We spend a big chunk of our work day communicating with each other. Meetings, emails, phone calls, presentations… All this writing and talking generally keeps things running smoothly, but sometimes it takes just one message to turn everything upside down.

Charging your phone is considered a theft of electricity. If you take too long in the bathroom, a manager will conduct a “smell test” to check for a number 2. Employees must stop crying before returning to work. These are just some of the delusional and unhinged signs workplaces have had the audacity to put up.

People have been sharing the wildest signs and notes they’ve come across on the job. From the passive aggressive, to the rude, and the downright hilarious, Bored Panda has put together a list of the best for you to scroll through instead of reading yet another lengthy work email.

#1 Apparently My Manager Thinks This Is A “Motivational” Sign To Keep Up Morale In The Workplace

#2 Had To Share

#3 Have You Tried Paying Them More?

#4 When Work Decides Corn Hole Is Better For You

They decided to make a previous smoke deck into a Cornhole area with sparkly lights. Instead of a payraise. Someone put their own sign up.

#5 This Sign At My Workplace

#6 Sign Posted At My Friend’s Job (Hospital Behavioral Health Unit)

#7 Walmart Wants Me To Pay Them For My Comfort

I live in the south where it’s going to be 90°-100° for the next two weeks (at least) and I work in a non-air conditioned warehouse. They want ME to pay a billion dollar company to be able to wear shorts. Only on weekends too because, ya know, it can’t get hot Monday through Thursday. Absolutely ridiculous.

#8 I Am At A Loss For Words. This Is Pathetic…

#9 There’s No Way This Is Legal Right?

#10 Sign On My Music Teachers Door

#11 This Sign At My Job

#12 After A Few Months Here, I Think I Understand

#13 Slob Of A Manager Put Up This Sign, Yet Leaves Dirty Dishes In The Sink For Weeks At A Time

#14 Hope You Guys Can Relish This Note

#15 Steve

#16 “Time Theft”

The managerial mindset. Why not ask why someone would do such a thing, instead of putting up signs all around the bathroom?

All the managers here are assholes who rarely respect my 30 minute break time, let alone be kind or empathetic.

If I’ve learned anything working in food service or any job, it’s that unhappy workers are unproductive workers.

#17 It Got So Bad They Had A Sign Made

#18 My Coworkers Must Enjoy Conflict

#19 If You Can Scroll You Can Roll

#20 Punishment For Talking About Wages. McDonald’s In Tennessee

#21 Figured Y’all Would Appreciate This Sign In My Place Of Employment

#22 Our Goodwill Store Alone Made $3 Million This Past Year Which Was A Store Record We Were All Told To Push For. This Was Our Compensation

#23 We Have These Around Our Office For A Person With “Allergies” And “Asthma”. The Same Person However Smokes Like Chimney On Breaks And Lunch

#24 Where Does This Sign In The Men’s Toilets At Work Sit On The “Polite-Passive Aggressive- Rude“ Scale?

#25 What Do You Mean “Did I Pass English Language At School?”

#26 This Ship’s Electrical Hazard Sign Is On Point

#27 This Sign

#28 Ridiculous

#29 Actual Sign Posted On My Coworker’s Door

#30 Office Culture Is Crazy

#31 The Signs At My Office Bathroom

#32 Yeah, Sure

#33 This Is The Sign Outside HR Today

#34 Hey Im New! Yesterday This Guy Put Ghost Pepper Popcorn In Our Industrial Microwave At Work For Over 5 Minutes

The office was filled with black smoke burning people’s eyes no-one could breath. He basically maced the building. We were moved to the other end so we could keep working.

#35 Novel Idea

#36 Breaking The Most Basic Food Handling Rules

#37 Sure, Let’s Install A Box For An AED Then Tape A Sign On It Instructing People To Run Across The Facility To Retrieve It

#38 This Sign Posted At Our Shop… Dont They Know I Need At Least 3 Days Off A Month For My Mental Health

#39 I Work In An Office Full Of Grown Men Where Lunch Stealing Is A Problem

I made a sign yesterday for the fridge and saw this the next morning. No one was ever told to ‘help themselves’.

#40 An Expensive First Day On The Job

#41 Am I Going To Get In Trouble For This? Perhaps

#42 Are They Really Sorry?

#43 Saw This The Other Day At Work

#44 I Have Been Writing A Fun Fact Every Week On An Unused Whiteboard At The Office. Someone Clearly Doesn’t Like It

#45 My Boss Leaves “Love Notes” For Us Every Time Someone Makes A Mistake

It’s just so petty to take the time to write a note for everyone to see instead of just addressing it with the person who made the mistake. I’ve only been working here a couple months and this is how many notes she’s written so far.