angry car notes are pretty common, sure, and most probably wouldn’t qualify as passive-aggressive even by our loose standards. but offering the use of a shovel? that at least earns this note a spot in our top 8.

in her defense, eeka says there were three to four empty spaces available in front of her house [...]

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if you liked “paul gauguin, passive-aggressive artist,” you might enjoy “passive-aggressive vegan grocery cashier: a day in the life,” from the mcsweeney’s archives…or any of the “open letters to people or entities who are unlikely to respond.”
or you might not. perhaps you’re a member of the millennial generation! in that case, you [...]

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this exercise in redundancy is brought to us by erika in los angeles. it’s like the note-writer couldn’t decide which tactic would be most effective and just opted for all of the above.

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from the cubicle of michele in jasper, indiana.
michele says she doesn’t actually expect to see her digital camera again, “but I at least wanted to inflict some guilt on the person who took it.”

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from andrea in astoria, queens, who promises more to come.
(yeah, it’s hard to read, but worth squinting over, i promise.)
UPDATE: andrea has posted a transcription of the note here.

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i empathize with the note-leaver here, but after reading apt. 10’s response, i can’t help but side with the defendant– especially after melissa in omaha revealed that this particular neighbor posts notes like this quite frequently. because really, that shit is disrespectful.

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