writes our anonymous submitter from canada: “i lived with these girls for a year, but about six to eight months in things started to get a little strange.” if our submitter had any doubts about how her roommates felt about her, however, the to-do lists that appeared on the fridge the weekend she was moving out cleared things right up. (the verdict? way harsh, tai.)
adds our submitter: “i don’t miss them.”
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110 responses so far ↓
#1
vimandvigor
I love that the PAN writers have to “rescue” pieces of furniture.
Feb 12, 2008 at 12:50 am rating: +1
#2
kramertime
I am curious how Jim from the grocery store will help clean Megan’s crap.
Feb 12, 2008 at 12:59 am rating: +8
#3
goose
Somehow, I don’t think they miss you either, Megan.
Feb 12, 2008 at 1:00 am rating: +8
#4
Robin Claire
Yikes. Subtle.
Feb 12, 2008 at 1:06 am rating: +1
#5
durian
Well, if you read the sticker/magnet above the first list, it is a “special” household.
Feb 12, 2008 at 1:08 am rating: +3
#6
Canthz_B
Was she making smoked chicken down in the basement in great amounts?
That would cover carpet, curtains, walls and bedding. I’m afraid to open the bathroom door.
Coasters would have been a nice house-warming gift though.
Feb 12, 2008 at 1:18 am rating: +3
#7
starburst2185
With friends like that, who needs enemies? Seriously though, way harsh.
Feb 12, 2008 at 1:20 am rating: 0
#8
Canthz_B
This is what happens when Big Bird gets pissed off!
Feb 12, 2008 at 1:21 am rating: 0
#9
Canthz_B
Does stained glass leave a mark, or do they mean water stains?
Feb 12, 2008 at 1:28 am rating: +2
#10
ALA
What the hell is vim? Does it go with the multiple air freshener’s? Do they together spice up a room?
Also, could *plan party* be any harsher? They want Marcie to plan her own thank-god-you’re-going-away party?!?
Feb 12, 2008 at 1:46 am rating: +7
#11
Andrea
vim is a brand of cleaner.
these notes are a little harsh though. they could’ve waited until after she left that weekend to post them.
Feb 12, 2008 at 1:50 am rating: 0
#12
eh
what a bitch
Feb 12, 2008 at 2:18 am rating: 0
#13
miser
multiple air fresheners go with the territory when you own a cat. kitty litter is shit sand. you let your pet shit in your house. shit stinks. what did you expect?
get a dog. you may even walk off a few pounds.
Feb 12, 2008 at 2:27 am rating: +2
#14
Troy McClure
New Tact eliminates odours and unsightly stains without harsh and abrasive notes!
Feb 12, 2008 at 2:34 am rating: +20
#15
Tyler
I wish upon them the curse of a friend who invites more friends over. See how long their chicken last then.
Feb 12, 2008 at 3:05 am rating: +4
#16
ian in hamburg
Things probably started to get a little strange after about six months because that’s when the smell from downstairs started to permeate the whole building. I go with goose, comment three: they don’t miss her either.
I bet that more often than not, people who submit these p-a notes are simply pissed off it’s the truth, and are trying to rationalise their mistakes, rather than learn from them.
Feb 12, 2008 at 3:12 am rating: +6
#17
Khak
Anyone with handwriting like that has got to be a very special kind of uptight. I would have made sure to spill something mysterious and sticky all over those lists.
Feb 12, 2008 at 4:00 am rating: +6
#18
seeyounexttuesday
Seems that “anon submitter” was a real cunt. Here’s a pro tip: when you think you are normal, but everyone else in the house think you’re a dirty disgusting pig, you’re a dirty disgusting pig. Please don’t move in with anyone else and make their lives miserable because you have no manners, no consideration, and apparently no concept of cleanliness. Disgusting cunt.
Feb 12, 2008 at 6:20 am rating: +12
#19
bamBAM!!
does that say vim, like vim and vigor? or am I missing something?
Feb 12, 2008 at 7:27 am rating: +2
#20
bamBAM!!
I’m sure that means “Plan a Going Away Party Cause we’ll miss you so much!!”
