When Julie in Elkhart, Indiana saw this note from her roommate, Molly…
![Molly's Pet Peive [sic]: Drippy Faucets. Please turn them off completely when you are done. Thanks](http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2305/2173488239_90edf74cf0.jpg "Molly's Pet Peive [sic]: Drippy Faucets. Please turn them off completely when you are done. Thanks")
…she decided it was time to go on the offensive.
Then came the counter attack…
![Molly's 2nd pet peeve: Having to tell ppl to turn the facet [sic] off in the first place](http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2381/2173488247_89dbd127f1.jpg "Molly's 2nd pet peeve: Having to tell ppl to turn the facet [sic] off in the first place")
…and then Julie photographed the exchange and sent it to us.
Game, set, match.
related: I know where she lives
105 responses so far ↓
#1
Luv this site
hmmmm. Molly just didn’t get the hint did she? I guess that’s just a “facet” of her personality that has to be dealt with. Julie must have really rattled her; she spelled it right the first time.
So what prize does the newbie poster get for being first???
Jan 10, 2008 at 9:28 pm rating: 32
#2
jan
I’m with Molly. Julie could simply make an effort to save water instead of sending a smart-ass reply.
Jan 10, 2008 at 9:29 pm rating: 6
#3
amy d
Molly, I hear they make an ointment for ‘drippy faucets’ nowadays.
Jan 10, 2008 at 9:38 pm rating: 9
#4
morpho aurora
ok julie could have turned the faucet off, molly could have said something instead of writing a note, molly should learn to spell “peeve”
but…
anyone who is smart ass enough to deliberately misspell “faucet” is funny enough to be forgiven a little P/A-ness
Jan 10, 2008 at 9:38 pm rating: 6
#5
anglophile
I’m not sure it’s quite fair of Julie to accuse Molly of making no effort. After all, she used two different color markers, and tape on all four corners. Sure the spelling and the ripped out edge of the paper leave something to be desired, but give the girl some credit.
Jan 10, 2008 at 9:38 pm rating: 20
#6
Canthz_B
Poor Molly is conserving water while killing trees!
Jan 10, 2008 at 10:05 pm rating: 20
#7
mamason
Damn that Julie with her perfect spelling and cutesy, girly penmanship.
Jan 10, 2008 at 10:09 pm rating: 6
#8
Canthz_B
CB’s pet peeve: People who spend more time writing a note than the time it would take to fix the problem that pisses them off in the first place.
Jan 10, 2008 at 10:25 pm rating: 5
#9
eh
team molly. fuck juley. like my spelling error?
Jan 10, 2008 at 10:26 pm rating: 4
#10
RD
Can’t we turn off the faucet, send the spelling error to passiveagressivenotes AND get along?
Jan 10, 2008 at 10:36 pm rating: 6
#11
Wade
I wouldn’t be too harsh with Molly.
She obviously still in mourning for Janis Peive, former chairman of the Latvian Soviet Council of Ministers.
Jan 10, 2008 at 10:52 pm rating: 3
#12
Lurker
I’m guessing Molly gets A LOT of use out of those question-mark Post-Its.
Jan 10, 2008 at 11:03 pm rating: 3
#13
fantasy
Good Golly Miss Molly
You sure like to scrawl
up bitching and a griping all night long
Good Golly Miss Molly
Don’t you know how to spell
writing and a griping all night long
ooooo oooo
Good Golly Miss Molly
You have a phone call
It’s the water company,saying pay up and all
Good Golly Miss Molly
are you on your way to tell
ooooohh
How the facet is a drippin and a droppin
and you don’t know how to spell
Good Golly miss Molly
Are you on your way to tell
How the facet is a drippin and a droppin all night long!
ooooh
ooooohhhhh
A drippin and a droppin
A drippin and a droppin
Your bitching and griping
gonna send you straight to hell
Just a writin and a scribblin
All night long
Jan 10, 2008 at 11:06 pm rating: 16
#14
Kelly
Of course…calling the landlord to fix the faucet so it doesn’t have to be turned off with super-human strength would be too difficult. Writing two misspelled notes is far easier and FAR more effective.
Jan 10, 2008 at 11:07 pm rating: 12
#15
Writerrejected
Green question-mark paper is my pet peave, ppl.
