Entries from September 2007

no reading required, kids

September 22nd, 2007 · 219 Comments

“this isn’t quite a note,” writes andrea in california. “actually, it’s not a note at all.” but passive-aggressive? yessir. she explains, “my dad’s job is to take out the trash. it’s probably his only chore. but for some reason, it never seems to get taken care of.” so, andrea’s mom took action. sort of.

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Tags: actions speak louder · california · garbage · moms & dads

this aggression will not stand, man

September 22nd, 2007 · 160 Comments

as a little weekend bonus, i bring you this post from the smith daily jolt’s alumnae forum. yes, it’s long.

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Tags: TLDR · bathroom · e-mail · garbage · just an asshole · martyr complex · money · not wrong · posted online · rebuttals · roommates · sig o · smoking · that's a fire hazard

are you there, margaret? god, could you be any more disgusting?

September 20th, 2007 · 311 Comments

mona in los angeles brings us this pair of notes from her high-rise century city office building. says mona, “apparently my co-worker saw the panties at issue. my question is…who leaves their panties in the bathroom at work? who does that?” my question: why are we letting paris and britney off [...]

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Tags: "helpful" advice · CAPS LOCK · attire · bathroom · bodily fluids · cleaning · danger · excessive underlining · group bitchfest · hygiene · los angeles · office · that shit is disgusting

excuse me, I believe you have my stapler

September 19th, 2007 · 266 Comments

attention: corporate emergency in the chicagoland area!

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Tags: a little uptight · and that's an order · chicago · crazy boss · excessive underlining · not-so-veiled threats · office · office supplies · seattle · spelling and grammar police

sophisticated dryers use silverware when they eat your socks

September 19th, 2007 · 149 Comments

our anonymous submitter spotted this note on a resident’s door in an apartment complex in portland, oregon. oddly, she says, this resident lives alone.
then there’s this one, which james’s roommate found in the laundry room of his sacramento apartment complex.

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Tags: excessive underlining · laundry · neighbors · portland · sacramento · stealing

the bark heard ‘cross the country

September 17th, 2007 · 203 Comments

so, our anonymous submitter had lived at her house in austin, texas for about two months when she went out of town for the weekend. for the two days while she was gone, she left her dog outside in the yard. three weeks later, her landlord – who lives at a completely different address — [...]

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Tags: austin · dogs · neighbors

at least it wasn’t “grand valse”

September 16th, 2007 · 190 Comments

according to a 2006 harris poll, office-workers say annoying ringtones are one of their biggest pet peeves — second only to office loud talkers. so i’m actually surprised we haven’t seen more notes like this one, which flickr’s heather champ found taped to her (chirping) cell phone once upon a time. (meanwhile, elsewhere at yahoo [...]

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Tags: cell phone · mobile · more aggressive than passive · office · san francisco · yahoo