Comments on: The old “wipe & walk” trick http://www.passiveaggressivenotes.com/2011/09/21/wipe-and-walk/ funny (if not necessarily "passive-aggressive") notes from pissed-off people Sat, 18 May 2013 16:20:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Susan http://www.passiveaggressivenotes.com/2011/09/21/wipe-and-walk/comment-page-1/#comment-398947 Susan Sun, 02 Oct 2011 18:11:39 +0000 http://www.passiveaggressivenotes.com/?p=19440#comment-398947 $10 says Yawn is Iva. $10 says Yawn is Iva.

]]> By: Susan http://www.passiveaggressivenotes.com/2011/09/21/wipe-and-walk/comment-page-1/#comment-398946 Susan Sun, 02 Oct 2011 18:08:25 +0000 http://www.passiveaggressivenotes.com/?p=19440#comment-398946 Absolutely. I just wrote about a similar experience. I suspect that people who think this note was heinously out of line might be the kind of people who never buy the toilet paper, milk, etc. Absolutely. I just wrote about a similar experience. I suspect that people who think this note was heinously out of line might be the kind of people who never buy the toilet paper, milk, etc.

]]> By: Susan http://www.passiveaggressivenotes.com/2011/09/21/wipe-and-walk/comment-page-1/#comment-398945 Susan Sun, 02 Oct 2011 18:06:35 +0000 http://www.passiveaggressivenotes.com/?p=19440#comment-398945 Gotta say -- while I don't get the six shades of magic marker, my sympathies are more with the person who left the note than with the person who received it. Haven't we all lived with the person who never, ever, ever bought the jointly used supplies like toilet paper? Sure, the note-leaver could have spoken directly to the jerk who never buys toilet paper. But out of the two evils, the jerk who never contributes is by far the worse. It should be *obvious* that you buy toilet paper once in a while. No one should have to point it out. I may be extra sympathetic because I did try to directly confront a roommate who never did any cleaning and never bought toilet paper and paper towels. To top it off, she had a cat and never changed the litter box. When I confronted her, she insisted that it wasn't true that she never cleaned or bought stuff. I challenged her to name the last time she'd done either. She couldn't. We had an enormous fight. I moved out as soon as I could afford the first month/last month rent on a new apartment. The moral is -- when someone is jerk enough to do something that is obviously wrong, or not do something that is obviously right, confronting them politely often doesn't do a damn thing. That only works when you're dealing with a nice person who genuinely wants to be inoffensive and cooperative. Gotta say — while I don’t get the six shades of magic marker, my sympathies are more with the person who left the note than with the person who received it. Haven’t we all lived with the person who never, ever, ever bought the jointly used supplies like toilet paper? Sure, the note-leaver could have spoken directly to the jerk who never buys toilet paper. But out of the two evils, the jerk who never contributes is by far the worse. It should be *obvious* that you buy toilet paper once in a while. No one should have to point it out.

I may be extra sympathetic because I did try to directly confront a roommate who never did any cleaning and never bought toilet paper and paper towels. To top it off, she had a cat and never changed the litter box. When I confronted her, she insisted that it wasn’t true that she never cleaned or bought stuff. I challenged her to name the last time she’d done either. She couldn’t. We had an enormous fight. I moved out as soon as I could afford the first month/last month rent on a new apartment.

The moral is — when someone is jerk enough to do something that is obviously wrong, or not do something that is obviously right, confronting them politely often doesn’t do a damn thing. That only works when you’re dealing with a nice person who genuinely wants to be inoffensive and cooperative.

]]> By: YAR http://www.passiveaggressivenotes.com/2011/09/21/wipe-and-walk/comment-page-1/#comment-398925 YAR Sat, 01 Oct 2011 22:56:21 +0000 http://www.passiveaggressivenotes.com/?p=19440#comment-398925 OUST THE FREE-RIDERS !!! OUST THE FREE-RIDERS !!!

]]> By: PermaFrog http://www.passiveaggressivenotes.com/2011/09/21/wipe-and-walk/comment-page-1/#comment-398821 PermaFrog Thu, 29 Sep 2011 21:56:14 +0000 http://www.passiveaggressivenotes.com/?p=19440#comment-398821 Um, try not to assume that elementary/primary education majors do this. That's not true at all. I hate the people that assume that we like to write name tags, cut out shapes, and color stuff. At university, no less. More often than not, it's sorority girls writing like this with many colored markers, making an effort to color code stuff. I have come across more sorority girls doing this than el.ed. majors doing this. Thanks. Um, try not to assume that elementary/primary education majors do this. That’s not true at all. I hate the people that assume that we like to write name tags, cut out shapes, and color stuff. At university, no less. More often than not, it’s sorority girls writing like this with many colored markers, making an effort to color code stuff. I have come across more sorority girls doing this than el.ed. majors doing this. Thanks.

