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November 03, 2007 |
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Back OFF!
FOUND by Enie
in Minneapolis, Minnesota
When we were looking for a place to sit in a crowded bar, we snatched a place just as two men were leaving. I picked up the happy hour menu to see what was offered and this note was on the back. We weren't sure if the note was meant for us or not, but since the drinks were empty we decided not and remained there (and they never came back).
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We collect FOUND stuff: love letters, birthday cards, kids' homework,
to-do lists, ticket stubs, poetry on napkins, telephone bills, doodles -
anything that gives a glimpse into someone
else's life. Anything goes...
How considerate of the smokers to politely warn the others of the presence of their second-hand smoke.
LOL actually night in gale im pretty sure they were trying to tell their waiter or the bartender or soemone that theyre out smoking and will be back and not take clear their stuff. pretty funny i think
or maybe you were being sarcastic.....anyway great find
We're... not... were
sooooo different.
nice handwriting, though.
(my god, i am lame)
Were the guys like, really HOT, like.. smoking hot? But maybe "taken" so.. back off?
The colors are very Halloweenish. (and apropos of nothing, the phrase "Back Off" always brings to mind those Yosemite Sam mud flaps on Billy Bob's 4X4.)
lol.
Sarcastic? Moi?
(Don't blow the smoke outta my joke.)
And S, did you just fly from Florida to New Jersey in an hour an 15 minutes? You must not have checked your baggage. 8-)
Ahahahahaha!!! LOL @ (Don't blow the smoke outta my joke!)
I heart u Night!! <3
They could have been nicer about it. I would have been tempted to take their seats b/c the note is rude. But I probably would have written them back, anonymously, instead.
Maybe they WERE smoking, but now they have quit, and it has made them irritable, so they were warning others away... "Leave us along, we just went cold turkey, and we're not very nice right now"
A state-wide smoking ban went into effect in Minnesota on October 1st. These smokers must have tried to be creative so they could both keep their seats and sneak outside for a smoke. Such will be the way of the world in Minnesota. I can't believe how many people I see smoking in their cars now!
sarasara:
I thought the same thing when I first saw this find, beautiful handwriting but awful grammar.
Thankfully, you can't smoke indoors in bars/restaurants in Ohio anymore!
I'm a dedicated smoker, and I love the smoking ban here in CT (and anywhere else it has been implemented). Even when it's 12 degrees Fahrenheit outside.
you'd think they'd be nicer...I'm picturing a crowded bar, standing room only, they leave their drinks on the table with a nasty note with bad grammar, head to the outdoor smoking area, hoards of people stampede to their empty table, find the rude warning and each proceed to spit in their drinks....karma will get you.....
Well I don't enjoy having 2nd hand smoke up my nose holes Flargy.
Isn't this what they call Minnesota nice? ;)
Wow slow day. I guess everyone took this find a little too literally. Please everyone don't "back off". It's just a little find! It wont hurt you!! I promise it doesn't smoke anymore!!! I promise!!!! Come back!!!!! Please......... I miss you. (a single tear sliding down my cheek)
It's ok with me to be kicked outside to smoke, and I wouldn't expect my table to be there when I got back either. Spider if you go hang out in the smoking area you should plug up your nose holes.
"Minnesota nice" is right. Largest collection of passive aggressive cowards I've ever seen in my life.
At least you can't smoke in bars in the whole state.
Another interpretation... that was meant to let possible admirers know that they're gay... if they were flaming it would be obvious, but since they're just smoking they assumed they needed to let the ladies know.
No smoker without foyer...
Like a piece of paper has any power to direct someone ...LOL ! I am a smoker, too, and to go outside is just an accepted norm.Some places won't even lt you come back in (i.e.Madison Square Garden).
They want their smoke and seating too ? LOL !
I'm an ex-smoker, over 5 years now. I can remember in the 1970's when I was a new smoker, we could smoke anywhere. On planes, in grocery stores, I remember a medical consultation where the doctor sat at his desk smoking while we talked! Boy does that seem foreign now. Anyone could get a pack of cigs from a vending machine for 75 cents.
I know it's a low turnout today, but I for one find it a breath of fresh air (ha!) not to be discussing birth weight or gratuitously complimenting each other's alter egos!
Night, I don't really get the New Jersey thing, but please explain. im intrigued and confused.
ps. (a days worth of tailgating will do that to a person)
I thought the same thing Re: the grammar and handwriting....
I also had a flippant thought for my sign:
COME CLOSER We're KISSING
So the moral of the story is...that Minnesotians have no manners? Effing Minnadians, who needs ya?
There was a post from you, S in Florida, and there was another post from S in New Jersey, so I was being silly about how fast you got from Florida to New Jersey, even though I thought you S's were 2 seperate posters. It was a joke. Obviously not very funny. But the writers are on strike, and I'm having to write my own material. So please bear with me. At least I didn't say "Boy, your arms must be really tired!" 8-)
OK, I have so many opinions on this one. Yes, pretty decent handwriting. But pretty rude. It was definitely intended to let somebody know they were out smoking and not to clear and/or take their table. But if this guy had to "find" the note on the back of a happy hour menu, they are pretty dumb. Me thinks prominent placement of a nasty note like that would be much more effective. Also, how self absorbed can you be. Maybe if you want to save your table/drinks, whatever, you could go out and smoke individually (i.e. somebody could stay at the table). Duh, this isn't high school girls, you don't have to go (to the bathroom) together. I can tell with out ever meeting them, that I dont like the people who wrote this note.
LOL, I didnt see that post but makes sense now. keep up the good effort
Also its finds like this that make me wonder if the person who wrote intended for it to end up here :)
Yeah, this is wrong. Smokers have been forced outside bars for a long time, and everyone knows you can't call dibs on a spot (especially in a crowded bar) while you're out smoking. You just have to make new friends when you come back and squeeze into a new spot. Cheesh.
lol, im a different S, and the S from Florida is a different S
It says "were" indicating the past tense. "We were smoking" Maybe they are telling tohers that they smell like smoke?
i took it as "smoking hot"...like, be careful! you might catch on FIYAH!
All you need is a nicely lettered "RESERVED" sign. One word.
It wasn't even at a normal table, it was a bar like structure along the wall that you stood next to. When we got to the spot, the menu was showing and i turned it over to see if there were any other specials and this was on the back, I nearly died laughing. I had hoped that they meant that they were smokin' hot... but somehow I don't think so. Plus for you fellow MN, it was at Figlio's in Uptown
oh- by the way, that last comment was by me, the finder, in case that wasn't clear. -Enie
Without reading the context, this sign made me think of the reality of the cultural 180 that has relegated smoking, once considered cool, to the category of barely tolerable.
Yesterday, my kids were climbing on some stairs and railings by the smoking area of my work, and I told them to come down because of the smoke. (I didn't want to stand there and breathe it.) The smokers were shocked I said it right in front of them, like it was the rudest thing they ever heard.
I think the smokers would have liked this sign posted in their area. Back off, we're smoking (and want to enjoy it to the best of our ability without any comments from the likes of you).
Good thing they weren't flaming. Roar!!!
thx