Jan 10, 2008 at 11:46 pm rating: 6
#16
Detective Julie
I always wanted a pet peive; I promise to walk it and feed it every day.
(I’m not THAT Julie!)
Jan 11, 2008 at 12:01 am rating: 3
#17
Canthz_B
I promised myself to leave these things to more capable hands. I lied!
To the tune of Stormy Weather:
Don’t know why,
You can’t turn this knob off tight,
Faucet dripping,
Drives me so crazy, I am tripping,
Keeps dripping all the time.
Life is tough,
Roommate consideration’s tough,
Faucet dripping,
Wish you’d get your poor act together,
I hear it drip all night,
All night,
All night.
Jan 11, 2008 at 12:21 am rating: 10
#18
ErikaBlare
How about a Beatle’s reference?
Julie
Half of what I say is misspelled
But I say it just to reach you, Julie.
Julie, Julie, ocean-waster, peeves me
So I leave a note of preservation, Julie
Julie, obdurate, mocking, peeves me
So I leave a note of conservation, Julie.
Her drippy faucet is trickling, dribbling
In the sink
Julie, Julie, constant dripper, heed me
So I leave a note of complaint, Julie.
While I cannot bother to spell
I can only speak my mind, Julie.
Julie, water ravager, spelling critic, hear me
So I leave a note of grievance, Julie.
Drip drip drip drip…Peeves me
So I leave a note of TURN OFF THE DAMN FAUCET, Julie, Julie, Julie.
(Please excuse my little liberty at the end.)
Jan 11, 2008 at 1:29 am rating: 10
#19
Team Cassandra
I have nothing to say. It’s perfection.
Jan 11, 2008 at 2:15 am rating: 2
#20
WanderingPenguin
Julie’s 2nd pet peeve: getting a cramp in her neck from having to turn her head at a 45-degree angle to squint at a tiny little post-it in the shape of a butterfly made of question marks so she can read what’s written there only to find yet another spelling mistake… and then forgetting to straighten her neck out before flinching.
If ever a note cried out for pink penises, it’s Molly, revisited.
Jan 11, 2008 at 2:33 am rating: 8
#21
Locke
What’s up with pink penises? Aren’t most penises pink to some degree? Wouldn’t Molly be crying out for pink penises independent of the note anyways? Why am I asking so many questions? Why am I interrogating myself about the interrogation? Will I ever stop? Will Julie turn off the ‘facet’ next time? Tune in next time for another slightly mind-bending episode of “As the Penis Hangs!”
Jan 11, 2008 at 6:21 am rating: 3
#22
GhostWriter
Holy Green Question-mark paper, Batman- Molly didn’t write her 2nd pet peeve, it was the Riddler!
Jan 11, 2008 at 8:53 am rating: 3
#23
GhostWriter
You know, if you have two pet peeves, and the first one is drippy faucets, and the second one is having to tell people about drippy faucets…
…you can’t really be peeved about having to tell people in the first place. I mean, the drippy faucet has to come first, followed by having to tell people about it, right?
Jan 11, 2008 at 9:00 am rating: 7
#24
amy d
Hi, I’m Molly,
One of the faucets of my personality is that I can be quite drippy when I’m turned on. That must be why I don’t have that many second dates.
Jan 11, 2008 at 9:15 am rating: 7
#25
JPav
Thanks, Molly… now we are ALL “turned completely off…”
Jan 11, 2008 at 11:58 am rating: 0
#26
Alix
Molly’s stationary in the 2nd note really brings it home. This is a masterpiece of P.A. Both these girls suck.
Jan 11, 2008 at 12:20 pm rating: 2
#27
WickedLady
To the song Jolene by Dolly Parton:
Julie
Julie, Julie, Julie, Julie,
I’m begging you to turn off the faucets.
Julie, Julie, Julie, Julie,
Please just turn them off, because you can.
The logic is beyond compare,
To turn them off if you care.
It stops the dripping, saves us money.
My intelligence is not that high,
Your spelling’s better, that is why
I cannot compete with you, Julie.
The dripping keeps me from my sleep,
Because my sleep is not so deep
And it’s all your stupid fault, Julie.
