^
Load More Replies..."Do not try and open the door, that's impossible. Instead, only try to realize the truth...there is no door. Then you'll see that it is not the door that opens, it is only yourself."
In Rick and Morty, they explain this. There's a thing called Fake doors because normal doors are too Meh..
Don't Even Worry. Don't even... Give it a Second Thought. See it at the bottom of our screen, below our name.and the other slogan being, "What are you worried about?" come get FAKE DOORS! Get in here quick, ... Get out Quicker, with an arm of fake doors in your arms.
Load More Replies...I'm A Manger
If the Manger has approved it, no need to say anything else. Manger is top boss!
I almost choked on my coffee when I scrolled down to this one! Caught me by surprise! SOO FUNNY!!
A manger is actually a food trough. Someone is thinking about the wrong component of the nativity scene...
Leave The Office For 10 Mins
Somewhere an environmentalist hippie is crying at the use of so much paper
I'm not a hippie, but I'm already crying for that reason.
Load More Replies...Can You Recycle That?
Putting the recycling bins near the regular trash bin would make more sense.
Believe me, there are still people who would not use them.
Load More Replies...Anyone know what the name of the guy in the picture is? I forgot...
Please Keep The Door Closed
Days Without Sacarsm
Sacarsm was an ancient Greek monster who would visit offices in the dead of night to empty drawers of sweets and snacks, but he would then pass them on to the village children. He also wore a pink trilby hat and matching pants. Lovely guy, always tipped the waitress.
I wonder if the person who wrote on the sign later realized that they were part of the joke.
Many years ago I was taking French at a castle outside Paris for a couple of months. On the wall above my desk in my little room, I had a not that read "I never make mistrakes". Some had a laugh, some couldn't help but show what a conceited b***h they thought I was.
Free Market Competition
I want to take part in this game and make it a hell lot messier!
i lost my mobile once on the train - finally tracked (no pun intended) it down to a BR lost property office. I had to describe the phone as they had around 50. Got my own phone back but lost the chance of a free upgrade
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Vegan Vs. Carnivore Support Groups
there is no such thing as a carnivore human actually :D kidney failure and other niceties would be just around the corner... but people can be so dense.
Load More Replies..."Vegan curious?!" I wonder if they allow bivores - after all, you can't cure the way one is born...
The use of "Nonjudgmental" made me laugh so hard I almost passed out. Where's the hyphen, and what kind of vegan is non-judgmental?
The Carnivore poster is proving exactly why people recur to "wimpy support groups".... Vegans/Vegetarians often feel pressured by family/friends/society in general to keep consuming meat, even though it makes them unconfortable (or genuinely can't). So if anyone feels like they need a support group, why mock them?
On the other hand if the more outspoken "a*****e" kinds of vegetarians and vegans that try to shove that lifestyle down the throat of almost anyone they come across would just mind their own business then I think a lot of that "pressure" would be removed. Yes, both sides of this issue has a******s but the vegan/vegetarian sides isn't really "helping" either.
Load More Replies...Casual, nonjudgmental support? Who's judging vegans? Who is upset about vegetables being eaten?
About 90% of omnivores I have silently eaten across from, ever, once they notice I ordered a vegan meal.
Load More Replies...Weren’t Lewis and Clark pretty much carnivores during their famous journey, due to what was available rather than personal preferences?
Employees Must Wash Hands
Waiting for the guy who says "Uh, no, it means employees must wash their own hands. Duh!"
You want to add a new one to the "Missed jokes" trend? ;p
Load More Replies...Ah that's my cue! The sign means that employees must wash their OWN hands, dude!
but they will have to wash that mirror for the sake of that over used joke
Okay, Who's The Wise Guy?
BILL NYE THE SCIENCE GUY! BILL! BILL! BILL! BILL! BILL! BILL! BILL!
I Don't Know Why I Can't Stop Laughing At This
These are the daves I know i know these are the daves i know.... Some of them are David's most of them are daves .... Kids in the Hall oh god please google this if u haven't heard it
It was probably Dave’s dog Dave... (Patty Larkin song, “Dave”...you’re welcome!)