]]> By: The Elf http://www.passiveaggressivenotes.com/2011/09/21/wipe-and-walk/comment-page-1/#comment-398689 The Elf Tue, 27 Sep 2011 11:19:32 +0000 http://www.passiveaggressivenotes.com/?p=19440#comment-398689 That link deserves a thumb. That link deserves a thumb.

]]> By: ellie http://www.passiveaggressivenotes.com/2011/09/21/wipe-and-walk/comment-page-1/#comment-398659 ellie Tue, 27 Sep 2011 00:48:14 +0000 http://www.passiveaggressivenotes.com/?p=19440#comment-398659 alright, but... then again... why is it so hard for ppl to realize that it's their turn to buy TP? why does it have to get to a place where you have to leave a note? my roommate didn't buy TP for 6 months. so I didn't leave a note, I just hid my personal stash. I swear to god, it took another week for him to finally realize there would be no more free TP. at what point is the a-hole who doesn't realize it's their turn? I have live successfully with other folks on and off in my life, and we wordlessly understood when it was one's turn to cough up the TP. the jury finds in the favor of notewriter alright,
but… then again… why is it so hard for ppl to realize that it’s their turn to buy TP?
why does it have to get to a place where you have to leave a note?

my roommate didn’t buy TP for 6 months. so I didn’t leave a note, I just hid my personal stash.

I swear to god, it took another week for him to finally realize there would be no more free TP. at what point is the a-hole who doesn’t realize it’s their turn?

I have live successfully with other folks on and off in my life, and we wordlessly understood when it was one’s turn to cough up the TP.

the jury finds in the favor of notewriter

]]> By: Anygirl http://www.passiveaggressivenotes.com/2011/09/21/wipe-and-walk/comment-page-1/#comment-398637 Anygirl Mon, 26 Sep 2011 16:24:28 +0000 http://www.passiveaggressivenotes.com/?p=19440#comment-398637 Ah yes because im aparently the only other indovodual whos been in this situation i must in fact be the writer of the note. Fortunately im not, ive had to deal with a similar situation thankfully it was only for a breif period of time. Ah yes because im aparently the only other indovodual whos been in this situation i must in fact be the writer of the note. Fortunately im not, ive had to deal with a similar situation thankfully it was only for a breif period of time.

]]> By: yawn http://www.passiveaggressivenotes.com/2011/09/21/wipe-and-walk/comment-page-1/#comment-398626 yawn Mon, 26 Sep 2011 14:34:31 +0000 http://www.passiveaggressivenotes.com/?p=19440#comment-398626 Shhh, Bell, its ok. Don't start worrying about what the rest of the world thinks now! You bought SIX WHOLE ROLLS of toilet paper. AND a giant tissue box! AND she MADE YOU use up several different color markers!!! That b---- Iva can rot in colorless, paperless hell! Shhh, Bell, its ok. Don’t start worrying about what the rest of the world thinks now! You bought SIX WHOLE ROLLS of toilet paper. AND a giant tissue box! AND she MADE YOU use up several different color markers!!! That b—- Iva can rot in colorless, paperless hell!

]]> By: Anygirl http://www.passiveaggressivenotes.com/2011/09/21/wipe-and-walk/comment-page-1/#comment-398604 Anygirl Mon, 26 Sep 2011 05:39:05 +0000 http://www.passiveaggressivenotes.com/?p=19440#comment-398604 What if in this case Iva is in fact being increadibly selfish maybe in this instance she is finally geting the respose she deserves and coincidentaly the one she might have egged on "Belle" into giving her. There are lots of individuals who can make even the happiest most level headed person insane and frusterated with ther inability to cooperate or pitch in. What if in this case Iva is in fact being increadibly selfish maybe in this instance she is finally geting the respose she deserves and coincidentaly the one she might have egged on “Belle” into giving her. There are lots of individuals who can make even the happiest most level headed person insane and frusterated with ther inability to cooperate or pitch in.

