Chris found this not-so-nice note in the laundry room of his nice townhouse complex. What’s interesting here is how the author seems to undermine his or her own logic. (As Chris put it, “I know it’s really pathetic to steal a dryer sheet and a quarter, but really, is it that big of a deal?”)
If it’s not about the 25 cents, but rather, the principle of the thing, well…which is worse? To take a quarter from an empty laundry room, knowing that one of your neighbors left it there? Or to post a dick-ish anonymous note for all to see…instead of, say, keeping your damn quarters in your pocket like everybody else?
related: I know where you live, laundry thief
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#1
Nicola
actually, I think this situation makes the person who took the quarter look bad. If the quarter was on the floor, fine, ok. But it sounds like the quarter was on a running washer, and clearly the tenant was planning on coming back to dry the clothes. I guess he could have carried his quarter around with him, but still…
Jun 16, 2010 at 9:40 pm rating: 90
#2
Bemused
Wait, why should they get a dollar back for a quarter and a five cent dryer sheet?
Jun 16, 2010 at 9:42 pm rating: 90
#3
Jonathan
I keep my quarters in my freezer. Makes it easier to remember to put them away when the ice cream munchies hit.
Jun 16, 2010 at 9:42 pm rating: 90
#4
abdul sallaj
he really stole $3. if you consider the man hours, electricity, paper, ink that went into producing this fine work of art.
Jun 16, 2010 at 9:42 pm rating: 90
#5
Gunderson
Sorry, I had to use the pay toilet, and there was no more TP left in it. I returned the sheet back into your dryer after I was done. No hard feelings, mmm..ok?
Jun 16, 2010 at 9:42 pm rating: 90
#6
Melodie
Here’s what: I don’t carry cash anymore; I pay for everything by Interac. So when I need laundry coins, I have to go and ask for them at the bank, and no matter which teller I get, they always make fun of me for asking for, like, eight dollars in coin.
So I might be cheesed if someone stole my precious laundry coins, since I wouldn’t have a replacement, AND I’d have to go back to the bank.
Then again, I don’t leave my coins and dryer sheets lying around. Bunch of savages in this town.
Jun 16, 2010 at 9:48 pm rating: 90
#7
StinkHair
My apt. complex is doing the latest thing–DOING AWAY WITH COINS for laundry. I have a card key that has to be charged up with a minimum of a five dollar bill to do my wash and drying.
Jun 16, 2010 at 9:56 pm rating: 90
#8
leftfoot
what idiot leaves any change lying around in public and doesn’t expect it to get taken?
i used to live in a crappy neighborhood and would leave my doors unlocked so the crackheads would just steal the change without breaking anything to get to it.
I mean… come on. It’s called common sense. sheesh.
Jun 16, 2010 at 9:58 pm rating: 90
#9
Zoe
If he knew who the Indigent was, why did he not put a note in the mailbox?
Oh wait, that would not have been PA enough!
PS I heard the other day that someone has been putting notes in people’s mailboxes on my complex complaining of speeding through the complex. They’re anonymous apparently. I haven’t received one (yet) but love one to post here! I work from home so I have to get my PA notes fix somewhere else.
Jun 16, 2010 at 10:10 pm rating: 90
#10
Canthz_B
This note was left by the General Manager of my favorite (but pathetic) NFL team.
He desperately needs to get a quarterback too.
Jun 16, 2010 at 10:26 pm rating: 90
#11
Alicia
Wow – could you have spared the quarter if the person had been there with you and politely asked for it? Or would you offer your spare change to a bum who looked like their clothing could use a wash? Next time, earn YOURSELF some good karma by letting it go!
* Though I will be the first to admit that stealing the dryer sheet was taking it one step too far.
Jun 16, 2010 at 10:31 pm rating: 90
#12
~/semaht~
I’d like to think the dollar was dutifully left, then stolen by a third party without the knowledge of the “launderer” or the “indigent”!
Jun 16, 2010 at 10:36 pm rating: 90
#13
marathonmom
I am still lost at the part about why they left the quarter on the washer????? Are there really nice complexes out there where, say, the residents float around in sheer caftans that don’t have pockets???
Either way – .25 to dry is a bargain in this day and age.
Jun 16, 2010 at 10:45 pm rating: 90
#14
Dawn
Why is this person leaving their quarters and dryer sheets on top of the washer to begin with? Obviously they aren’t just sitting in the laundry room waiting for the wash to get done so they’re heading back to their apt…why don’t they just take their quarter and dryer sheet when they actually come back to switch? I think the writer of the note is the idiot for leaving it there in the first place.
I’m on the side of the indigent
Jun 16, 2010 at 10:55 pm rating: 90
#15
bowloftoast
What sort of bad karma does the universe portion out for the theft of a dryer sheet and a quarter? Does the thief get a pimple? Hiccups?
Jun 16, 2010 at 11:07 pm rating: 90
#16
Sarah
This whole sharing washing machines and dryers thing is weird. I’d really want to buy my own so I can have one that’s energy and water efficient, and who still uses a dryer? Don’t we all hang our clothes up to dry now?
Jun 17, 2010 at 12:57 am rating: 90
#17
Canthz_B
Note-writer got what they deserved.
You don’t leave a quarter on a washing machine in the laundry room.
People down to their last clean clothes can’t be trusted near unattended coins…unless they’re near a Pac-Man machine, touch a quarter left there and risk drawing back a nub.
And let’s face it…people near Pac-Man machines were usually down to their last clean clothes several days before.
Jun 17, 2010 at 1:55 am rating: 90
#18
KS04
Yeah, better watch out for that damn karma. It might come around to bite you in the ass in the form of world wide public mockery on passiveaggressivenotes.com. Ain’t that a bitch?
