It’s time, once again, for our look back at the year in notes. Which notewriter deserves the coveted title of douchecanoe of the year? Cast your vote in the comments!
related: Top Notes of 2013
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48 responses so far ↓
#1
Chippy
Voting for the stolen doormat!
Dec 31, 2014 at 5:55 pm rating: 90
#2
Alison
Voting for Note #1!
Dec 31, 2014 at 6:00 pm rating: 90
#3
RTF
Happy bday gets it for me. Ooof.
Dec 31, 2014 at 6:24 pm rating: 91
#4
Marci
#3 – The birthday card with the message crossed out.
Dec 31, 2014 at 6:51 pm rating: 90
#5
Susan
The Coffee Wars!
Dec 31, 2014 at 7:33 pm rating: 90
#6
scott hall
Doormat
Dec 31, 2014 at 7:40 pm rating: 90
#7
Sara Myers
I vote for #1
Dec 31, 2014 at 9:45 pm rating: 90
#8
NonnyMus
The crossed-out graduation card is by far the worse because it’s such a personal insult. All the others are from strangers or work colleagues.
Dec 31, 2014 at 10:06 pm rating: 90
#9
Jacey
Coffee. The last comment of the coffee war says it all.
Dec 31, 2014 at 11:46 pm rating: 90
#10
Jami
Graduation card first.
“I’m not creepy” Creepy next.
Non-smoking for third.
Jan 1, 2015 at 1:52 am rating: 90
#11
Downunder Sugarglider
Definitely No. 3 – although No. 5 is good fun
Jan 1, 2015 at 6:06 am rating: 90
#12
foxy J
Graduation card, then #1
Jan 1, 2015 at 8:54 am rating: 90
#13
ChristineC
The graduation card.
Then the first with the creepy non-creeper.
Jan 1, 2015 at 9:13 am rating: 90
#14
Lita
I’m going with apologies for the extended lifespan. Still makes me laugh.
Jan 1, 2015 at 11:33 am rating: 90
#15
CdnGingerGirl
Crossed-out birthday first, although the yearbook messages are a close second.
Funniest though is the Happy B’day on the sympathy card. He picked the wrong time to not read the card!
Jan 1, 2015 at 11:49 am rating: 90
#16
Trish
I’m going a write in ballot for the Halloween Scrooge.
Jan 1, 2015 at 2:41 pm rating: 90
#17
Cat
“Clueless and Forever Cheap”… “Love”, Mom and Dad
Jan 1, 2015 at 5:57 pm rating: 90
#18
LittleBirdy
1. Crossed out birthday card.
2. Buffet service.
3. Yearbook messages.
Jan 1, 2015 at 8:07 pm rating: 90
#19
Grace
1. The sorry for your loss card where someone wrote happy bday. What could be worse than that?
2. The creepy “I’m not creepy” creeperson
3. The coffee wars is also pretty wonderful and obnoxious.
Jan 1, 2015 at 9:39 pm rating: 90
#20
Roxy Random
The coffee argument is like a party that never ends!
Second is “I’m not creepy, I swear.” What is that smudge at the bottom right corner? Looks like peanut butter. (Please tell me it’s peanut butter!)
Jan 2, 2015 at 6:59 am rating: 90
#21
Kasaba
1. Josh&Kayla
2. Mean Girls
Jan 2, 2015 at 8:37 am rating: 90
#22
Qua
Coffee wars … remindes me of work .. I retired last week
Jan 2, 2015 at 9:44 am rating: 90
#23
juniper
The card with ‘stylish and chic’ crossed out. I like the winner to be a true passive aggressive and that one takes the cake.
Jan 3, 2015 at 12:10 am rating: 90
#24
LadyIslay
The “birthday” card from Mom and Dad is the worst. The year book messages are the most painful because I’m pretty sure I have something like this in one of my year books. The “thank-you” note from Amy is priceless.
Jan 3, 2015 at 12:26 am rating: 90
#25
Lalah
I vote for no. 1
Jan 3, 2015 at 6:37 am rating: 90
#26
The Elf
It’s no vegan roommate, but I have to give it up for the Happy “Birthday” card. That’s a special kind of not giving a damn that really doesn’t ever need to be said.
But they’re all special, from special people. I almost went with the balcony just because the sign looked so professional.
Jan 3, 2015 at 10:24 am rating: 90
#27
assiveProgressive
No. 1 — I’m not creepy, I swear — because it paints vivid images.
Second choice is coffee wars — because the nerds went to so much trouble to print out their kvetching and paste it to the machine.
Third choice — nonsmoking balcony. Over-the-top passive aggressive, with some contorted grammar and absent punctuation.
Jan 3, 2015 at 10:51 pm rating: 90
#28
assiveProgressive
Or, I could vote for the power-walking pooper. That is unique … at least to me.
Jan 3, 2015 at 10:54 pm rating: 90
#29
Arhi Mith
Number three, the graduation card.
Jan 4, 2015 at 5:06 pm rating: 90
#30
d
The one with “stylish and forever chic” crossed out.
Jan 5, 2015 at 8:59 am rating: 90
#31
Hyacinth
The birthday/graduation card. PA parents are the worst.
Jan 5, 2015 at 11:55 am rating: 90
#32
Katjia
Creepy Van Creepy Van Creepy Van!!!
Jan 5, 2015 at 6:18 pm rating: 90
#33
buni
I have to vote for the hot boyfriend with the cute puppy note.
Sorrynotsorry
Jan 6, 2015 at 9:55 am rating: 90
#34
magicdomino
Voting for #1. The merely sarcastic amuse me. The creeps creep me out.
That birthday/graduation card comes a close runner-up. It isn’t even anonymous. Ouch.
Jan 6, 2015 at 1:42 pm rating: 90
#35
Robert G
The not-creepy creep in #1 definitely qualifies as douchecanoe of the year. I loved reading the coffee wars, but these notes are more amusing than douche-y.
Jan 6, 2015 at 7:11 pm rating: 90
#36
madrugada
1. the birthday/graduation card. Ouch.
2. the buffet
Jan 7, 2015 at 5:56 am rating: 90
#37
Joie
The (not) stylish and chic birthday/graduation card
Jan 8, 2015 at 12:37 am rating: 90
#38
Tatterdemalion
I have to go with “lazy girl parking”/”love your boyfriend.” It seems the most wholeheartedly mean-spirited, with the yearbook comments second (they get a point or two knocked off for being eighth graders.)
Most of the rest are too heartfelt (I am sad for the angry tomato sign person!) or clueless enough to lose douchebag points, and I kind of love the creativity of coffee wars – although whoever thought there’s any similarity between a light roast coffee and a weakly brewed dark roast must be a 3-pack-a-day smoker or something.
Jan 10, 2015 at 12:28 am rating: 90
#39
Rafa?
haha very funny. Number 10 is my favorite!
Jan 13, 2015 at 5:17 am rating: 90
#40
Lars
I vote for the note from Mom and Dad
Jan 16, 2015 at 3:26 pm rating: 90
#41
Rebecca
The one congratulating Kayla on having found love with Josh is my alltime favorite among the notes on this site.
Jan 18, 2015 at 7:29 pm rating: 90
#42
Raichu
Oh man. Some of these are really good, but a lot of them aren’t written by douches (rather the person it’s directed at is the douche, and they just responded tactlessly).
Going with #1 for biggest douche though. What a creep. Runner-up vote #3.
Feb 15, 2015 at 12:44 pm rating: 90
#43
r
#3, then #1, and then it is a toss up between between #11 and #13.
Feb 27, 2015 at 11:41 am rating: 90
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