“Is it doubly passive aggressive to use this site to convey this message? I am the creator of this note, and the photo depicts actual conditions. I would love to send a post of this to said roommate at work.” —flushpatrol in Washington, D.C.
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107 responses so far ↓
#1
Marissa
LOL. E-mail him the link to this site! Do it!
Jul 26, 2007 at 8:12 pm rating: 90
#2
jessie
I love the part where they name their sources, thats the best.
Jul 26, 2007 at 8:24 pm rating: 90
#3
Faustus, M.D.
The handwriting in this note makes me want to date you.
Jul 26, 2007 at 8:39 pm rating: 90
#4
todd
talk about a faustian bargain. not really though.
agreed on the handwriting. sexy.
Jul 26, 2007 at 9:32 pm rating: 90
#5
grae
uh, you spelled a word wrong, try “roommate”.
Jul 26, 2007 at 9:41 pm rating: 90
#6
angiedmann
you must email the link. must, must, must.
Jul 26, 2007 at 9:59 pm rating: 90
#7
WhatLadder
“roomate” is fine if they are sharing any kind of kangaroo.
Jul 26, 2007 at 10:23 pm rating: 90
#8
Simster
I love that the evidence of need for this note is just floating there accusingly below.
Jul 26, 2007 at 10:51 pm rating: 90
#9
letters
for sure it would be doubly p-a to send him the link. despite the anonymity of the internet the matter would be turned into a spectator sport instead of remaining a private matter between roo-mates.
Jul 27, 2007 at 12:32 am rating: 90
#10
Andy
Wow. How formal.
Is that wording more effective than saying, “Don’t fucking flush rubbers down the toilet, asshole?”
Also, Google as the source? That’s the only thing that kind of ruins it for me. If you’re going to give a source, give a URL, if you took the time to look it up.
Naming just Google is like saying that a friend of a friend of a cousin told you that the world is flat.
Jul 27, 2007 at 4:23 am rating: 90
#11
Susan
Kudos for spelling “prophylatic” right!!!
Jul 27, 2007 at 5:09 am rating: 90
#12
The Fresh Cracker
Send it!
Jul 27, 2007 at 5:51 am rating: 90
#13
Brett
Gross. Even if you insist on throwing your used condoms in the toilet, the decency to actually flush said commode would be appreciated, I’m sure…
Jul 27, 2007 at 5:59 am rating: 90
#14
Heather
The source citation and use of the word “cease” make this note for me.
Jul 27, 2007 at 6:11 am rating: 90
#15
GhostWriter
It’s the morning after a night of sex (obviously) and one roommate is calling the other “dearest”.
Hmmm…
Jul 27, 2007 at 6:34 am rating: 90
#16
the sos
I like how how the word “indeed” implies that there has been some previous discussion and/or argument over the issue. And “practice” is a very PA way of calling out someone’s disgusting habit without being ugly – but still making it obvious they are a lazy shitheel. Nicely done!!!
Jul 27, 2007 at 6:48 am rating: 90
#17
Lovecarrots
Brett, isn’t flushing is the problem? I could be wrong but that looks like what happens when somebody flushes a blocked lavatory. The water stays in the pan, along with everything else…. hence the unfeasibly high fill level.
Perhaps another nice touch would be to leave a plunger on the offending house mate’s pillow with a similarly polite and formal request to unblock the lavatory.
Jul 27, 2007 at 7:25 am rating: 90
#18
Gadget
I’ll have to google all of this after.
Go ahead and send it to the roomie!
Jul 27, 2007 at 7:29 am rating: 90
#19
anon
excellent penmanship
Jul 27, 2007 at 7:45 am rating: 90
#20
PSUJedi
It’s not just the blocking of the toilet–if this person is connected to a septic tank (and not a sewer system), it can cause MAJOR problems (for those city folk, see information on how septic tanks work: http://www.askthebuilder.com/117_Septic_Tanks_-_How_They_Work.shtml). I know–this happened when my ex-brother-in-law took it upon himself to use the toilet and not the trash can to dispose of used condoms. Imagine his embarrassment when he, my father and way older brother dug up the septic tank and there were a bunch of condoms floating at the top. Yeah. Big fish and condoms just don’t flush.
Jul 27, 2007 at 7:54 am rating: 90
#21
Tarn
Definitely mail the link to the roommate!
This is nasty because a) obviously it won’t flush and b) who wants to pick out someone else’s used condom from the loo? Ugh.
Jul 27, 2007 at 8:05 am rating: 90
#22
Mela
I think flushpatrol and her dearest roommate are both ladies, and dearest’s desire to shag anyone who buys her a drink leads to the commendable use of rubbers. Flushpatrol is also likely sick of the revolving door of seedy gentlemen coming in and out of dearest’s room, and this is just the very very tip of the iceberg. Plus, who wants to plunge their roommate’s one-night-stand’s condoms before peeing first thing in the morning?