Yup, definitely
Feb 12, 2008 at 7:28 am rating: +1
#21
Melanie
I dunno about this one. While the note is harsh (and way immature), I suspect that Megan had it coming (if Megan=anon submitter). Sounds to me like she was a pretty gross roommate. But her roomies should have had the stones to confront her long before move-out and PAN day.
Feb 12, 2008 at 8:01 am rating: +4
#22
Team Cassandra
What’s sad to me is “things started getting strange”. That tells me that those roomies had issues that they weren’t raising. And that’s not fair!!! You can’t just avoid saying what’s on your mind and then, one day out of nowhere, be a whiny bitch about it.
On the other hand, I’ve written lists like that (but kept them private! Yeesh!) after people have moved out because they really have trashed my digs. While I think it’s important to deal with issues before they become problems, it IS pretty embarrassing (and annoying) to have say to someone: “Hey, it’s been six months now and I was wondering… do you think you might get to scrubbing that toilet sometime?”
Feb 12, 2008 at 8:31 am rating: +10
#23
Team Cassandra
On a completely different note: anal-retentive much?
She has a list like that every day?!?!? As the Queen of Chaos, I find it hard to even fathom.
And the hand-writing just screams to me Papa’s petite pretty in pink perfection Princess.
I’m all about the alliteration these days! Try it! It’s fun!
Feb 12, 2008 at 8:39 am rating: +9
#24
Jaybird
Well if they were really creative they would have used the F and the U magnets from the alphabet magnet set….. there will never be a better time to take advantage of that.
Feb 12, 2008 at 9:03 am rating: +2
#25
KittyKat
Maybe they wouldn’t need so many air fresheners if Marcie had put the cat litter on LAST week’s shopping list!
Team Poor Kitty!
Feb 12, 2008 at 9:30 am rating: +3
#26
gingerE
I’m on team Marcie. There is a special place in Hell reserved for sloppy room-mates who consume your groceries without paying, never clean bathrooms and who let mysterious smells escape from their bedrooms.
Feb 12, 2008 at 9:48 am rating: +1
#27
pallasathena
Marci may be perfect but she doesn’t know her grammar… looks like she wants to buy some veggie’s!
Feb 12, 2008 at 9:52 am rating: 0
#28
GhostWriter
Anybody who buys a chicken to replace an ex-roomie deserves some compassion. “Who luvs mummy, chik-chikee? Mummy knows you won’t leave me! Chik-chikee is going to stick around this time.”
Feb 12, 2008 at 10:01 am rating: +7
#29
GhostWriter
To be fair, most of the things on the Monday List are fairly typical activities a landlord would perform after somebody moves out. “Wash bedsheets”- can you imagine if they didn’t?
The only thing that doesn’t make sense is the party. Who’s got money for a keg now that they’re out a third of the rent?
Feb 12, 2008 at 10:08 am rating: +1
#30
unholyghost2003
I think we need to hear from Megan herself. I can think of one thing that would cause such a scrubbing fit and anger w/o Megan being a disgusting pig. Is Megan a smoker? If she is AND her smoking was allowed in the house “as long as she did it in her own room” I can see bitter, uptight roomies being pissed and HATING themselves for allowing it in the first place but nothing to be done until she moves and they can get a nice non-smoking roomie. Combine smoking with a BF that the other roomies HATE (because he eats their chicken w/o Megan knowing about it), and a lack of coaster use you get Scrub the room, burn the sheets, buy chicken and “rescue” the dresser.
I would also like to know more about this dresser… If it is an IKEA special (which I find likely in this situation) get over it. If it is an heirloom that needs “rescuing” why the FUCK did you put it in someone else’s room?!? I also doubt that Maicii has the needed skills to refinish the dresser. (Refinishing is the only way to actually FIX water rings)
Feb 12, 2008 at 10:10 am rating: +5
#31
Lurker
No wonder the place smells if they’ve been using “air freshner’s” instead of “air fresheners.” The extra “e” is worth the extra $0.49.
And even if they sprung for the fresheners instead of the freshner’s, those things do absolutely nothing. Instead of smelling like a litterbox, the house smells like litterbox and fake vanilla. Much more puketastic.
Feb 12, 2008 at 10:23 am rating: +7
#32
bigtime loser
Is it me, or do most PAN between roomates seem to be all women? Are men just better at not being PA to roomates?
