The most passive-aggressive thing about this note? Well, our submitter admits: “I do play soundtracks just to annoy him. Maybe next time he shouldn’t dance with other people’s significant others at the office holiday party.”
related: It was an ironic dance party, okay?
116 responses so far ↓
#1
nasoccermom
what he means is don’t touch his SVB memorabilia or his ANDREW stencil set.
Nov 23, 2008 at 12:10 pm rating: 24
#2
bean
Me thinks Andrew needs a little more afternoon delight in his days…
Nov 23, 2008 at 12:15 pm rating: 9
#3
Betty
The submitter sounds way more passive-aggressive than Andrew … unless Andrew was only dancing with the submitter’s significant other as a vendetta for something the submitter did earlier. Anyone else think that there’s potential for a movie here?
Nov 23, 2008 at 12:18 pm rating: 38
#4
you suck at craigslist
Time to break out the Barry Manilow playlist!
Nov 23, 2008 at 12:22 pm rating: 7
#5
secondsout
This guy fights with the power of Broadway musical soundtracks? The other guy likes Captain and Tenille? Not to dwell on stereotypes, but I’m guessing that the SOs this guy was dancing with were also men.
Nov 23, 2008 at 12:25 pm rating: 45
#6
secondsout
It’s not often that I would quote Married with Children, but:
Marcy: Al, we’ve got an extra ticket to see Captain and Tenille Unplugged. Do you want to go?
Al: Wait ’til they’re on life support, and I’d be happy to see them unplugged.
Nov 23, 2008 at 12:28 pm rating: 35
#7
aaa
Andrew, dude, you like Captain and Tenille. Who the fuck do you think is going to touch your shit?
Nov 23, 2008 at 12:42 pm rating: 9
#8
amy d
Andrew so clearly points out that different people have different musical tastes but then requests that the roommate(?) play music that he likes? Does he not see the hypocrisy?
Sidenote: I totally wore my hair like Tenille when I was young. The cut was actually called the “Dorothy Hammil”. Maybe they went to the same stylist?
Nov 23, 2008 at 12:47 pm rating: 4
#9
Fresca
Team Andrew– submitter sounds far more PA. Since when is it a crime to dance with somebody’s significant other at a public event? Sheesh, subbie has jealousy issues. Can’t say I’d blame Andrew if subbie finds his/her Hairspray CD inexplicably missing sometime soon….
Nov 23, 2008 at 12:49 pm rating: 20
#10
Karey
Shouldn’t this issue be taken up with the significant other? Or are SO’s objects, and dance with whoever wants to dance with them because they have no say in what they’re doing?
Nov 23, 2008 at 12:54 pm rating: 16
#11
agatha christie
I love how “P.S. Don’t touch my stuff” was added in tiny letters in the corner, as if Andrew was thinking, “Well, hell, since I’m already dictating his musical choices, I might as well launch a preemptive strike against potential filching of my stuff!” I think Andrew has control issues.
Nov 23, 2008 at 1:02 pm rating: 10
#12
aaa
Oh dear, Andrew’s note only has one grammatical error. (“Not everyone like showtunes…”) You know, when it comes to errors in PA notes, you need to either do it right or not do it at all. If you’re not gonna go whole hog, then better damn well be perfect.
Nov 23, 2008 at 1:04 pm rating: 3
#13
se
WTF, Hairspray showtunes, SVB, Captain and Tenille? If I lived next to these two, I’d have to blast some Glen Danzig and go strangle both of them.
Nov 23, 2008 at 1:06 pm rating: 6
#14
Canthz_B
Because nothing is better for your mental well-being than listening to “Muskrat Love” eighteen times a night.
Nov 23, 2008 at 1:18 pm rating: 15
#15
HolyHamstersBatman
I love how ANDREW signed his name in capital block letters. I mean, its totally awesome..if you’re in 6th grade. Is it an attempt to make himself also appear big and burly, or was the goal to say “No but seriously, I’m a cool dude..like we should totally jam to SVB together k?”
Nov 23, 2008 at 1:23 pm rating: 7
#16
Canthz_B
Bob Dole: “Where is the shame?”
Nov 23, 2008 at 1:23 pm rating: 1
#17
Yack
team kill them both
Nov 23, 2008 at 1:24 pm rating: 27
#18
Canthz_B
It’s going to take more than love to keep these dudes together.
Nov 23, 2008 at 1:25 pm rating: 19
#19
Canthz_B
I’m going to go out on a limb and guess that there’s no Parliament or Ohio Players music lying about their apartment. But there may be some Village People “classics”.
Nov 23, 2008 at 1:38 pm rating: 2
#20
HolyHamstersBatman
Are these guys co-workers, roommates, or both? I’d love it if they are roommates and the submitter talked Andrew into coming to the office party with he and his SO, only to get pissed when they ditched him to dance together. Double score if they are both though. Imagine the submitter playing hairspray round the clock at work and at home.
Nov 23, 2008 at 1:56 pm rating: 3
#21
S.
What’s he gonna lose if you play it one more time? I’d play is one more time to find out what “it” he will lose….
Nov 23, 2008 at 2:10 pm rating: 1
#22
Uulargh ofthe Prairie
Do you suppose ANDREW always signs his name that way?
as to the P.S.
“Lighten Up Francis.”
