“Drinks are only allowed in [insert room here] in screw-cap bottles, and caps must be used to close said bottles when not being actively drank from to prevent spills”
am i stupid? i don't get what the intent of the message is? what other interpretation is? (english is my second language, so i might be missing some colloquial term here?)
15 Comments
blimthepixie@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 19 pts · 1y
Excellent, that would have pissed off management but they couldn't have done anything because it's correct
witchybitchy@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 1y
they'd just go "you know what I/the sign meant" and not concede anything
tormeh@discuss.tchncs.de · 7 pts · 1y
And tbf they’d be correct. Best you can hope for is a laugh.
RaivoKulli@sopuli.xyz · 5 pts · 1y
Follows the letter but not the spirit of the law
SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 1y
Why would I thank management for this?
Lemmyoutofhere@lemmy.ca · 13 pts · 1y
Malicious compliance. Perfect.
Broadfern@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 1y
“Drinks are only allowed in [insert room here] in screw-cap bottles, and caps must be used to close said bottles when not being actively drank from to prevent spills”
Would be pretty straightforward I think
humorlessrepost@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 1y
This is a level of precision used only by lawyers and middle-school boys trying to see boobs during truth or dare.
Broadfern@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
I would have been a lawyer if I hated myself more lmao
Edit: also engineers/IT workers
three@lemmy.zip · 4 pts · 1y
Thank. Much screw. Very compliance.
kinsnik@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y
am i stupid? i don't get what the intent of the message is? what other interpretation is? (english is my second language, so i might be missing some colloquial term here?)
SkyezOpen@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 1y
A screw-on top refers to a bottle cap that you twist on and off. By leaving out the hyphen, the sign maker opened themself up to pedantry.
Ludrol@szmer.info · 6 pts · 1y
I guess they ask for bottles with screwed bottle caps.
The cup with lid also works if they don't want accidental spillage.
Blaster_M@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y
English is my first language and I'm not sure what they're asking for either. So a literal screw on top of the cup sounds right.
thisbenzingring@lemmy.sdf.org · 3 pts · 1y
the tear in the paper at the top, make it look like a cameo of one of the Beatles