CC found this note in one of the study carrels at her large midwestern med school:
this was her response:
(she continues on a second page.)
This post is favorited by 0 users
FILED UNDER: excessive underlining · michigan · moving/not moving · smartass · university
"customer service" "helpful" advice actions speak louder apostrophe abuse austin bathroom blitzkrieg approach boston brooklyn bullet points california canada CAPS LOCK cleaning clip art catastrophe confusion??? d.c. dishes dogs e-mail ellipses-crazed excessive underlining exclamation-point happy! facebook florida food garbage gloriously redundant group bitchfest guilt trip heart highlighter holiday spirit hygiene irregular capitalization jersey jesus kitchen los angeles massachusetts meta microwave moms & dads money more aggressive than passive music neighbors new york noise not-so-veiled threats now that's management odor office office fridge oh snap p.s. parking pleasantries as afterthought questionable logic raging against the machine rebuttals retail hell rhetorical question roommates saga san francisco sarcasm say wha? seattle sex sex sex shit signed with love smiley spelling and grammar police stealing temperature texas thanks (but not really) that shit is disgusting toilet touching u.k. university unnecessary "quotation marks" virginia visual aids whiteboard
36 responses so far ↓
#1
Beth
I was tag surfing from my blog and I found your post. This is so hilarious! Someone definitely needs to get a life!!
Jun 5, 2007 at 11:56 am rating: 0
#2
Potbelly
Wouldn’t it be just as easy to leave one’s junk in another one of the 100 empty cubicles the responder mentions? Rebuttal notes that exceed the length of the original note are generally lame.
Jun 5, 2007 at 12:12 pm rating: +2
#3
Phoebe
Well, one thing I’ve noticed about med students is they certainly don’t lack arrogance and self-righteousness!
Jun 5, 2007 at 12:40 pm rating: +1
#4
SC
Potbelly-
Yeah, it would have been just as easy, but not nearly as hilarious.
If people acted maturely in all situations, we wouldn’t have this hilarious website to make us laugh.
Jun 5, 2007 at 12:59 pm rating: 0
#5
Rachael
Well, the trolls are certainly off and running. Seriously, wouldn’t it be just as easy for the original note-poster to study in a different cubicle, especially if they don’t “own” that cubicle? Besides, how would the note be as funny if it were shorter? I enjoy reading histarical letters like this one–full of wit and sarcasm. This site is fantastic!
Jun 5, 2007 at 1:05 pm rating: 0
#6
Cheri
I love it!!! This is why I read this site!!!
People are nuts!!!
Jun 5, 2007 at 1:07 pm rating: 0
#7
jessie
I love how the writing gets smaller and smaller because they kept yammering on and on. Awesome.
Jun 5, 2007 at 1:32 pm rating: +1
#8
Jim
I thought the respondent was doing so well until the very last line. I have no respect for them now.
Jun 5, 2007 at 1:39 pm rating: 0
#9
psipsina
Personally, the respondent is my new hero.
Jun 5, 2007 at 2:22 pm rating: 0
#10
beth
personally i think the respondent could’ve done better. short and sweet is always better when it comes to responses to trolls / passive-aggressives.
Jun 5, 2007 at 3:50 pm rating: 0
#11
mariacristina
Some people will fight about anything! I would just set the stuff on the floor, then put it back at the end of my study session.
Why are people obsessed with being Right? Both of the note writers are problematic individuals.
Jun 5, 2007 at 4:30 pm rating: 0
#12
A Lesson A Day
I would like to write a chick-lit novel set in the competitive, high-stakes world of athletic couture, and call it “The Swiftest of Fashions.”
Jun 5, 2007 at 4:41 pm rating: 0
#13
joebec
OMG, people have too much fucking time on their hands… seriously!
Jun 5, 2007 at 4:52 pm rating: 0
#14
jeanette
what’s so funny is the incongruous last line of the responder’s note “don’t hate the playah, hate the game”
Huh?
Jun 5, 2007 at 5:15 pm rating: 0
#15
George K
Underlining words always makes them look more authoritative.
Jun 5, 2007 at 6:24 pm rating: 0
#16
Potbelly
SC, of course you are right, and I do love the hilariousness. But this particular response note is so freakin’ hypocritical, humorless and long-winded I can’t even believe it!
Jun 5, 2007 at 7:21 pm rating: 0
#17
whatladder
I suspect sarcastic note-writer number 2 is aware of the identity of note-writer number 1, and that the use of the word “specific” and the length of the note are both designed to piss that person off.
Jun 5, 2007 at 7:54 pm rating: 0
#18
whatladder
Sorry, I meant “personality” not identity.
