Giant Post It Humour

Here in the public service we love our post it notes. I assume that's a broad appeal thing across the white collar world. Though I like to think I am not a white collar worker since I tend to not wear ties and if I can get away with it, collared shirts of a different hue. Indeed, polo shirts.

I digress. We love our post it notes. We use them for many things. Mostly for what they are intended. Then there are the giant post it notes for meetings. Seriously big fuck off post its you can stick to the wall and scrawl on with a maker pen and, presumably, those around a conference table can read the note's contents. Most useful.

In the break out area near my desk, for a couple of weeks now, an empty cardboard backing for a giant post it note pack has been leaning against the wall. On the reverse is a pic of some people in a meeting employing the post it in action with some handy text talking glowingly about the product in question. The smiling man who is in the pic at the post it note in question happens to be African American.

Today I noticed someone had written OBAMA!!!! and underlined it, with an arrow helpfully pointing at said African American. Well done mate. Seriously well done. Post it note man is African American. The president elect is also African American. Ergo, they're similar!

Seriously fuckstick. You just made a joke whose entire premise is based on the colour of a man's skin. Great stuff. If that's not what you intended then why not also have an arrow pointing at one of the other people in the shot who is middle aged and white with the words GEORGE BUSH!!!! next to it.

What a twat.