an amazing one from brian in cleveland:
Entries from June 2007
it must have been a pretty big bite
June 29th, 2007 · 145 Comments
Tags: CAPS LOCK · cheese · cleveland · exclamation-point happy! · moms & dads · more aggressive than passive · office · office fridge · ohio · pleasantries as afterthought · preggers · questionable logic · spelling and grammar police · stealing
don’t be disturbed
June 28th, 2007 · 38 Comments
(from matt in the netherlands)
Tags: food · netherlands · stealing
happy to be of service
June 27th, 2007 · 72 Comments
cassie in orlando is preschool teacher, and brings us this note posted by the school’s director. “i cannot help but be in awe of her after this note,” cassie says, and i have to agree.
a classic, no?
Tags: "helpful" advice · excessive underlining · heart · office · orlando · signed with love · sleeping · spelling and grammar police
this makes me want to scream
June 26th, 2007 · 92 Comments
explains james, “my cool roommate tries to do something nice for the house, and then jerk roommate writes this”:
seriously, team cormac all the way.
Tags: CAPS LOCK · excessive underlining · lighting · money · whiteboard
wait, what was the first reason again?
June 25th, 2007 · 43 Comments
paul in san diego says this note showed up above both urinals at his office last week.
Tags: CAPS LOCK · bathroom · nose-picking · office · san diego · visual aids
the thoughts that count
June 25th, 2007 · 87 Comments
an anonymous brooklyn mom sends in this choice — dare we say priceless — example of park slope’s well-documented mama drama.
Tags: "helpful" advice · brooklyn · e-mail · moms & dads · money · rebuttals
don’t be stupid (thanks)
June 24th, 2007 · 47 Comments
dan in miami beach — who by the way knows a thing or two about roommate drama — bring us this sign from a clothing store in the gay mecca of wilton manors, florida. says dan: “sometimes, gay men are a little bitchy with each other.” (again, something he knows a bit about.)
(and seriously, sweetheart, [...]
Tags: attire · florida · more aggressive than passive · pleasantries as afterthought · spelling and grammar police
something must be done
June 22nd, 2007 · 47 Comments
vida says her friend in baltimore received this note from “his pathologically lying roommate.”
it’s a little hard to read, but the (genius) last line says, “if not possible we’re moving and you can stay.”
so: team joe? team asa? or too tough to call?
Tags: baltimore · excessive underlining · roommates · shit · spelling and grammar police · toilet
hendrix is the cat
June 21st, 2007 · 44 Comments
no lols from this feline — just some lovely passive voice!
(thanks to megan in michigan.)
Tags: cats · cleaning · michigan · passive voice · roommates · signed with love · whiteboard
special people garage
June 21st, 2007 · 33 Comments
this is a special note indeed.
the idiosyncratic spelling, spacing, bolding and are fascinating — i love how the third sentence is so rhetorical it doesn’t deserve a question mark — but i think what i enjoy most is the after-the-fact realization that the desired action here just wasn’t quite explicit enough.
(thanks to molly in [...]
Tags: d.c. · dishes · dishwasher · kitchen · office · spelling and grammar police
killer cookie dough
June 20th, 2007 · 34 Comments
writes lauren in kansas: “my roommate is known for her notes towards me and our other roommate. we never touch each others food as is but i guess she felt the need to threaten us to keep it that way.”
lauren adds: “inside the box? a ton of containers of frozen cookie dough.”
Tags: die bitch die · exclamation-point happy! · food · kansas · not-so-veiled threats · roommates · signed with love · stealing
four approaches to ice cube maintenance
June 20th, 2007 · 35 Comments
exhibit a) from richmond, virginia: the pedantic approach
exhibit b) from minneapolis. minnesota: the conditional approach
exhibit c) from hartford, connecticut: the ALL for one and one for ALL approach
exhibit d) from dallas, texas: the federal government’s approach
(thanks to erik and kim for their submissions.)
Tags: "helpful" advice · CAPS LOCK · connecticut · dallas/fort worth · ellipses-crazed · ice · minnesota · office · virginia
do the rest of us a favor
June 19th, 2007 · 89 Comments
looks like both the mad bomber and richard g. sells have west-coast counterparts:
grossed out? yeah, me too. blame gregory in los angeles for documenting this one (!!!)
related: the mad bomber, act 1: “sorry about the language”
Tags: CAPS LOCK · die bitch die · ellipses-crazed · excessive underlining · exclamation-point happy! · group bitchfest · los angeles · more aggressive than passive · office · piss · shit · that shit is disgusting · toilet
some suggestions for the comfort of your guest
June 19th, 2007 · 55 Comments
first, i’ll let stephanie in los angeles explain the context for this one: “after a night of drinking, i let a friend of mine crash with me at my apartment. this friend, who does have her own apartment in the city, left with me in the morning, yet i still received this email from my [...]
Tags: "helpful" advice · e-mail · los angeles · roommates
who’s the imbecile?
June 19th, 2007 · 26 Comments
a note to alex in waterloo, ontario from his first-year roommate. says alex: “apparently i was violating some building rules that annoyed him and rather than asking me in person, he wrote this on our front door for all to see.”
Tags: roommates · university · waterloo
passive-aggressive challenge #2: don’t take my beer
June 18th, 2007 · 73 Comments
as the vilification of outback-bread-eating michelle shows, the passive-aggressive notes community has no mercy for the unrepentant food thief.
in fact, screw repentance — we’re out for revenge.
beyond simple note-leaving, one of most popular tactics for dealing with thieves seems to be the “if i can’t have it, nobody can” approach: [...]
Tags: beverages · revenge · roommates · stealing
really, enough with the weather
June 18th, 2007 · 63 Comments
Tags: "helpful" advice · CAPS LOCK · elevator · neighbors · rhetorical question · toronto
passive-aggressive fanmail action!
June 17th, 2007 · 12 Comments
it’s been an exciting weekend here at passiveaggressivenotes.com. first, we got some love from the nine’s maria sansone. then, via our webform, we got this note from laura in chicago:
From: laura<redacted>
Date: June 16, 2007 9:35:15 PM EDT
Dear Passiveaggressivenotes.com:
You clearly don’t know what passive aggressive means. This is my overtly aggressive action to make fun of [...]
Tags: memo · tangent time
in praise of passive-aggression
June 17th, 2007 · 21 Comments
those of you that side consistently with team passive-aggressive might enjoy this excerpt from ian urbina’s book, life’s little annoyances.
urbina’s thesis: “criticizing something for being passive-aggressive is like faulting a tactic for being discreet. just as there are times when subtlety is the worst approach, there are also times when passive aggression is the best.”
as [...]
Tags: food · rebuttals · roommates · stealing · tangent time
the first thing i did when i woke up
June 16th, 2007 · 138 Comments
the third paragraph of the first e-mail is the brilliant part.
adds michelle: “that bread was fucking delicious.”
(sorry, michelle: i have to side with your roommate on this one.)
Tags: CAPS LOCK · charlottesville · e-mail · food · more aggressive than passive · not-so-veiled threats · university · virginia

