Nathan in Norman, Oklahoma doesn’t know the writers of either of these notes, but when he saw this exchange on a fellow student’s drafting board in his architecture studio class, he knew it needed to be documented.
related: who’s the smartass?
Nathan in Norman, Oklahoma doesn’t know the writers of either of these notes, but when he saw this exchange on a fellow student’s drafting board in his architecture studio class, he knew it needed to be documented.
related: who’s the smartass?
FILED UNDER: college life · kinda creepy · note wars · Oklahoma · whiteboard
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103 responses so far ↓
#1
PeaceLoveFood
I bet her board feels violated.
Oct 11, 2009 at 9:56 pm rating: 90
#2
much to my chagrin
Now every time you’re using your board, it will be thinking of ME.
Oct 11, 2009 at 9:58 pm rating: 90
#3
xumi
xD!!!
U can never win!!
xD
Oct 11, 2009 at 10:01 pm rating: 90
#4
Kyle
Think Katrina got with him?
Oct 11, 2009 at 10:01 pm rating: 90
#5
Bill Sodeman
Ah, the never-ending battle over studio space…
Oct 11, 2009 at 10:02 pm rating: 90
#6
humberthumbert
“When you’re gone, I quietly lay her down, slip that pesky little note off, and then I use her, use her good. . . and she likes it.”
Oct 11, 2009 at 10:05 pm rating: 90
#7
Saffron Lee
Always nice to know you go to school with a sociopath.
Oct 11, 2009 at 10:05 pm rating: 90
#8
MAMARILLA2
This board is a slut..plain and simple.
Oct 11, 2009 at 10:10 pm rating: 90
#9
leftfoot
That broad is a dirty, dirty girl.
Oct 11, 2009 at 10:15 pm rating: 90
#10
park rose
So, I met this board down at the speak-easel…
She was all smudged and blurred around the edges, looking like someone had applied charcoal as if it was mascarra…
She’d seen better days and she kept slurring, begging me to help her turn a new leaf, to turn the page, know what I’m saying?
But I was no different to any of the other mugs. I used that grubby board, and then I used her again, and then I came back for more. I walked away feeling as if I’d been tainted by the same brush as any other lowlife looking for a cheap board to doodle in. . . and rightly so. Man is wicked and man is weak and well, you know the score, board. Chalk it up to experience, I scored with a board. That’s the
nibnub of the matter. Wipe the dust off your hands, and move on, move on, you’ve gotta just keep moving on.Oct 11, 2009 at 10:32 pm rating: 90
#11
Ashley
Now I have to go to the Architecture building and find this note.
Oct 11, 2009 at 10:34 pm rating: 90
#12
Lisa
She totally contradicted the stern authority of that PLZ! by adding the curlicue laden signature.
Chick’s giving mixed signals– she WANTED him to use it.
Oct 11, 2009 at 11:18 pm rating: 90
#13
Havingfitz
That board was f*cking delicious.
Oct 11, 2009 at 11:30 pm rating: 90
#14
Canthz_B
Just please, God, don’t ever tell me what he does with her T-square during those nights of passion!!
Oct 12, 2009 at 12:25 am rating: 90
#15
Canthz_B
Does his use of the board mean that he is certifiable?
NO…He’s now board certified.
Oct 12, 2009 at 12:42 am rating: 90
#16
Canthz_B
The Adventures of Chairman and The Board would make a great graphic novel serial.
I wonder when the first draft is due for release?
Oct 12, 2009 at 12:46 am rating: 90
#17
Canthz_B
I bet after reading the response Katrina stormed out of there like a hurricane, her face a flood of tears.
Oct 12, 2009 at 12:56 am rating: 90
#18
GK
At first I thought the original sign said “Do not use my beard plz”. That I think I could identify with, even if I’m not 100% sure what “use” it was referring to.
Oct 12, 2009 at 3:08 am rating: 90
#19
Canthz_B
All in all, both of these notes deserve points for being so well designed.
They are perfect blueprints for future passive-aggressiveness.
Oct 12, 2009 at 3:46 am rating: 90
#20
aaa
Well, Katrina did say PLZ. I mean, what kind of heartless freak is this dude for not being won over by Katrina’s masterful command of the English language?