I Mostly Prefer Tomato Sauce
"But not chicken bones, cuz they can splinter and cause injury."
Load More Replies...Animals eat other animals. Humans are animals, why can't we eat animals?
Oh, bunny! Please elaborate on how posting a sticker somewhere you shouldn't be posting stickers is helping the world at all?
Load More Replies...My Response To This Idiotic Poster
My son used to give me guff for being a grammar nazi. There's no better compliment than hearing him correct his niece and nephew.
The original poster should have written something like, ‘ Education is a noun that requires proper action for it to realize its purpose.’ Example: Educating a person about certain poisonous snakes in the area, then the person deliberately approaches the poisonous snake for a selfie. Or educating people about how, yes, cattle emit methane and methane is stronger than carbon and as a result, the astronomical amount of cattle and other animals bred because of people’s continuous demand for meat and dairy products is literally a big part of why there’s global warming and it’s also why the weather keeps getting worse, but some people, despite knowing this, they continue to have the same consumption rate of those products, making it clear that education without proper action is catastrophic. Have you all seen the article titled “ Climate Change Is Becoming A Major Workplace Hazard“ by the huffington post? Googling that title will get you to have access to it. And yes, I am fun at parties.
Saw This Sign Earlier. Made The Lower Sign And Posted It As A Joke
As a public service the second note should have included this URL: https://www.boredpanda.com/multi-level-marketing-pyramid-scheme-explained/
Yeah but the link alerady shows that is a pyramid scheme.
Load More Replies...Just a pun. The first guy is a scammer. He says that he has a 'six' figures salary probably to sell his "method" to gullible students in need of money. The second one answer that he can make 'stick' figures (the little drawing on the top of the sheet of paper representing 3 characters)
Load More Replies...The bottom one should have said "... making seven figures..." and then have seven stick figures drawn on it.
Someone Granted This A Passive-Aggressive World Record
I dunno... but how long as that machine been around? They don't make them like that any more.
Load More Replies...Well, someone's gotta fix it now... Unless, they can stomach the sarcasm
Friend Saw This On A Dorm Door. Which One Of You Did This?
I feel for the person who wrote the original note tho. Pot smells absolutely horrible and I hate it when I go to social events and someone decides to start smoking pot inside. Can't imagine what it's like not being able to get away from that stench in your own room.
You guys must be high. Marijuana and coffee smell awesome; much better than potpourri or roses.
Load More Replies...People should have more respect. You can call the cops in my country for that even if they are just smoking tobacco.
I honestly will have to agree with the first guy here. Weed smells horrible. At least go somewhere where people won't mind the smell to smoke.
Get a forensic scientist there to analyse fingerprints and find out who's the wise guy.
I hate pot smokers and smokers. They drive me insane. When I'm out in public and someone's smoking it drives me insane. ESPECIALLY when they do it in a NO SMOKING AREA. Drives me nuts. People who do that are essentially giving a big F U to everyone having to breathe in their smoke. Smoking is a huge peeve for me.
I don't smoke pot nor like the smell but this is funnier than Hell!!! 😂😂😂😂
Some People Just Want To Watch The World Burn
0.o you could come visit snowmen in Minnesota. they live for about... 2/3's the year, here.
Load More Replies...What's the difference between a snowman and a snowwoman ? ... .. . SNOWBALLS!
well, if we don't screw it up, eventually the sun will explode, so, yeah. I'm gonna bank of fire.
Load More Replies...In Response To An Over Protective Parent
this is what i bite my tongue to 50% of time, when i'm with my friends who have children. (the other 50% of time i do to "shut the f**k up before i beat the hell out of you, brat")
We make excuses for the violence in our culture, and especially in our media, by telling anyone upset by it that they're being a pussy. This kind of horror tv series is not "the realities of life" And I believe violent media desensitizes people and makes them less empathetic. I think we should worry less about being pussies, and more about being kinder. Now since no one else who commented agrees with me, have fun ripping me apart.
