during his fourth year of college, andrew from waterloo says he lived with some seriously passive-aggressive roommates. the following three notes all went up within a 48-hour period:
andrew couldn’t resist adding one of his own…
it was taken down.
related: the post-it wars
78 responses so far ↓
#1
K.R
lol “Ooh I want to make a sign too!” priceless.
Jul 8, 2007 at 6:51 pm rating: +1
#2
Sweet Jane
A) Love the first note on the MADD paper–I’m so mad I’m MADD! Really, I think it’s aight to post a note like this IF you have a bunch of housemates and IF you don’t see them regularly enough to tell them all individually and IF you’re not the kind of douchebag that leaves notes all over the place about every little thing.
B) Team Sanitary! But it’s not much more unsanitary to hang the cloth off the faucet, which gets splattered with everything the sink enjoys… True sanitation would require a clean cloth for each batch of dishes. At least so sayeth my grandma and my mom.
C) Team Andrew! And Team GoFuckYourself if you’re gonna whine about the “Team XYZ” convention!
Jul 8, 2007 at 6:55 pm rating: 0
#3
Vampira
I love the last one too.
Jul 8, 2007 at 6:55 pm rating: +1
#4
Amanda
Ha! The last sign is absolutely hysterical.
Jul 8, 2007 at 7:13 pm rating: +1
#5
Eww bacteria...
I’m on team Andrew’s-Roommates… Dirty dishtowels and dishes are really disgusting. My kitchen was so gross that I barely went in there for the 8 months I lived in the apartment. Do you dishes or don’t eat with them.
Jul 8, 2007 at 7:19 pm rating: 0
#6
Andy
See, this is what I like. Typically, the best p/a note will have a bit of hyperbole, like saying “collecting bacteria for days on end”, and underlining “VERY unsanitary” on not one, but TWO notes!
The last note is a great coping mechanism, especially since it was taken down, so it really bugged the others. Heh.
In all of these situations, I’m not on one side or the other. Everyone is an asshole, just enjoy the show!
Jul 8, 2007 at 7:30 pm rating: +2
#7
Andy
I also would’ve left a note saying:
“Please DO NOT leave GAPING holes from staples in the wall!!! I do not want to lose my security deposit over having destructive barbarians as roomates!!!!!!!”
Jul 8, 2007 at 7:33 pm rating: +1
#8
eh
team andrew (unless he was the slob-culprit)
Jul 8, 2007 at 7:47 pm rating: 0
#9
ginger
i love andrew’s note.
Jul 8, 2007 at 8:01 pm rating: +1
#10
Writer, Rejected
Team Sweet Jane, which means Team GFY! Just to be extra aggressive and MADD, and because I like being on a team, and I don’t care what anyone says…particularly anyone who says it every single time we get a new letter (as if we are ever going to stop forming teams).
Jul 8, 2007 at 8:17 pm rating: 0
#11
Sweet Jane
Team Whee!
Jul 8, 2007 at 8:21 pm rating: 0
#12
Jen
“it was taken down.”
Jul 8, 2007 at 8:24 pm rating: +3
#13
pry
i can’t tell whether the second “unsanitary” note is a jab at the author of the first “unsanitary” note, who insists on wringing out the dishcloth yet leaves dirty dishes for days. or did the same person pen all but the last one?
my husband leaves sponges in the dirty dishwater, and it drives me crazy. i want a dishwasher.
Jul 8, 2007 at 8:28 pm rating: 0
#14
BoggyWoggy
woo, woo, woo! Do you hear my siren???!!! I really, really wanted to do my “Grammar Emergency Vehicle” stint, but decided to give it up. Errr…errr…errr! Kaboom! I can’t do it! I…must…tell…you…something!
The word “unsanitary” is historically incorrect. People use the word so often that it has been added to dictionaries over the past decade. The antonym for “sanitary” is truly “insanitary.”
And, by the way, I love the last note best!
Jul 8, 2007 at 10:58 pm rating: 0
#15
BoggyWoggy
Oh, and Andy…good one re: the staples! That was actually the first thing I noticed, too! I like that he wasted a few on the 2nd note. That tends to happen when one attempts to put metal into cabinetry! Ha, ha!
Jul 8, 2007 at 11:00 pm rating: 0
#16
Shannon
Love the last note…priceless! As for the staples, who the hell staples something like this into the wall (or cabinet or whatever it is)?!
Jul 8, 2007 at 11:09 pm rating: +1
#17
Daniel Hoffmann-Gill
Sorry but once again I am on the side on the note leaver, if the subhuman scum bag would just be clean and tidy and not be a slob then the note would not exist would it?
I never bothered with notes, I just spoke to the asshat in question and let them know they had bad health issues.