I can easily understand
Why you could easily take this stand,
But you don’t know what this means to me, Julie.
Julie, Julie, Julie, Julie,
I’m begging you to turn off the faucets.
Julie, Julie, Julie, Julie,
Please just turn them off, because you can.
You can choose to just ignore,
But I will simply taunt you more,
My notepad will allow me to, Julie.
I had to write this note to you,
Because my sleep depends on you
And whatever you decide to do, Julie.
Julie, Julie, Julie, Julie,
I’m begging you to turn off the faucets.
Julie, Julie, Julie, Julie,
Please just turn them off, because you can.
Julie, Julie.
Jan 11, 2008 at 2:41 pm rating: 4
#28
Bellabeastie
Did anyone think that possibly dear Julie is innocent of such peevishness? What if Molly is a sleepwalker and left the faucet on HERSELF when she got up to pee at 3:00 a.m. Hmmm? Then Molly would be her own pet peeve and all notes to Julie would have to be rescinded and apologies all ’round….
Jan 11, 2008 at 3:25 pm rating: 1
#29
bcteagirl
Team basic spelling skills! (Or if Molly is reading, Team basic spllng skilz!)
Jan 11, 2008 at 4:55 pm rating: 3
#30
kris
kris’s pet peeve:
Spelling nazis who try to make themselves seem bigger and others smaller by focusing on silly little spelling errors.
As an English major and professional editor, yes… spelling errors jump out at me (some see dead people…I see spelling mistakes) but it’s just nasty and mean spirited to point them out in this context.
Jan 11, 2008 at 5:05 pm rating: 2
#31
tanyetta
facet?????
*sigh*
Jan 11, 2008 at 7:31 pm rating: 1
#32
Chris
Haha. Conflict for others is amusement for the rest of us.
Jan 11, 2008 at 8:04 pm rating: 2
#33
Sundaeg1rl
My pet peeve: People calling people ‘ppl’. I’m sorry, but vowels have feelings too!
Stick that in your juice box and suck it, Molly!
Jan 11, 2008 at 8:33 pm rating: 0
#34
bellabeastie
Dr Kris — sOrreyy fur da spellink misteakes.. U say U are an “Editor”…. whow. Let ppl have sum fun. Hope u ken hep me wid dis… P.S. I see ded peepl 2.. ken we talk
Jan 11, 2008 at 9:37 pm rating: 3
#35
bellabeastie
So pointing out spelling errors in your chosen field isn’t considered nasty or mean-spirited? Then that is just part of what you are paid to do, Yes? I bet you have no fun on your job.
Jan 11, 2008 at 10:03 pm rating: 1
#36
bellabeastie
I apologize.. feeling a tad grumpy today…
Jan 11, 2008 at 10:08 pm rating: 2
#37
Ralphy
Probably the last comment of the day. (Sorry, got in late.) IMHO, I think Molly intentionally mispelled “facet” to further piss her room-mate off. Pretty clever if you want the feud to continue.
Jan 11, 2008 at 11:46 pm rating: 2
#38
Lurker
Aside from not getting paid for it, I fail to see the difference between writing a note for someone else to read – especially when you want that someone to learn something in the reading – and writing, say, a magazine article.
If the only reason to ever take care in writing something is getting money, grades, or recognition for it, than it’s a sad world indeed.
(Also an English major and professional editor, who derives GREAT fun from her work, and who realizes that picking on people is not always synonymous with mean-spiritedness.)
Jan 14, 2008 at 8:46 am rating: 2
#39
Quite Contrary
How, how, how did I miss this one?
May 13, 2008 at 1:33 pm rating: 0
#40
Quite Contrary
I’m thinking Molly is going to be the one who turns into a bitter middle-aged alcoholic. I think Julie will go on to become the next Tina Fey. She’s got spunk, ppl!
May 13, 2008 at 1:36 pm rating: 0
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Dec 2, 2008 at 10:45 pm rating: 0
#42
Sir John
Your sew right Mollie.
Jul 27, 2009 at 9:20 pm rating: 0
#43
Annette
Good points, I think I will definitely subscribe!
. I’ll go and read some more!
Jan 6, 2010 at 5:06 pm rating: 0
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