Hey, here’s some advice! If you’re looking to improve your relationships with your roommates, communicating through the erasable whiteboard might not be the most effective way to go.
(Above, from a sorority house in L.A.; below, from a shared apartment in Chicago.)
related: Facebook, another poor medium for mediating roommate disputes
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#1
jinx
Way to stir the pot. As if no one else noticed the tension. I bet note posters will claim they’re not into drama.
Jun 29, 2010 at 5:09 pm rating: 22
#2
Ethrdg
When they are ready to talk, how will they be able to communicate that to one another (given that they’re bad at it and all)?
“&*$# every single one of you and your notes on communication, mother#@$%ers!”
(Translation: My dearest friend, I have read your note and am ready to sit down and have soul-searching, honest talk about communication.)
Jun 29, 2010 at 5:32 pm rating: 3
#3
Nack
What’s even more funny is when the wrong person gets accused of writing such kind of notes. Then it turns into Three Stooges type hilarity plus drama!
Jun 29, 2010 at 5:35 pm rating: 9
#4
jinx
What’s this we business? I think the second note writer suffers from multiple personalities.
Jun 29, 2010 at 6:08 pm rating: 5
#5
Resident Grammarian esq
What do you mean communication is bad? That whiteboard looks pretty used to me, if people can no longer communicate by whiteboard then civilization is doomed.
Jun 29, 2010 at 7:16 pm rating: 7
#6
Rubber Chicken
Tha
Jun 29, 2010 at 8:22 pm rating: 3
#7
TippingCows
Is the writer of the second note referring to themselves in the royal “we”? Because if so, that makes it even more effin’ delicious!
Jun 29, 2010 at 11:45 pm rating: 1
#8
JetJackson
We have one of these in my sharehouse. A few months back one of my flatmates didn’t put the dishes away. The other flatmate moved the whiteboard into the kitchen and wrote “These need to be put away before you leave the house today” with an arrow pointing to the dishes. Rather than leave a note she moved the entire whiteboard to where the dishes were.
Unfortunately I was only told about this by the lazy flatmate and was not there to take a photo.
Jun 30, 2010 at 12:19 am rating: 3
#9
Mad Jack Slam
Why can’t we all just get along?
That’s one of my favourite lines from Mars Attacks. Jack Nicholson (as the US President) says it to the little alien fella who then… err… kills him. Ever since, I’ve thought that people should use it with caution.
Jun 30, 2010 at 2:49 am rating: 2
#10
H for Toy
from a sorority house in L.A.
and she expects them not to be bitches? Really?
Jun 30, 2010 at 8:05 am rating: 12
#11
Canthz_B
What’s with all this whiteboard stuff? Since when did we stop using blackboards?
It’s racial discrimination, I tell ya!! A damned conspiracy designed to keep people of color from expressing passive-aggressive sentiments!!!
What? No redboards, brownboards or yellowboards? Can’t we all get along?!
Jul 1, 2010 at 1:27 am rating: 4
#12
Marge
Oh, my, this post made me laugh! What a funny reminder of my college days and all those noxious roomies. Notice these comments all appear to be in feminine handwriting. Most guys just ignore all this stuff or fight each other and it is over. Now, come on all you easily offended commenting folks – I’m expecting to be called a chauvinist – even though I am a female myself….
Jul 1, 2010 at 3:15 pm rating: 1
#13
Janellionaire
Look, I don’t have anything against blackboards personally. I went to school with lots of them. I wouldn’t even have a problem if my kid brought one home. All I’m trying to say is that to ignore the differences between whiteboards and blackboards is ignorant. Until there is one universal color of board, there will always be disagreement and tension between those who prefer whiteboards, and those who prefer blackboards. I happen to prefer using whiteboards (chalk makes my fingers dusty) and I’m tired of the social stigma that comes with saying that out loud.
Jul 1, 2010 at 3:25 pm rating: 1
#14
Mrs Rochester
It’s scary how alike the handwriting and attitude of the first picture are to mine. Who would have guessed that in some parallel universe I joined a bitchy sorority and handled it passive-aggressive-style. I’d like to visit the one where I skip the passive and go straight to aggressive.
Jul 1, 2010 at 7:42 pm rating: 1
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