They’re Real Scientists, So They Repeated The Experiment

My then-boyfriend and I were dropping off some papers at the physics department of a (world-renowned, very prestigious and expensive) university, and the staff mailboxes happened to be in the faculty breakroom. I was amused to see that the breakroom microwave had a big sign taped to the front saying:

Sign: “PLEASE DO NOT MICROWAVE FORKS!!!!”

Me: *Quietly to my boyfriend.* “Wow, you’d think a bunch of top-notch physicists wouldn’t need that reminder!”

Passing Faculty Member: *Darkly.* “Tell that to the last three microwaves.”