“I’m sure they didn’t actually paint the toilet seats,” says Brett in Syracuse. And yet, he says, when he saw this sign posted by a former co-worker, “I couldn’t stop laughing about the idea that that’s what got her.”
Perhaps a few signs like this (as spotted by Madeline at her university’s art studio) would have made for a proper rebuttal?
related: Ceci n’est pas une note passif-agressif
54 responses so far ↓
#1
Kia
At first I thought the second one was proper PA, but then I realized it was written by the same person. Does that make is PA, or just…encouraging?
Nov 16, 2010 at 6:34 pm rating: 4
#2
Elizabeth
My husband’s grandfather DID paint the toilet seat, and his grandmother got stuck on there. His response was, “Well, I SAID I painted in there.” So, painting toilet seats does happen!
Nov 16, 2010 at 6:53 pm rating: 1
#3
Flaboy2425
His coworker, the white tailed dear (deer).
Nov 16, 2010 at 7:23 pm rating: 2
#4
HUGE tracts of land
Holy fucking christ, this may be the excess of wine speaking, but the second set of notes is frying my interpretation circuits…How the hell would the reader know what was going on — it’s an art studio, this could easily be some kind of ‘installation’ piece. A really, really insipid installation piece, one deserving a grade of, say, D-, but, still, I’d feel like I should have some kind of sophisticated response…
Nov 16, 2010 at 7:44 pm rating: 9
#5
sleeps
Ok, am I the only one confused by the first note in context with the comments? If I just read the note itself, I think, “She is being sarcastic, and there wasn’t actually a wet paint note, but there was wet paint and she got some of the paint on her person/clothing/etc.”
Then I read the comments about paint on toilet seats and “that’s what got her”, and I be so confuse… I mean, I’d be super pissed if someone painted the bathroom wall without informing me, and I got paint on my sleeve, or pant leg, or what have you.
Nov 16, 2010 at 8:04 pm rating: 7
#6
Resident Grammarian esq
There is nothing worse than a toilet seat that is not immaculately white. If you get a ring of paint on your butt then that’s a small price to pay for that beautiful, pristine toilet seat.
Nov 16, 2010 at 8:09 pm rating: 3
#7
wright1
The odor of fresh paint tends to make me careful about touching counters / walls / doors, etc. in the immediate vacinity. Warning notes or not.
Maybe irate notewriter #1 was too busy appreciating that the bathroom smelled of paint (as opposed to what it usually smells like) to be cautious?
Nov 16, 2010 at 8:56 pm rating: 1
#8
pony girl
I would never touch any surface in the bathroom anyways. I’m absolutely anal (please pardon the pun) about public bathrooms.
If not for the fact that I’m half naked and doing unmentionable things in there, I’d have someone film me and sell it on the internet, because it is quite the acrobatic performance let me tell you. Especially when it’s winter and I have coat, scarf, hat and Christmas shopping bags galore.
Nov 16, 2010 at 10:11 pm rating: 8
#9
Mel K
The 1st notewriter deserves wet paint on her ass. Who doesn’t look at the seat to see if it is clean and dry before sitting down?
She should have drawn a frowning face with very angry eyebrows. Then we’d know just how unhappy she was.
Nov 16, 2010 at 10:21 pm rating: 0
#10
cleanuponaisle2
…maybe I’ll touch YOU first… if you leave a residue, then I’ll know better than to touch anything else…
Nov 16, 2010 at 10:25 pm rating: 1
#11
Canthz_B
“I’m not sure if this is wet. Maybe you should touch it…”
That line really takes me back. You never forget the first time you’re invited, the relief that (this time) odds are no charges will be filed.
Nov 16, 2010 at 10:56 pm rating: 19
#12
ThURSdaY
…………….who paints a toilet seat?
Nov 16, 2010 at 11:49 pm rating: 1
#13
Canthz_B
Free wet paints in the restroom + art students = something interesting to look at while on the stool if you don’t have a newspaper.
Not bad, considering that that’s all we really want anyway.
Nov 17, 2010 at 6:22 am rating: 1
#14
g
How the fuck do magnets work?
Nov 17, 2010 at 7:53 am rating: 2
#15
The Elf
I love the meta aspect of the first note. She knows it is passive-aggressive, but just writing “WET PAINT” as a warning to others wouldn’t be adequate, so she had to write the PAN. But she was ashamed to do it, so she acknowledged her crime in a semi-apologetic (but not really) tone. Beautiful!
Nov 17, 2010 at 8:07 am rating: 0
#16
divaandwriter
I’m just sitting here at my desk at work, enjoying this whole exchange.
Nov 17, 2010 at 9:20 am rating: 1
#17
Divvitar
Wet paint would be an improvement over what’s on the restroom walls in my town. You would think people around here were raised by wild animals–and not just the damn gang-bangers!
Nov 17, 2010 at 3:45 pm rating: 0
#18
Walker, "Tex" (a stranger)
Ah, curse this anagram-trained brain of mine. I keep reading “Thank you for the sign stating there would be wet panties in the bathroom.”
Nov 17, 2010 at 4:29 pm rating: 1
#19
esroberto
Her note wasn’t passive aggressive. This website has no idea what the term actually means. Being sarcastic and impersonal is NOT passive aggressive. Screwing up things for the people who have offended the passive aggressive personality that are seemingly unrelated is what passive aggressive is. How moronic.
Nov 28, 2010 at 11:36 am rating: 0
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