Oct 12, 2009 at 8:05 am rating: 90
#21
aaa
Sooooo… Is THATS CUTE [sic] the new THATS HAWT [sic]?
(You can totally hear her leaving out the apostrophe and substituting AW for the O when she says it….)
Oct 12, 2009 at 8:11 am rating: 90
#22
farcical aquatic ceremony
Holy flying fuck…just think what a person who expresses herself with drunken 3-D lettering and script encrusted with curlicues–like lesions on a leper–will inflict on the public as an architect…
Oct 12, 2009 at 8:39 am rating: 90
#23
LALA
At first I thought the note was saying not to use the “word” “PLZ.”
Oh well.
Oct 12, 2009 at 9:04 am rating: 90
#24
Critical Grass
Somethings to ponder:
- She must have gotten a ‘D’ on Geometry &
Perspective 101.
- What’s with the heart on the exclamation point?
Oct 12, 2009 at 9:54 am rating: 90
#25
Critical Grass
I use Katrina’s board. And I’ve used her (she’s like a person to me) for many, many years now. She always tells me horrible stories about how Katrina always looks down on her and nerver, ever satisfies her completely (K always finishes first). We have plans to run away together, but we have to wait ’till I finish school. And I tell you, the wait has been too long…
Oct 12, 2009 at 9:59 am rating: 90
#26
bowloftoast
The ‘creepy guy’ in question is actually Jim the custodian.
I forgot my portfolio one afternoon and had to go back to the studio that night to get it.
I heard the sound of Barry Manilow’s Copacabana as I approached the door. I opened it just crack, and there was Jim in the moonlight, standing over the board, naked from the waist down.
His pants and skivvies were laid out flat over the board’s surface, and Jim was running a hot iron across the fabric – over and over.
Hearing my gasp, Jim turned and our eyes locked. It seemed like minutes passed, the samba rhythms whirling in my head. Then Jim spoke, pleadingly, “I just like a nice crease.”
I was disgusted and enraged. “You have to tell her Jim, or I will.” I turned and ran from the room, tears streaming down my cheeks. The next day I transferred out of the architecture program. I never saw Jim or Katrina again.
I’m glad he told her. She needed to know.
Oct 12, 2009 at 11:51 am rating: 90
#27
dmdmdm
Whats a question with no answer called?
Oct 12, 2009 at 12:40 pm rating: 90
#28
Silhouette
Arrrgh, prepare to be boarded.
Oct 12, 2009 at 4:57 pm rating: 90
#29
La Loca
Archie students in OK must be more laid back than the ones at my old school. At Illinois, we would have decapitated that guy with a t-square and send his head to the engineering quad.
Don’t fuck with people who don’t sleep.
Oct 12, 2009 at 5:41 pm rating: 90
#30
Jen
Ugh, the missing apostrophe on “that’s” annoys me.
Oct 12, 2009 at 8:16 pm rating: 90
#31
Shannon
“I use the hell out of it” is my absolute FAVORITE part!
Oct 13, 2009 at 1:21 pm rating: 90
#32
Elodie
that creepy guy is a bit wierd, its not so strange to ask someone not to use things that are yours, is it? i dont like this passive aggressive note!
Elodie
Slim Girl Diary
Oct 14, 2009 at 5:05 am rating: 90
#33
Avyn
Isn’t there some sort of “government” agency to prevent this kind of stuff from happening”?” Isn’t their hotline 1800-JLK-DRFT”?”
Oct 15, 2009 at 9:10 am rating: 90
#34
Avyn
Teacher:”Avyn’?'” me:”Absent’!'” Teacher:”Okaaayy’….’ Creepy Guy Who Writes On The Draft Boards When Noone’s Looking’?'” Creepy Guy:”Present’!'” Teacher:”Greaaat’….’”
Oct 15, 2009 at 9:18 am rating: 90
#35
Garrett
I TOTALLY WROTE THAT!! haha. She was a good bored for the time being, but alas, I grew tired of her.
Dec 4, 2009 at 6:11 pm rating: 90
#36
Katrina
Sorry for getting bored while writing my “Do not use, please” note. I like to doodle, so what?
Apr 6, 2010 at 1:19 pm rating: 90
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