]]> By: Anygirl http://www.passiveaggressivenotes.com/2011/09/21/wipe-and-walk/comment-page-1/#comment-398602 Anygirl Mon, 26 Sep 2011 05:30:38 +0000 http://www.passiveaggressivenotes.com/?p=19440#comment-398602 Just a thought for all of you out there who seem to been quick to jump the gun on the note writer here. It's very easy in this situation to critisize her for being harsh or snippy with her breif note but you have to take into account that there are people and i know some for sure who simply CHOOSE NOT TO RESPOND to even the nice or persistant but kind reminders. Almost everyone seems to be assuming that "Bell" just decided to sit down and write a note like this because they didnt have any TP left and she thought it would get the job done. Sure she and "Heather" could have bought there own stuff and kept it but thats not really the point obviously that is going to be the outcome either way. What people fail to give her credit for is the fact that this roomate could be completely unbotherd by the fact that the other girls pay for everything and she could very well have just been useing what was there and not giving two shits that the other girls probably told her a couple times they were running low on the bathroom nessesities. Just a thought for all of you out there who seem to been quick to jump the gun on the note writer here. It’s very easy in this situation to critisize her for being harsh or snippy with her breif note but you have to take into account that there are people and i know some for sure who simply CHOOSE NOT TO RESPOND to even the nice or persistant but kind reminders. Almost everyone seems to be assuming that “Bell” just decided to sit down and write a note like this because they didnt have any TP left and she thought it would get the job done. Sure she and “Heather” could have bought there own stuff and kept it but thats not really the point obviously that is going to be the outcome either way. What people fail to give her credit for is the fact that this roomate could be completely unbotherd by the fact that the other girls pay for everything and she could very well have just been useing what was there and not giving two shits that the other girls probably told her a couple times they were running low on the bathroom nessesities.

]]> By: anglophile http://www.passiveaggressivenotes.com/2011/09/21/wipe-and-walk/comment-page-1/#comment-398571 anglophile Sun, 25 Sep 2011 12:11:05 +0000 http://www.passiveaggressivenotes.com/?p=19440#comment-398571 OK, look, do we really have to Google for you? When women piss, there's a lot of surfaces that can get in the way of the stream and get urine on them. Women, apparently unlike you, don't like walking around with pee on them. Thus they wipe. Maybe next time you should open your eyes when you go down on your wife, then you would see something like <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/External_urethral_orifice_(female)" rel="nofollow">this</a>. (NSFW, unless you work in a gynecologist or urologist's office) OK, look, do we really have to Google for you? When women piss, there’s a lot of surfaces that can get in the way of the stream and get urine on them. Women, apparently unlike you, don’t like walking around with pee on them. Thus they wipe. Maybe next time you should open your eyes when you go down on your wife, then you would see something like this. (NSFW, unless you work in a gynecologist or urologist’s office)

]]> By: Dr. Chalkwitheringlicktacklefeff http://www.passiveaggressivenotes.com/2011/09/21/wipe-and-walk/comment-page-1/#comment-398570 Dr. Chalkwitheringlicktacklefeff Sun, 25 Sep 2011 10:20:32 +0000 http://www.passiveaggressivenotes.com/?p=19440#comment-398570 I've been married for 10 years, Mrs Beasley. Believe me, I know all about that sort of thing. It was specifically the wiping after peeing that was a revelation to me. I’ve been married for 10 years, Mrs Beasley. Believe me, I know all about that sort of thing. It was specifically the wiping after peeing that was a revelation to me.

]]> By: Dr. Chalkwitheringlicktacklefeff http://www.passiveaggressivenotes.com/2011/09/21/wipe-and-walk/comment-page-1/#comment-398569 Dr. Chalkwitheringlicktacklefeff Sun, 25 Sep 2011 10:15:12 +0000 http://www.passiveaggressivenotes.com/?p=19440#comment-398569 Sharing can be complicated. One place I lived we agreed to share milk and things, which was fine. But I used to buy a really expensive fancy full-cream brand of milk as a special treat for myself (http://www.grahamsfamilydairy.com/GOLD/gold-range.html - it's awesome!). I would also buy a large container of regular milk from the supermarket as my contribution to the household. I thought I was being quite reasonable, but my housemates insisted on considering the fancy milk to be community property as well as the regular milk. I think it would be so much simpler if everyone just had their own stuff and didn't touch anyone else's stuff, but if you say that to people you seem churlish. It doesn't really make sense to me, because by suggesting that people don't share you're not being selfish because you're denying yourself access to other people's stuff just as much as you're denying them access to yours, so it all balances out. Sharing can be complicated. One place I lived we agreed to share milk and things, which was fine. But I used to buy a really expensive fancy full-cream brand of milk as a special treat for myself (http://www.grahamsfamilydairy.com/GOLD/gold-range.html – it’s awesome!).

I would also buy a large container of regular milk from the supermarket as my contribution to the household.

I thought I was being quite reasonable, but my housemates insisted on considering the fancy milk to be community property as well as the regular milk.

I think it would be so much simpler if everyone just had their own stuff and didn’t touch anyone else’s stuff, but if you say that to people you seem churlish. It doesn’t really make sense to me, because by suggesting that people don’t share you’re not being selfish because you’re denying yourself access to other people’s stuff just as much as you’re denying them access to yours, so it all balances out.

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