Feb 12, 2008 at 11:27 am rating: 0
#33
mmm
I think this is most passive aggressive note yet. Marcia is trying sooo hard (not) to say what she means. Talk about passive. She can’t even say it in a note that she thinks that anon was a slob. Team Anon because this cocksucker must have been the worst to live with with her deep seated repressed passivity. Marcia is looking for someone to read her mind which is JUST as bad as expecting someone to pick up after you.
Feb 12, 2008 at 1:08 pm rating: +3
#34
stargirl
i luv the plan party part.
Feb 12, 2008 at 4:15 pm rating: +1
#35
happygolucky13
does anyone think that the word! of the day isn’t actually that funny? If it’s some sort of inside joke, i wouldn’t get it, but I DO love your comments Canthz B!! they’re hilarious
Feb 12, 2008 at 4:41 pm rating: 0
#36
fantasy
If I *were* to have a party in my basement that shopping list just would not do….
~GROCERIES~
*invitations * to keep out unwanted Marcii types.*
* Chips
* Elderberry Wine
* Texas Toast
* Hot Wings
* Fruit and Cake
* Extra Toilet Paper * or all the women will leave!*
* BEER IS GOOD!
Feb 12, 2008 at 5:22 pm rating: +2
#37
secondsout
See now, if I were Megan, I’d get PA right back, and add things to Marcii’s to-do list. Such as:
1. Stop being a bitch
2. Brush teeth for once
3. Buy copy of Emily Post’s Etiquette
4. Behave like adult
5. Have thighs repaved
Feb 12, 2008 at 9:17 pm rating: +8
#38
missy fussy
If this doesn’t elevate passive aggressive to an art form, I don’t know what does. But c’mon, submitter, surely you did something to warrant this tawdry to-do list.
Feb 14, 2008 at 4:23 pm rating: 0
#39
erin
i would just like to say that i appreciated the subtle clueless reference.
Feb 19, 2008 at 5:19 pm rating: 0
#40
Mike
Ok… as someone that’s had many roomies over the years… they’re totally being bitchy with the lack of tact and “plan party” bit but let’s be honest here… If you are going to be renting out a room in your place to someone pretty much EVERYTHING on that To Do list is something that you should be doing before showing the room anyway.
Feb 24, 2008 at 7:56 pm rating: +1
#41
Total Douche
Maybe it’s just me, but I’m noticing the apparent under-utilization of the magnetic letters to hold the list. This would have been MUCH better if it were held in place with the magnet letters spelling out: BITCH, WHORE, PIG or SLUT. FUCKING WHORE would be great assuming you only have one of each letter (I had one of these sets when I was a kid). If there happens to be more then one set, or multiple vowels; FUCK YOU would be just fantastic. If there were, in fact,2 ‘K’s, SKANK is one of my personal favorites.
Mar 11, 2008 at 5:22 pm rating: 0
#42
Staci
It was meant to be as hateful as possible. If this girl had genuine cleanliness issues with ‘Anon’, they’d have been discussed long before move-out time. Apparently “Marcii” didn’t, for one reason or another, want to handle this maturely.
Mar 13, 2008 at 4:49 pm rating: +1
#43
Emily
It sounds like she was a slob, but that doesn’t make her roommates any less passive-aggressive for repressing their concerns about her cleanliness and then posting these notes right before she moves out instead of, oh I don’t know, telling her to her face 6 months prior that they had a problem with her mess?
Mar 24, 2008 at 10:24 pm rating: 0
#44
You can call Me the one moving out
Perhaps this Marcie girl was really anal… and perhaps there wasn’t the roomie moving out was messy and she just wanted to be a bully to this girl? Perhaps she needed to buy more chicken because even though they split groceries, she would invite her friends over for dinners and eat it all? Perhaps she needed the air fresheners because she only changed the kitty litter once a month… But I guess those are only possibilities and not necessarily reality?
Apr 18, 2008 at 11:39 pm rating: 0
#45
Adhara
Obviously, the note-writer is the stupid one here. The rampant use of apostrophes to indicate plurals in the second note makes me want to grab her by the shoulders and shake some sense into her bimbo head.
Jul 13, 2008 at 3:34 pm rating: 0
#46 the patron(izing) saint of roommates
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Sep 1, 2009 at 11:11 pm rating: 0
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