We don't have to show horror TV images and promote the violence in our culture and call people pussies for being traumatized by the image of an eye being ripped open.
It has nothing to do with promoting violence and anyone who says that about movies, TV, video games, etc. Is just looking for a reason to b***h. Look at the newer game fortnight, you go around killing people and what are kids picking up from it? Stupid dance moves. It's called education your kids from right and wrong and what's real and not.
Load More Replies...All different for different walks of life. If my kid is afraid of clowns, I will not dress up as a clown and jump out of his wardrobe when he is trying to sleep. Der
"Never handicap your children by making their lives easy" - Lazarus Long
My nephew is very young, and since his parents left church- he's not exposed to too much religious iconography. However, recently there was a funeral, and my tiny nephew attended it too, I stood behind him in church, and couldn't get around wondering, how terrifying the tall as life and very life like ( blood and all) Jesus on the cross must be.
Post No Flyers
Do As I Say, Not As I Do
It's a thankless job managing a fridge but damnit, somebody's got to do it.
wait, so we need to name and date the fridge? the walls? john's stapler?
I once started an epic office war, selling coworkers desktop trebuchets and other miniature projectile weaponry. My personal favorite was the USB-webcam turret that fired nerf darts.
Load More Replies..."Do as I say, not as I do, because the s**t's so deep you can't run away. I beg to differ, on the contrary, I agree with every word that you say."
Sorry For The Choice Of Font
I'm not understanding the need to repeat the joke here.
Load More Replies...YOU'RE OUT OF ORDER, YOU'RE OUT OF ORDER, THIS ENTIRE TOILET IS OUT OF ORDER!
Jesus Is Watching You
I like to think he would turn 1/3 of the can into rum and now we got a bunch of cocktails in a can......while wearing his tuxedo t-shirt, of course kyle-5b9a6...002fff.jpg
Aunt Messy--" and the master of the banquet tasted the water that had been turned into wine. He did not realize where it had come from, though the servants who had drawn the water knew. Then he called the bridegroom aside and said, “Everyone brings out the choice wine first and then the cheaper wine after the guests have had too much to drink; but you have saved the best till now.”"--John 2:9-10
Load More Replies...It's My Beret Now
my favorite thing about them is that they give you free license to walk in through the "out" door
Load More Replies...How Many Scientists Does It Take?
Pushed Lots Of Buttons
Snack Machine's Getting Hungry
Not long before they become sentient and drown the world in bags of Lay's and Cheetos...
Load More Replies...Spoiled Milk
I mean its meant for baby cows, they are shot dead in front of their mothers and the milk that was meant for them is pumped very unkindly out of their bodies leaving their utters with infections. please go vegan :0
Lost Dog
The sign wasnt touched in any way and now has a worldwide audience
Load More Replies...My cat is called Bear. I yelled "Bear" once and my friend, who hadn't met my cat, thought I was crazy
Is that dog black or brown? Why isn’t it a color photo? If you’re really that concerned wouldn’t you want people to know exactly how your dog looks.
Noooooo don't dooo that that dog belongs to someone, jerkheads was he found?
No Staples Please
how has a large 'no capes!' meme not been added to this? surely it would be the natural progression
LMAO No peepers please Yes peppers please No peepees please No parkas please Ooooh I would love this
This Is What Happens When People Submit Passive-Aggressive Office Memos Where I Work
I feel like these kind of people WANT to get sued sometimes :)
These Are Posted On My Office's Fridge
Had a co-worker once get fed up with having her lunch stolen. She collected video evidence and went to the police. Ended up winning a misdemeanor theft charge against the perpetrator. Probably didn't improve workplace morale, but no one ever took her lunch again!
Wasn't there a story on Bored Panda about a Camera installed in the break room, only to find out that a manager was the one eating other people's food?
Stealing coworkers’ food from the break room fridge is a huge pet peeve of mine, especially since it happened to me, too. There are people who have special diets for medical or ethical or religious reasons, and can’t or won’t eat just anything, so they bring food to work that fits their diet. For these people, having their food stolen is no small inconvenience.
