Several months ago, Kenney in Sydney moved in with some new housemates. Last week, he happened to park in a different spot in the driveway. (“We had been asked to not park in the garage as it was used as a gym/personal trainer studio.”)
“The next morning,” he says, “I found this ‘anonymous’ note — despite having just talked with the person responsible, without any mention of their concern.” By way of a response, Kenney decided to give the note the red pen treatment.
related: I give your passive-aggressive note a C-
29 responses so far ↓
#1
Kenzie
Best response I’ve seen in a while!
Oct 30, 2012 at 7:15 pm rating: 53
#2
Greg House
Great reponse!
Oct 30, 2012 at 7:20 pm rating: 7
#3
Grammar Popo
42 is an F, not a D+. Otherwise, hilarious.
Oct 30, 2012 at 7:47 pm rating: 19
#4
Ely North
This just reminded me that I hated every English teacher I ever had. Except Mr. Beer. He was a pretty cool guy.
Oct 30, 2012 at 8:50 pm rating: 5
#5
Mark
It would have been better if the response did not consist of a comma splice and sentence fragments.
Oct 30, 2012 at 8:54 pm rating: 38
#6
She
That reminds me of the time I corrected and returned a response to an online dating ad.
Oct 30, 2012 at 8:58 pm rating: 28
#7
t-rex
Best response to this letter would be, “The personal trainer is paying more money per month for use of the garage. If you would like to outbid him for use of the garage, you may. Bidding will start at $400/month EUD added to the monthly bill for rent. If you cannot outbid this, the current contract will stand. Thank you for wasting our time. ~ Housemates.”
Oct 30, 2012 at 9:24 pm rating: 27
#8
Otterpops
It does get funny at some point, right? Wake me up for the punchline, thanks!
Oct 30, 2012 at 10:05 pm rating: 12
#9
Alice
The response contains a really glaring comma splice. If you were reading it out loud, how would you? As two sentences, or as a single rambling thought? This is why comma splices are evil.
Oct 30, 2012 at 10:08 pm rating: 7
#10
Polly
Sorry boys. If your communication is at this sorry level, there’s no hope for a happy house sharing situation. I see a break-up on the horizon.
Oct 31, 2012 at 12:26 am rating: 3
#11
tch tch
Yourself or yourselves? The letter is addressing multiple housemates.
Oct 31, 2012 at 6:30 am rating: 1
#12
oi
What I am curious about is how did he arrive to the total score of 28?
Oct 31, 2012 at 8:58 am rating: 8
#13
Purr Monster
I love it, as I myself am an editor!
Oct 31, 2012 at 9:17 am rating: 1
#14
Wait..what?
His response is pretty typical of the way a teacher would grade the page. Sentence fragments. And such, you know?
Awesome response. Grammar Nazis rule!!
Oct 31, 2012 at 10:20 am rating: 2
#15
HK
I hate to be such a contrarian—particularly since I myself am an avid fan of grammar—but it seems to me that the note writer makes a reasonable request here. This is an informal note—not an essay or school assignment—so it’s stupid to correct his grammar and return the note to him. Feeling defensive for having been called out on my bad behavior, I would have corrected it, but then kept the letter for myself to look at from time to time to make myself feel bigger, even though I was the transgressor.
Oct 31, 2012 at 2:39 pm rating: 5
#16
Bulala
Is it just me, or did the note writer practice writing the word ‘thought’ in the lower-right corner before adding it to the body of the note?
Nov 6, 2012 at 4:55 am rating: 0
#17
Mark
If the ‘corrector’ is adding a full stop after “thought out properly”, then the ‘we’ immediately following should be ‘We’. Just sayin….oh and they forgot to capitalise ‘please’ after ‘lot’ also. So would that be an F for the wonderful editor of this note?
Nov 9, 2012 at 6:22 pm rating: 0
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