Jul 27, 2007 at 8:05 am rating: 90
#23
e
Aside from being bad for septic tanks –
it’s hard to flush condoms bc air gets stuck in them, to ensure the offending article indeed goes down the tube, one should wrap it in toilet paper first.
Geez, haven’t you folks been to Spring Break in Cancun??
Jul 27, 2007 at 8:14 am rating: 90
#24
mahkrowave
The Holocaust never happened (source: Google).
White people are the Master Race (source: Google).
All gay people are going to Hell (source: Google).
Referencing Google as a source for anything is worthless and lazy (source: Google).
Jul 27, 2007 at 8:18 am rating: 90
#25
Winifred Bagel
WTF? No-one’s commenting on the self reflexivity.
Dear PAN: this promises to be an entertaining sideline but I vote to put it in a separate section kthx.
Jul 27, 2007 at 8:26 am rating: 90
#26
Psipsina
@Whatladder – very nice!
Jul 27, 2007 at 8:28 am rating: 90
#27
will
how am I supposed to throw a condom out when I’m having sex in a bathroom?
Jul 27, 2007 at 8:38 am rating: 90
#28
jules
eeeeewwwww. Not what I expected to see whilst sipping the first cup of java today. I guess that’s what I get for loving this site!!!
Jul 27, 2007 at 8:41 am rating: 90
#29
Daniel Hoffmann-Gill
Self outing but great language.
Jul 27, 2007 at 8:45 am rating: 90
#30
Brett
I’ve never had a problem flushing a condom. Shrug. I know it’s anecdotal, btw.
@lovecarrots: Said commode doesn’t look backed up to me.
Jul 27, 2007 at 8:54 am rating: 90
#31
Pain Freak
Although the site of a floating condom IS rather gross- worse things could happen. I think back 8 years to a friendly romp I had with a mate who was a year younger than me… instead of wrapping up the condom and politely throwing it away, he tossed it out the window. The next morning, he calls me to politely notify me our date was off today, because his mother found the condom dangling from the clothesline while doing laundry.
Ah, good times, good times. Next time piss in your roommates trashcan- that ought to make some sort of point.
Jul 27, 2007 at 8:56 am rating: 90
#32
Pain Freak
Um, note correction to spelling- should have been “sight”. My apologies, it’s been a long morning. Oh, and my overuse of the word “politely”. Seems to be a favorite today.
Jul 27, 2007 at 8:57 am rating: 90
#33
blue lanugo
What’s with the “indeed”? Were you guys going back and forth on the matter previously?
Jul 27, 2007 at 9:59 am rating: 90
#34
Shawn
Glad to see so much pride in one’s passive-aggression. Is there anything else annoying you today? You could observe it, google it, write a paper note, post the note, photograph it, transfer the picture from your camera to your computer, submit to a web site, and enjoy the fall-out. Why bother having a quick tactful chat, or just flushing it?
Erk… was this post passive-aggressive, or just snarky? In either case, I’m in good company
Jul 27, 2007 at 10:27 am rating: 90
#35
Andy
Team Snarky. Just the way I likes my comments. Snark away!
Jul 27, 2007 at 10:33 am rating: 90
#36
Zsa
Note the offender did not even bother to put the seat down– assumng this was in situ.
That would probably piss me off more because not only did I get that cold, falling-in feeling when I staggered to the loo at dark:30 AM but also came periously close to touching the floater with my bare bum~
Flushpatrol needs many more ‘you are an incosiderate ass, roomate’ notes to assist in relocating the offender to a proper condom-loving domicile.
Jul 27, 2007 at 12:10 pm rating: 90
#37
GreenPolice
I love how everyone’s only concern about flushing a condom is that it might clog their toilet. Way to think about someone other than yourself, folks!
Jul 27, 2007 at 12:38 pm rating: 90
#38
Maverick
I disagree with those that think he should not have said source: google. For me, that little touch gave the note just the right amount of sarcasm. Citing a lengthy url like http://peopleagainstsprophylacticsintoilets.biz would have completely ruined the note.
Jul 27, 2007 at 1:12 pm rating: 90
#39
Andy
Maverick: I suppose you’re right. I’m just detail-oriented, and the little details I obsess over.
Love that URL, though.
Jul 27, 2007 at 1:15 pm rating: 90
#40
April
Ok, first of all, eww
Second, I’m REALLY hoping this is the first time this has happened (while all evidence points to the contrary), because otherwise the first thing flushpatrol has seen in the morning on more than one occassion is a rubber floating in the toilet. It’s bad enough he probably heard them, but to see physical evidence…uck.