Jun 17, 2010 at 2:58 am rating: 90
#19
Lhyzz
If I had been in the presence of that sign, I would have written, “I took your quarter, and I felt terrible, so I taped a dollar to this sign for you. Unfortunately, some LOW LIFE stole it!
To the JERKWAD who stole the dollar I taped on this sign for the victim of my prior theft, you better come back here and staple a fiver to the wall or you are going to HELL.”
Also, I totally would have taken that person’s quarter. Who leaves a quarter lying around deliberately?
Jun 17, 2010 at 5:39 am rating: 90
#20
Woman on the Verge
I expect the quarter and the dryer sheet are snuggled together in the space between the washers where they fell off during the violent spin cycle shaking that inevitably occurs in apartment washers due to tenants’ tendency to overload them in an effort to get the most for their quarters.
Jun 17, 2010 at 5:47 am rating: 90
#21
karen
… That dryer sheet was fucking delicious.
Jun 17, 2010 at 6:44 am rating: 90
#22
Delusion
Karma is a naive rhetorical device for weak-minded people who believe that the universe is interested in justice.
Jun 17, 2010 at 7:12 am rating: 90
#23
Splint Chesthair
As a former janitor in a building with a laundry room I have to question whether the janitor made a quick clean up pass. You have to stay on top of laundry rooms and check them often. Someone could spill liquid detergent and if that get’s tracked all over the place, it takes a long time to clean up. I’d often make a trip through the laundry room and stuff anything left sitting out in the trash, and yes, I’d pocket any coins too. Actually, I threw them in a jar I kept on my workbench. Gave myself my own $250 severance package with that.
Jun 17, 2010 at 7:19 am rating: 90
#24
much to my chagrin
I just want to know why the note-writer assumes his stuff was stolen by an indigenous person. Is it because they don’t have the concept of ownership?
Jun 17, 2010 at 7:40 am rating: 90
#25
xenylamine
EXCUSE ME. A quarter? This stupid asshole should count his lucky stars that the dryers only charge you 25 cents to dry. My apartment complex charges TWO DOLLARS. Kiss my butt, note-writer!
Plus, who asks for a whole dollar back when only a quarter was taken? Sheesh.
Jun 17, 2010 at 8:26 am rating: 90
#26
gigi
I have a 3-year old who collects everything that isn’t nailed down. This douche could possibly be yelling at a small child. Douche.
Jun 17, 2010 at 8:53 am rating: 90
#27
aaa
Hm, usually people leave the “g” off the off of words ending in “ing” in an attempt to sound hip, young, or casual. This is undermining their attempt to sound angry, scolding, and threatening. Not that it sounds that threatening anyway; you can’t really be taken seriously when you threaten a punishment you can’t actually provide.
I think the note would be more effective if it went something like this:
“GODDAMMIT YOU THIEVING FUCKING ASSHOLES IF I FIND OUT WHO THE FUCKER WAS THAT STOLE MY FUCKING QUARTER AND DRYER SHEETS I’M GOING TO STRANGLE YOU WITH YOUR OWN FUCKING INTESTINES. FUCK!”
Jun 17, 2010 at 9:27 am rating: 90
#28
GhostWriter
If she’s blowing a gasket over a quarter, she’s really gonna freak when she finds out I also stole all her fresh-n-wet silky panties…
Jun 17, 2010 at 9:37 am rating: 90
#29
Terminal
HA! Karma. My guess is “probably not.”
Jun 17, 2010 at 9:37 am rating: 90
#30
HandyMarigolds
Hate to break it to PANW, but if your neighbors are really indigent, odds are, you are too.
Especially if you’re willing to do $2.00 worth of freelance work attempting to recover $1.00 from someone who stole $0.30 worth of goods from you.
Jun 17, 2010 at 9:57 am rating: 90
#31
oi
Translation: I was careless and somebody stole my quarter,wah! wah! The world is coming to end and you will all die, wah! wah!
Jun 17, 2010 at 10:46 am rating: 90
#32
oi
This note writer manages karma system? He is certain that if thief returns a dollar he won’t suffer karma for stealing? hate to break it to him but it does not work like that.
Jun 17, 2010 at 10:52 am rating: 90
#33
Splint Chesthair
If I lived in that apartment complex, I’d take a photo of a laundry sheet and a quarter, then tape it up in the laundry room and demand ransom for their safe return.
Mmm, that’s good satire!
Jun 17, 2010 at 11:20 am rating: 90
#34
jaywalke
Snuggle Bear wants his dryer sheet back, too. That little fucker will cut you. Nobody messes with Snuggle Bear.
Jun 17, 2010 at 11:32 am rating: 90
#35
eli
Seriously, where is this that drying is only a quarter? The residents should be showering each other with quarters daily in celebration.
Jun 17, 2010 at 2:03 pm rating: 90
#36
Cady
That is an exorbitant interest rate.
Jun 17, 2010 at 5:06 pm rating: 90
#37
comment
Somehow I don’t think the building was all that nice to begin with if NW thinks it’s perfectly acceptable to leave such a profane note in the possible view of children and elderly ladies who have crocheted toilet seat covers.
Jun 17, 2010 at 10:20 pm rating: 90
#38
Bundle
Being an Aussie I have to ask- what’s a dryer sheet?
Jun 18, 2010 at 6:16 pm rating: 90
#39
anony
If s/he knows who did it, why is s/he leaving an anonymous note not addressing the person?
Jun 18, 2010 at 7:24 pm rating: 90
#40
mE
Maybe the person was one quarter short for the dryer, and had planned to return it with interest, but then seen the note and figured this jerk doesn’t deserve the respect. I agree with that thinking. Who cares about a quarter, I dropped more than that getting out of my car.
Jun 19, 2010 at 4:18 pm rating: 90
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