Nov 23, 2008 at 2:29 pm rating: 4
#23
Julia
I don’t know. I can identify with the guy. If your roommate doesn’t like your music, what’s wrong with listening to it through headphones?
Nov 23, 2008 at 4:23 pm rating: 2
#24
Canthz_B
When the military adopted “Don’t ask, don’t tell”, they also adopted the “Show me your play list” rule.
Nov 23, 2008 at 4:42 pm rating: 8
#25
harmonicpies
Okay, I take back all the bad things I’ve said about my workplace. At least they don’t engage in this sort of juvenile fuckery.
Nov 23, 2008 at 4:58 pm rating: 2
#26
souldesqueeze
All I can think of is that “Don’t touch my stuff!” is what Lionel Hutz yells when he wakes up. He also brandishes a switchblade.
Nov 23, 2008 at 5:18 pm rating: 2
#27
Sarah
Well, I like Hairspray just fine (Broadway version, NOT the movie–I try to avoid Zac Efron at all costs), but I can see how listening to it blasted constantly could be annoying.
Nov 23, 2008 at 5:58 pm rating: 1
#28
fantasy
This note just screams that Andrew is very dissapointed that no one has touched his stuff in a very long time.
He would just love to have his “stuff” touched!
Nov 23, 2008 at 6:22 pm rating: 5
#29
fantasy
O.K. Andrew, here you go!
Nov 23, 2008 at 6:31 pm rating: 0
#30
MoxieHart
Despite his 6th-grade signature, I can relate to Andrew. My college roommate was a 7th-Day Adventist and would play nothing but religious choir music and Norah Jones when she was feeling hardcore. It was a special kind of pleasure blasting Skinny Puppy and My Life With the Thrill Kill Kult when she was around.
Nov 23, 2008 at 9:05 pm rating: 3
#31
Canadian Deadhead
I vote for strapping them both down in chairs a la “Clockwork Orange” and making them listen to: a. tapes of Howard Cosell covering football games, b. Jimmy Swaggart sermons on “living without sin,” or c. Paul Anka covering anything by Black Sabbath….
but hey, I’m twisted….
Nov 23, 2008 at 9:41 pm rating: 4
#32
Jinx
For someone who has such a strong dislike of showtunes, he sure has a passion for writing his name in the font of showtune titles…
Nov 23, 2008 at 10:19 pm rating: 3
#33
Timo
This was the first sign that Andrew Lloyd Webber was tired of Tim Rice’s work habits.
Nov 24, 2008 at 8:33 am rating: 21
#34
Mishee
If he had just listened to the Hair soundtrack instead of Hairspray, this note would’ve never existed.
But that’s because the Hair soundtrack rules.
Nov 24, 2008 at 10:14 am rating: 2
#35
GhostWriter
These rambling showtune types never mean what they say. If he did, then the note would have read:
“I know I’ve said this before, so I don’t think I should have to say it again.”
…and that’s it.
Nov 24, 2008 at 1:32 pm rating: 1
#36
JoelWhy
Sorry, but there is NOTHING passive aggressive about this note. As suby points out, playing the awful showtunes is patently passive aggressive. Leaving a note asking that you not play them is direct and to the point (not to mention observant, since Andrew clearly caught on that you’re doing it to annoy him.)
Nov 24, 2008 at 2:16 pm rating: 0
#37
Woman on the Verge
I totally remember writing my name like that in junior high. It’s really tricky to get the letters into that blocklike overlapping state without mucking them up. As you can see, Andrew clearly made a mess of his ‘d’. That’s where he should have colored the letters in. Oh, wait that’s obsessive-compulsive, not passive-aggressive. Sorry.
Nov 24, 2008 at 4:24 pm rating: 3
#38
BredWell
OH my GAWD . . . “afternoon delight” . . . I think I’m going to ralph all night long . . . as if my teenage years weren’t traumatic enough
Nov 24, 2008 at 6:31 pm rating: 0
#39
kristen
honestly… the submitter’s a douche and should be fired for harassment. grow up!
we all know the saying “it takes two to tango.” his significant other danced with andrew. is (s)he being punished? besides– unless it was a reenactment from the dance all in “walk hard,” he’s overreacting. my guess would be he’s overreacting because he has low self esteem.
Nov 24, 2008 at 6:48 pm rating: 1
#40
Ew.
Actually that’s kind of a douchey reason to blare soundtracks at someone. It’s just a dance, did Andrew force your partner? If not, you seriously need to grow up. You deserve an aggressive note >:/
Nov 25, 2008 at 12:34 pm rating: 0
#41
bobby
passive aggressive people are always thinking the annoying things other people do are done with malice as if it is all about them. passive aggressive people are also going out of their way to do things specifically to annoy other people.
Nov 25, 2008 at 1:12 pm rating: 0
#42
Jane
The most amusing part…he signed his name in bubble letters.
Nov 25, 2008 at 4:06 pm rating: 0
#43
Chinchillazilla
I should have played showtunes really loud to drown out my roommate’s incessant watching of I Love Lucy on her laptop. They are called headphones, and if you are watching a show with a laugh track I insist that you wear them.
Nov 25, 2008 at 11:09 pm rating: 0
#44
PandoraWilde
And he’s not aware he danced with someone he shouldn’t have? How dumb does it get?
Dec 2, 2008 at 5:46 pm rating: 0
#45 seriously?
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Jan 29, 2009 at 10:20 am rating: 0
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