Jun 5, 2007 at 7:55 pm rating: 0
#19
sofia L.S.
http://sofiawinterborn.wordpress.com/2007/06/05/sofiayou-must-undoubtedly-know-who-i-am-my-name-is-greed/
Jun 5, 2007 at 9:59 pm rating: 0
#20
Erika
I would NOT want Respondent CC involved in my health care at any level, but I suppose it’s too late and I really will have to kill myself until I’m no longer intellectually or physically literate. It’s clear Respondent CC is a bigger asshole than the author of the original note.
This website isn’t amusing. It’s merely sick. I wish I had something better to do than pay attention to it: If you’re reading this website or have contributed to it, then know that there is at least one person out there who hates your rotten guts! Man! I’d rather be tied to a bed and electrocuted than have anything further to do with You People. You’re passive-aggressive because you’re spoiled and because your parents and educators have been vile vermin. Die all of you, Die! Or live degraded: don’t expect me to be a part of this crap.
Jun 8, 2007 at 11:35 am rating: 0
#21
Hermann
Underlining words always makes them look more authoritative.
So does misusing “beg the question.”
Jun 8, 2007 at 2:45 pm rating: 0
#22
Tom
Jim (response #8) It wasn’t a respondant, they were respondants. I wouldn’t doubt that after the last paragraph someone said “Oooo Oooo write ‘don’t hate the ‘playah’- hate the game’ at the end!!”
Besides, two pages of pure wit in response shouldn’t be downsized by one line…..I actually thought it added to it
Jun 10, 2007 at 12:14 pm rating: 0
#23
Erik
Maybe no one else read the third page, but my favorite part of the long, well written, and thought out letter is the signature. Don’t hate the playa, hate the game. That just seals the deal right there.
Jun 13, 2007 at 2:30 pm rating: 0
#24
Dale
bonus points for correct use of the word behoove.
Jun 14, 2007 at 3:44 am rating: 0
#25
matty
ERIKA: “don’t expect me to be a part of this crap.”
This is the second post of yours that I have seen today. You obviously don’t like this site but you seem to be finding it difficult to navigate away from here. Allow me to help you: click on your address bar and type in http://www.upyourownarse.com and then f**k off.
Jun 18, 2007 at 1:51 am rating: 0
#26
SD
Erika - as Matty says, what the hell are you doing on here? There are billions of people in this world, and not all of them will share your sense of humour. They are neither wrong nor right, they’re just not you (and I for one am celebrating the fact that I am not you right now, with a little jiggly dance at my desk). You are just plain mean. If you don’t find passive aggression as funny as we do, get out of here and find a site you do like. The clue, you see, is in the name. You were never going to enjoy this. Get a grip and stop seeking out people to hate.
Jun 21, 2007 at 5:20 am rating: 0
#27
dragonfrog
The respondend uses “beg the question” correctly. All sins are immediately forgiven. Original writer was wrong in all ways, respondend right in all ways.
This is similar to the principle that any person who says or writes “value-add” shall be wrong about everything for not less than 12 hours following the utterance.
Jun 24, 2007 at 4:14 am rating: 0
#28
RaggDolly121
nice.
Jul 3, 2007 at 10:29 am rating: 0
#29
John Hopkin
“Beg the question” means something completely different to what most people think. It’s actually a specific type of logical fallacy in which an assumption is made that is itself not demonstrated or addressed. Hermann is right - it’s a misuse in the context of the note, and the writer should have used “raise the question” instead.
Don’t worry, it’s a *very* common confusion!
Jul 29, 2007 at 11:10 am rating: 0
#30
kaitlin
“don’t hate the playah - hate the game” - best part of the whole thing hahaha love it
Jul 30, 2007 at 8:55 pm rating: 0
#31
Jimmy
I was just wondering, would the respondent consider marriage, more specifically, to me?
Sep 1, 2007 at 9:17 pm rating: 0
#32
she slipped the registrar 30 pieces of silver
[...] our anonymous submitter: “here, you can reserve a carrel for the entire school year, with two students to a carrel. our honor system is such that people [...]
Sep 14, 2007 at 3:03 am rating: 0
#33
Sundaeg1rl
There’s no way these people are doctors. Look how neat their handwriting is!
Dec 4, 2007 at 7:40 am rating: 0
#34
Aiki
… Maybe it’s because I’m an asshole. Maybe it’s because I’m “stressed out”… but if I had received a letter like the first one, I would have left some nearly empty notebook or something in the offending cubicle every day until I saw a letter of apology.
Jun 24, 2008 at 6:53 pm rating: 0
Leave a Comment