from heidi’s apartment building in kansas city, mo. says heidi: “the decorating committee of condo owners added lamps to the hallway tables on each floor. someone started turning the lamps off on some floors, and someone else left this note on the bulletin board in the building’s laundry room. “gotta love that festive holiday stationery!

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along with the mad bomber series, i’d say this note is one for the hall of fame. there are so many amazing elements here i can’t even pick a favorite.

related: care, it makes a difference

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from the offices of “a large internet company” in northern virginia…thanks to liz for submitting!

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from an all-girls floor of a boston university dorm…

ah, college. thanks to vicky in boston for submitting!

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dispatches from an oh-so-common passive-aggressive battleground…

so, whose side are you on?

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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.)

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sara is one of seven students sharing an apartment in venice. after three months of living together, she says, it became clear that one of the flatmates had to go: he had nasty habits like, um, pleasuring himself in his in other people’s bedrooms while they were out. “we gently told him we thought it [...]

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this important safety message is brought to you from an anonymous worker at a call center in toronto…

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(charlie in los angeles did not eat your lunch.)

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my personal favorite from sara k’s oh-so-delightful office sign project.

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a doozy from our pals over at the “blog” of “unnecessary” quotation marks.

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oh, how i love (totally tacky) reply-all e-mails.

thanks to kate in new york city, who says she has a whole inbox full of e-mails like this from the coworkers at her law firm.

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explains jdb: “the blue note went up first, then we hired a bunch of contractors. the red note went up shortly after that.”

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tim found this note in the basement storeroom of an apartment building in kiel, germany:

tim’s rough translation:
THANKS for filling [up the storeroom]!!!
i was able to get to the meter just SUPER!!!
tenant 5/1 [fifth floor, first apartment]
[hand written at the bottom] many thanks from me too, tenant 5/2

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(from sarah’s AMAZING photo set, “notes on theft”, and from james in beaumont, texas.)

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after receiving numerous “helpful tips” from her roommate at the university of minnesota…

lydia decided to add a few post-its of her own.

(the large signs on the oven and the microwave were already there.)

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“i still put my stuff all over his couch,” says ryan in d.c., who adds that this note is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to his “anal-retentive” roommate. ryan will be moving out of the apartment soon, but (in a final passive-aggressive gesture) says he has stuffed the couch full of [...]

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says dave in new york city: “i love that this note contains a fairly detailed explanation of lord kelvin’s formulation of the second law of thermodynamics. and a helpful diagram!”

related: when you get down to it 

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maybe it’s the manic use of ellipses and exclamation points, but this note makes me very uncomfortable.

says erica in new york city, “as bad as it can get in the ladies’, i’ve been told the men’s bathroom is even worse.”

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the cap’n is saying, “ian: If I catch you eating this delicious cereal, I’ll kill you in your sleep. love, dan.”
(”my roommate ian kept eating all the cereal i bought before i had a chance to have even a single bowl,” dan explains.)

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