Jul 9, 2007 at 2:06 am rating: 0
#18
Collaroy
LOLOLOLOL! The last one really is priceless! You go, Andrew!
Jul 9, 2007 at 2:42 am rating: +1
#19
your dad
Team Sweet Jane!! Team Writer Rejected!! Team Your Mom!!!
Sweet Jane, do your grandma and mom really use a new dishcloth for every set of dishes?? Inquiring minds want to know.
Or should that be unquiring minds?
Jul 9, 2007 at 5:46 am rating: 0
#20
Heather
I like that the person took the time to type these up. You’ve gotta love the thought that went into that.
Jul 9, 2007 at 5:50 am rating: 0
#21
Andy
I tried to join Team GFY. I’m not flexible enough, though.
Jul 9, 2007 at 6:32 am rating: 0
#22
haas
most guys in college don’t care if a rag is sitting in a wet heap on the bottom of the sink.
sounds like the beginning of OCD
Jul 9, 2007 at 7:11 am rating: 0
#23
LJ
Ummm I often don’t wash dishes till we’re out *blush*
I know it’s gross but I’d rather live than wash all day!
Jul 9, 2007 at 7:17 am rating: 0
#24
I.
Your Dad: I can’t speak for Sweet Jane’s family, but I use a clean dishcloth for every load of dishes. I buy machine-launderable ones so I can wash and reuse them.
Don’t know why I’m so fussy about dishcloths when I can leave dirty dishes sitting on the sink for a week with nary a pang of concern.
Jul 9, 2007 at 7:56 am rating: 0
#25
Kristi
Andy,
Keep it up!!!
“I tried to join Team GFY. I’m not flexible enough, though.”
Got me again!
Jul 9, 2007 at 8:19 am rating: 0
#26
Andy
*bows*
Jul 9, 2007 at 8:47 am rating: 0
#27
Anna-banana
Awesome note, Andrew!
BTW, where can I get some of that super-cool MADD stationary?
Jul 9, 2007 at 9:55 am rating: 0
#28
Sweet Jane
Yup, I’m with I. (above, not me myself and I)–pile ‘em up and fanatically use a clean (I misspoke: by “new” I meant “clean”) dish cloth with every load I actually wash. My mom and grandma, of course, wash promptly, with a clean cloth.
And we never, ever wash dish cloths with other laundry: dish clothes and towels are washed separately, in hot water, with bleach. Always.
Jul 9, 2007 at 10:07 am rating: 0
#29
your dad
Wow, Sweet Jane, that’s crazy talk. Does it mean that I’m a nasty mcnastykins if i don’t?
I better go buy some dishcloths and get rid of the sponges . . . .
Jul 9, 2007 at 10:14 am rating: 0
#30
Sweet Jane
Welp, I certainly think sponges are disgusting (and lots of scientists agree!*) and I wouldn’t knowingly eat off of plates/utensils that had been washed with one, but, you know, glass houses. If you saw my kitchen right now you’d definitely laugh at my dogmatic washing ways…
*:
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/tomorrow_today/9603/sponges/index.html
http://www.webmd.com/news/20070625/top-spots-for-bacteria-at-home
Jul 9, 2007 at 10:20 am rating: 0
#31
Sweet Jane
Hmm, I just tried to post something but it doesn’t show up… Recap:
1) I think sponges are way gross (scientists agree!*)
2) I wouldn’t knowingly eat of off plates/utensils washed with them–except, really, not really… I would just feel all *yeesh* about it.
3) Glass houses… If you saw my kitchen, and other food-consumption areas, you’d definitely laugh at my *yeesh*iness about sponges.
* Incentives to buy/use dishcloths:
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/tomorrow_today/9603/sponges/index.html
http://www.webmd.com/news/20070625/top-spots-for-bacteria-at-home
Jul 9, 2007 at 10:25 am rating: 0
#32
Sweet Jane
WTF my posts don’t show up? Sigh. Am I too wordy? Probably.
Buy and use dishcloths. But I love you even if you’re nasty mcnastykins.
* Incentives to buy/use dishcloths:
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/tomorrow_today/9603/sponges/index.html
http://www.webmd.com/news/20070625/top-spots-for-bacteria-at-home
Jul 9, 2007 at 10:27 am rating: 0
#33
Kristi
Team sponge!!
Jul 9, 2007 at 10:32 am rating: 0
#34
your dad
In your face, bitches!!! Sweet Jane loves me.
I sometimes let my dog eat off plates when I’m home alone. If I see people letting dogs eat off of plates, I get all high and mighty about it.
So if you come for dinner at my house, the sponge is the least of your worries.
