christoph found this polite and friendly note on the door of his apartment in san francisco. a reasonable enough request, to be sure, except for the fact that — despite his neighbor’s claimed omniscience — “i don’t own any exercise equipment.”
(admits christoph: “it was likely a swivel chair…and my habit of rolling back and forth on it at 2 a.m.”)
meanwhile, kate spotted this lonely stair-climber in the front yard of a nearby house in snohomish, washington. “It made me wonder whose stairmaster it really was,” kate says, “and who wrote the note.” (a newly self-aware infomercial enthusiast? a bitter spouse?)
alas, kate says, “we may never know. the underused piece of exercise equipment was gone by morning.”
related: if you needed an excuse to skip the gym today
extra credit: the hawaii chair [youtube]
150 responses so far ↓
#1
Julianne
I love how it is signed “BB”. As in B(ig) B(rother) can hear everything you do in your bedroom area.
I lived in an apartment with thin walls once. I knew things about my neighbors that made me want to buy a house :>
Jul 17, 2008 at 12:36 am rating: +12
#2
Canthz_B
Exercise equipment gets one to self-awareness much faster than psychotherapy!
Jul 17, 2008 at 12:41 am rating: +6
#3
Crash
I wonder if “exercise equipment” is a polite way of saying… bed
Jul 17, 2008 at 12:44 am rating: +34
#4
Canthz_B
I’ve heard of an “out house”.
How poor do you have to be to only have an “out apartment”?
Jul 17, 2008 at 12:48 am rating: +7
#5
Crash
Note #2
I’m going for spouse sending a serious PAN to the other half…
Hopefully they got the message
Jul 17, 2008 at 12:51 am rating: +2
#6
Canthz_B
If the walls and floors are that thin, why bother with a note?
Just shout:
“I can hear everything you do in the privacy of your home and am making an imaginary list of your belongings.”
or
“When are you going to screw that red-head again? She was a freak!”
Jul 17, 2008 at 12:53 am rating: +62
#7
Troy McClure
EXERCISE iN 20/60
IF you sleep often get Disturb especially like last night between 1–3 am Caused by exercise marathon 6 times / 2 hrs, wonder if room 20 using drug eg: STEROIDS. We dont want any drug user disturb our sleep in the middle of the night / our peace at all times.
Jul 17, 2008 at 12:56 am rating: +9
#8
Canthz_B
You just have to love the redundancy of “2am in the morning”.
Jul 17, 2008 at 1:02 am rating: +25
#9
Crash
Note #2
Man, if you’re that fat and lazy, and advertising it, maybe I should just wonder inside to see what else is for free…
You don’t mind, do ya’ ?
Jul 17, 2008 at 1:07 am rating: +8
#10
Canthz_B
It’s time to admit defeat when you get more exercise putting your stair-master out on the lawn than you ever got by using the darned thing.
Jul 17, 2008 at 1:11 am rating: +18
#11
SarahBelle
Stair Master proves its superiority to the human race…yet again.
Jul 17, 2008 at 1:58 am rating: +15
#12
reece
I must be a perv or something but the first thing I thought of when I watched the Hawaii chair commercial was if it had a built in vibrator >< It looks so… wow; just wow. That chair is completely inappropriate.
As for the “stair master” at 2am, I hope BB finds a partner and competes in “stepping” contests with the neighbors . I can just see the pans now.
Jul 17, 2008 at 3:51 am rating: +2
#13
Maya
I think the note from BB is not passive/aggressive at all and actually is quite polite and to the point. Making that kind of noise in an apartment building at 2 am is rude. Maybe you were not aware of the noise you were making, Christoph, but now you should stop. This reminds me of some torturous neighbors I once had.
Jul 17, 2008 at 4:03 am rating: +9
#14
Burghardt
Why does note #1 make me think of the Police song? “Every word you say, every step you take, I’ll be watching you”
Jul 17, 2008 at 4:46 am rating: +3
#15
Burghardt
Good thing note #2 had a visual aid. Taken alone it sounds like the absolute worst personal ad ever.
Jul 17, 2008 at 4:48 am rating: +21
#16
aaa
#2 reminds me of that commercial for either the exercise equipment or that diet food for people who are too lazy to learn how to eat properly on their own or make their own food, the one where that pig-faced dude says, “I gave all my fat clothes to my fat friends.”
Jul 17, 2008 at 6:04 am rating: +2
#17
aaa
Note #1
Of course Cristoph wouldn’t admit to rolling around with a girl (guy?) at 2 am. Admitting such a thing would make him a PERVERT. :O
If the Big Brother wannabe was really that good at hearing everything he says and does, then you think that they’d know that Cristoph didn’t have any exercise equipment.
Jul 17, 2008 at 6:10 am rating: 0
#18
GhostWriter
Did BB ever stop to consider that his/her apartment is located right next to the building’s common stairwell?
Team Free Christoph!
Jul 17, 2008 at 8:09 am rating: +10