Third, it should be noted that flushpatrol spelled “roommate” correctly in his email when he submitted the note, so maybe it was just because he was bleary-eyed and pissed that he erred in the note. Can’t blame the guy.
Jul 27, 2007 at 1:27 pm rating: 90
#41
your dad
Team That’s Why I Live Alone.
Jul 27, 2007 at 1:58 pm rating: 90
#42
Shawn
By the way, I think the seat is up because it’s really the best way to post a note over the bowl of a toilet. Also, it’s probably the only way to capture the offending latex in the same picture as the note. A+ for composition; an artist’s eye indeed.
Jul 27, 2007 at 2:04 pm rating: 90
#43
bobwong
I’ve heard them referred to as Coney Island whitefish, because they are supposed to be found floating in the surrounding waters. But I live on the left coast and can’t speak from personal experience about that.
Jul 27, 2007 at 2:35 pm rating: 90
#44
Winifred Bagel
I can’t believe no-one’s mentioned the self-reflexivity of PAN posting notes intended to be posted on PAN.
I think it’s a hilarious ideer, but my preference would be for this to appear in a separate section of the blog.
Jul 27, 2007 at 2:40 pm rating: 90
#45
Writer, Rejected
Remember the notes about not flushing tampons and sanitary pads? I could never imagine who in the world would think of doing such a thing.
I mean, it’s a tiny bowl in which we flush away all our biodegradable wastes; no need to add clogging materials, is there? Also, seriously, condoms? For about 100 reasons from courtesy to environment to the sheer audacity of letting a spooge-soaked weener balloon float in the toilet, it’s just plain idiotic.
I say let the passive-aggressive-good-penmanship complainer tape it to the roommate’s penis while he sleeps. A more immediate remedy.
Jul 27, 2007 at 3:43 pm rating: 90
#46
Olivia
Lamest thing I’ve read on this site (but not the lamest I’ve seen).
Jul 27, 2007 at 4:10 pm rating: 90
#47
fp
thanks guys! I wasn’t sure if I was outside of my rights on this one!
-flush patrol
Jul 27, 2007 at 8:19 pm rating: 90
#48
Yoffi
At least you can be assured you won’t have to wake up at 3am and take a one night stand to the emergency room because she showed up on your doorstep about to go into labour and your roommate – the culprit – is no where to be found!
Jul 27, 2007 at 8:24 pm rating: 90
#49
S.S.
Clearly staged.
Jul 27, 2007 at 8:45 pm rating: 90
#50
LOLOL
At least they attempted to dispose of it, instead of trying to sell it on Amazon.
http://thisaintright.ytmnd.com/
Jul 27, 2007 at 9:32 pm rating: 90
#51
Amelie
Nobody expresses concern for plumbing and the environment these days. I want to move to King County where residents are inclined to do the right thing!…..
“Where do you put used tampons or condoms? The toilet or the trash?
That’s certainly not trivia for the faint of heart, but the answer is important for people who want to protect their plumbing and the environment. And, with King County residents’ inclination for doing the right thing, the answer is interesting and perhaps not widely known.
Putting them in the trash avoids the potential of plugged plumbing, which could result in both major inconvenience and significant cost to clear the lines,” said Dick Finger, manager of the county’s West Point Treatment Plant in Seattle. “It’s hard to break the habit of flushing tampons or condoms, but the benefits outweigh the risks. No one wants to have to call a plumber or dig up their front yard.”
Roommate you could learn a thing or two from the residents of King County!
Besides, he could have at least used wikipedia.
Jul 28, 2007 at 12:16 am rating: 90
#52
aliastaken
On a semi-related note: please don’t flush tampons either. See vague septic tank/shallow sewer system explanation mentioned above.
(More embarrassing than floating condoms? Try used, bloated tampons spewing out of every pipe and drain in the house when the sewer backs up!)
Jul 28, 2007 at 6:49 am rating: 90
#53
Randomness
I don’t flush tampons at home- it is an 80 year old house, after all.
But you should’ve seen the looks I got when I asked my suitemates who arrived before me at college if they thought that flushing tampons was ok in our dorm.
I followed their example and flushed ‘em, because failure to comply would’ve probably resulted in little passive aggressive notes from my ever so lovely OCD roommate.
Jul 28, 2007 at 1:19 pm rating: 90
#54
jen
I dunno. It looks to me like the flush patrol is more upset about the roommate having sex and not with or instead of her.
Jul 28, 2007 at 5:12 pm rating: 90
#55
flush patrol
jen, i’m going to leave actually used condoms in various places for you to find and see if you like it.
i’m using my own and disposing of them properly, thanks. team me!