Just Say No To Whimsical Fonts
You Are Very Strange
Some people can’t use ice made from tap water due to medical reasons.
It really bothers me they wasted 4/5 of a sheet of label stock for this. Surely there must be some plain paper around somewhere!
Please don't waste office supplies when a simple Post It would do.
Office Politics: Not Eating Other People Is More Important Than Not Eating Other People's Food
The intial demand is legitimate. Everyone with a functional brain would know that eating the food other brought is a s****y move. So, the Rick pic fit. Maybe one of the coworker is a Walker.
That's Not Suspicious At All
The Health Flyers At Work Are Getting A Little Weird
The 8 glasses of water a day thing is just an ad campaign anyway. Most doctors say to drink when you're thirsty.
hope the 8 glasses of water flyer and the locked bathroom are not in the same place....
Actually, you can‘t drink lava, since it’s hard. Look for some videos where people are hitting a lava flow with a pickaxe or something. It makes a sound like hitting solid stone. But you can still push a dent into it. I find this quite fascinating! Edit: since some people seem to have a really hard time to understand this, or even think I'm speaking of hardened lava (consequently overlooking the term "flow"): Think of molten glass. You can't drink it or fall into it like into water. It's way too firm for this. It's the same with a lava flow. The longer it has traveled, the firmer it is. It's all about temperature. A lava flow isn't even remotely as liquid as cooking lava inside a crater.
Good Point
No "Cat Parts" In The Sink
I have questions too. I would never cut my cat in parts and leave them in the sink.
Load More Replies...I"ve been looking into the original post, and here's what I've found: Our submitter found the following signage at an engineering office in Salt Lake City, Utah. Adds our submitter: “For the life of me I can’t figure out what ‘cat parts’ is supposed to refer to — or why people would need a note to know it’s not appropriate to leave them in the kitchen sink.” http://www.passiveaggressivenotes.com/2011/08/11/cat-parts/ So the mystery remains
I'm leaning toward some sort of Bio class. I remember AP Zoology in high school dissecting cats (and fetal pigs, and sharks, while the rest of us had to live with the limited knowledge gleaned from dissecting frogs and crayfish).
Catalytic converters of some sort... And its probably not a sink in a kitchen
Maybe their cat scan machine comes apart and they rinse them in the sink
Passive-Aggressive
Saw This Above The Urinals In The Bathroom At Work This Morning
I'm sure they find it funny while they do it and giggle while thinking to it, never do they think to the people who'll have to clean their s**t...
Load More Replies...I Feel Bad For The Fly
This Petition
"The overload of semen earlier this week caused the cleaning crew to file a formal complaint." Exactly how much semen constitutes an "overload"?
Whaow... I can't read all the "attention stop" notice but is it written that masturbating in the shower can damage the drains and plumbing? Either a fake, either Virginia Tech do not want its students to sin.
Probably the cum gets in the drain and clogs it. Must be horrific to clean up.
Load More Replies...Semen does not clog drains. Virginia Tech needs to take some of that money they get through tuition and fix their damned plumbing.
I could have done without seeing this one and the comments below XD
"2 years worth of semen made a glopping noise..." - Sword Art Online
What episode? Im only on 8 but I haven't heard anyone say that.
Load More Replies...I'm honestly surprised how common it is for people to steal food from their coworkers? I guess I'm lucky I've never been in that kind of office.
You are very lucky. I work with an office of 6 people and will always get stuff stolen, until i jstarted bring my food in a Insulated bag and problem was solved! I even got asked, why dont you put your lunch in the fridge anymore? I just said my food doesn't need to be refrigerate and then walk away...haha
Load More Replies...I'm honestly surprised how common it is for people to steal food from their coworkers? I guess I'm lucky I've never been in that kind of office.
You are very lucky. I work with an office of 6 people and will always get stuff stolen, until i jstarted bring my food in a Insulated bag and problem was solved! I even got asked, why dont you put your lunch in the fridge anymore? I just said my food doesn't need to be refrigerate and then walk away...haha
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