Jul 9, 2007 at 10:37 am rating: 0
#35
the sos
i once lived with a pig of a roommate who had the nerve to bitch about the dishes even though she left her shit all over the rest of the house. i started letting my dog do the dishes with her tongue. kept a clean one of the bottom of the stack for me. problem solved. she thought she had clean dishes - i KNEW she didn’t. *evil laugh*
Jul 9, 2007 at 10:38 am rating: 0
#36
your dad
Team ME!!!!
Jul 9, 2007 at 10:40 am rating: 0
#37
the sos
and oh yeah:
Kenneth G. Wilson (1923–). The Columbia Guide to Standard American English. 1993.
insanitary, unsanitary (adjs.)
These two are synonyms, meaning “unhealthful, unclean, disease-causing.†Insanitary may occur somewhat more frequently than unsanitary, but both are Standard. See IN-.
http://www.bartleby.com/68/16/3316.html
Jul 9, 2007 at 10:43 am rating: 0
#38
Sweet Jane
Ooooops. Sorry y’all. Patience is a virtue, hmmm? I am not virtuous. In/un be damned!
Jul 9, 2007 at 10:47 am rating: 0
#39
Writer, Rejected
Team Dog Lick.
Jul 9, 2007 at 11:38 am rating: 0
#40
Kristi
lol
Jul 9, 2007 at 12:44 pm rating: 0
#41
Team Hates Doing Dishes
Is leaving a dirty plate or two on the counter over night really that bad?!
Jul 9, 2007 at 12:58 pm rating: 0
#42
ANON
WEEE!!! TEAM ANDREW!!! YAY!!! YIPPIE!!1
TEAM ANDREW!! GO ANDREW!!! WHOO HOOO!!!
TEAM ANDREW !!!
YAYYYY!!!!! GOODIE GOODIE!!!! WEEEEEEEE!!! sarcasm
Jul 9, 2007 at 2:07 pm rating: 0
#43
Sweet Jane
Team Asshole, I mean, Anon! Woohoo!
Goooo…. fuck… yourself!
Jul 9, 2007 at 2:30 pm rating: 0
#44
Psipsina
I wash my dishcloths, but not after every use. Probably about once a week, on average. And I put ‘em in with a bunch of other stuff that gets washed in hot water, but I don’t see any reason to go overboard and have a load each week that contains nothing but 21 dishcloths and some bleach.
I’m sorry to tell you this, Sweet Jane, but as far as I can tell, my husband and I have never been made sick by this.
Team Bacteria!
It also gives me pause when I see antibacterial hand soap in someone else’s house. I wonder if they have OCD or are related to Howard Hughes or something. Isn’t plain soap enough? (Unless you’re about to perform surgery, in which case I say, “Yeah, antibacterial soap all the way. Follow up with a Clorox rinse, too, will you?”)
Jul 9, 2007 at 2:45 pm rating: 0
#45
stopthepresses
I’m going to skip the dishcloths and the sponges and just keep going with the dog tongues.
Totally Team Dog Lick, Writer rejected.
Jul 9, 2007 at 4:39 pm rating: 0
#46
Jamie
go team dog lick
Jul 9, 2007 at 5:15 pm rating: 0
#47
F
Boo on antibacterial soap. Soap removes bacteria; there’s no need for the antibacterial part. Excessive use leads to antibiotic and antibacterial resistance, and it has been hypothesized that excessive hygiene is responsible for the increased prevalence of allergies.
See:
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/eid/vol7no3_supp/levy.htm
http://home.howstuffworks.com/question692.htm
Jul 9, 2007 at 5:47 pm rating: 0
#48
stopthepresses
Team Discovery Channel!!
Jul 9, 2007 at 5:51 pm rating: 0
#49
Sooz
Team Paper Plate & Solo Cup!
Jul 9, 2007 at 6:22 pm rating: 0
#50
tweedle
team log dick!
Jul 9, 2007 at 8:04 pm rating: 0
#51
crankylibrarian
I think I’ll go wash the dishes with a pair of my dirty panties.
Jul 9, 2007 at 8:55 pm rating: 0
#52
Sweet Jane
LOL!
Jul 9, 2007 at 9:05 pm rating: 0
#53
Jamie
This comment section is turning into it’s own free-for-all. Love it!
Jul 9, 2007 at 9:43 pm rating: 0
#54
your dad
Team Jamie!!!
Shut it!!!
Jul 10, 2007 at 9:01 am rating: 0
#55
Jamie
That’s nice, wth?
Jul 10, 2007 at 5:29 pm rating: 0
#56
Andy
Team Dog Lick with peanut butter.
What? What? Stop looking at me like that.
Jul 10, 2007 at 5:55 pm rating: 0
#57
crankylibrarian
Team ewwwwwwwwwwww.
Jul 10, 2007 at 6:03 pm rating: 0
#58
Andy