Jul 28, 2007 at 5:37 pm rating: 90
#56
Shawn
*awkward silence*
Jul 29, 2007 at 12:21 pm rating: 90
#57
Ary H.
No one has commented on the self-referentiality here: PAN posted a passive-aggressive note, not as an object of ridicule but as an actual message.
Isn’t that what CL is for?
But it’s still pretty funny.
Jul 29, 2007 at 1:02 pm rating: 90
#58
agirlie
My husband did electrical work at a waste water treatment plant. He got a tour one day. He saw the large pools of water before they get skimmed and treated, he told me all you could see floating on top was condoms. So, I’m pretty much on bottled water now. Yuck.
Jul 29, 2007 at 8:05 pm rating: 90
#59
BoggyWoggy
Team Fake
Jul 29, 2007 at 9:31 pm rating: 90
#60
HotMom
That was so you know he/she is having sex.
Jul 30, 2007 at 5:22 pm rating: 90
#61
Mitsu
lol! As if the evidence is floating right there!! That was just the icing on the cake for me, but I seriously think that your roommate only did that to brag about having sex to you. ( I had that problem ,and I moved the hell out!)
Jul 30, 2007 at 6:30 pm rating: 90
#62
Jill
Well, as gross as that is, at least he TRIED to dispose of the condom. Nothing’s worse than wandering around your house in the morning getting ready for your day and stumbling across a used condom sitting on your coffee table. I definitely don’t miss college.
Jul 31, 2007 at 12:58 pm rating: 90
#63
Amy
condom boxes warn against flushing them down the toilet
I knew this and told my ex to stop flushing them down mine! He clogged my toilet, and I was afraid when my mom had to do the roter-rooter thing she’d find them :/
Jul 31, 2007 at 1:16 pm rating: 90
#64
melissa
The only thing I would add to this note is a hearty congratulations for using a condom in the first place. Praise the good, scorn the bad!
Aug 2, 2007 at 9:59 am rating: 90
#65
poe
i see poo stains on the underside of that seat. EW. god, the toilet makes me hate people.
Aug 7, 2007 at 8:10 pm rating: 90
#66
Miranda
woohoo ; make the writing clearer, but now-a-days you CAN flush condoms. Nothing bad happens, I’ve done it….
lol TTYL
Aug 18, 2007 at 8:22 pm rating: 90
#67
teddy j
If you through your used rubbers in the toilet, the least you can do is push the flush lever. I do and they dissapear just fine .
Aug 20, 2007 at 10:52 am rating: 90
#68
marie
this is too hilarious!! i too love the “source”!!
Aug 24, 2007 at 1:05 pm rating: 90
#69
teddy j
The wording leads me to believe they were objecting to the toilet not being flushed. Not to disposing used condoms down the toilet. I can’t see taking issue with flushing condoms down the toilet, but I certainly would object to forgetting to flush them.
Aug 25, 2007 at 3:51 pm rating: 90
#70
Matias
Really funny.. and i have to agree, the handwriting is beautiful. You could do a font with it.
Dec 15, 2007 at 2:24 am rating: 90
#71
Amy
rubber doesn’t easily go down toilet drains… and if it does go down the toilet, it will likely catch somewhere else in your plumbing and cause problems later on. Of course it’s not going to be immediate. Morons. “nothing happened when I flushed” You people are the reason why plumbers make it big
Jan 2, 2008 at 2:45 pm rating: 90
#72
fellasheowed
if they were roommates with benefits,might the responsibility for the disposal of the jimmy-hat be more ambiguous?
Jan 26, 2008 at 11:17 pm rating: 90
#73
bosque
To be fair, “Dearest Roommate” didn’t flush the condom.
Now, if the note writer said “No floating rubbers” he/she would have a good case. As long as they named Google as their source…
May 3, 2008 at 2:41 pm rating: 90
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#78
marymary
Be bold! Leave the note just as in the picture. And keep all here posted about the results.
Aug 9, 2008 at 6:13 pm rating: 90
#79
Crystal
That prophylactic was fucking delicious
Aug 24, 2008 at 10:21 pm rating: 90
#80
SMF
He didnt have to roll it down to far HUH!!!
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#82
miranda
is it passive aggressive to point out that the toilet was dirty and the last thing this person should be worrying about is the floating trojan?
meh heh heh.
Nov 10, 2008 at 1:42 am rating: 90
#83
dan
Flushing rubbers down the toilet will always result in them getting caught by those used water-logged-swollen tampons already clogging the sewer pipe…
Jan 27, 2009 at 8:59 pm rating: 90
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