Aleister in London found this critique slipped under his door after an impromptu Thursday night sing-along. “I am a big fan of my neighbours’ critical opinion,” Alastair says. “I won’t offer much defense other than that our music selection was exceptional and I was on my way to work when I found it.”
Well done, Flat [...]
Entries Tagged as 'u.k.'
A review of last night’s performance
February 17th, 2010 · 193 Comments
Tags: actually totally reasonable · london · neighbors · noise
Happy Boxing Day from Passive-Aggressive Notes!
December 26th, 2009 · 44 Comments
Now, if you wouldn’t mind taking a moment out of your busy schedule of sport and/or shopping to bestow a bit of charity on those you live with?
(Cheers to our submitter Victoria, her mates at Oxford, and their disgusting flatties.)
related: ceci n’est pas une note passif-agressif
Tags: meta · roommates · that shit is disgusting · u.k.
Right, He just went round the corner for a quick nip.
December 25th, 2009 · 49 Comments
Writes Sara in Cardiff, Wales: “Around this time last year, I noticed that the Jesus had been stolen from this city centre church’s Nativity scene. The church is surrounded by pubs and, as it can get quite messy in Cardiff on the weekend, it’s no surprise Jesus went AWOL. About a week later, the note [...]
Tags: CAPS LOCK · holiday spirit · jesus · wales
Do these stilettos match my broomstick?
December 9th, 2009 · 261 Comments
Sarah in London found this note — and the cheeky response — posted in the lobby of her former apartment building.
“Entry to the flats is by way of a concrete outside walkway,” she explains. “Unfortunately, if someone has noisy heels, the sound tends to reverberate throughout the building.”
Of course, the above complainer isn’t the only [...]
Tags: exclamation-point happy! · london · neighbors · noise · rainbow-colored · signed with love · smartass · that's disrespectful
Please resubmit your inquiry after it has been properly notarized. Regards, your flatmates
October 12th, 2009 · 127 Comments
S in London says his flatmate was obviously exceedingly upset about his missing can opener. Of course, this being England, the old “stiff upper lip” sometimes still prevails…sort of.
related: memorandum to the roommates
Tags: a little uptight · london · roommates
you can have the inflatable bananas
September 28th, 2009 · 100 Comments
Katie in Scotland says she found this note “stuck to a wall at about knee-height, right above a very sad-looking deflated palm tree and a bunch of deflated inflatable bananas.” Unfortunately, Katie says, “i have no idea what the back story is…but I would love to, especially as the note writer seems to be a [...]
just a rat in a cage
September 10th, 2009 · 174 Comments
Writes Leslie in London: “Janine was having some serious keyboard RAGE and posted this request to our office’s online help desk…which every single person in the company can see…including Daniel.”
This post is dedicated to my cube-mate Leah, who recently received a surprise “gift” — a quiet-touch keyboard — from our boss, which succeeded in making [...]
Are you proud to be an American?
July 4th, 2009 · 205 Comments
Our anonymous submitter lives in a university flat in the U.K. with four other guys. “Three of us (myself, an American, and a Brit) always take out the garbage and recycling when it’s our turn, but the two other international students seem to think it’s somehow beneath them. There must have been some unpleasantness while [...]
Tags: americans abroad · misplaced patriotism · recycling · roommates · u.k. · university
Clearly seeking his master’s in diplomacy
June 15th, 2009 · 103 Comments
Our anonymous university student in Cambridge, England found this note pinned to the door of his shared college house. “The guy who wrote it moved here from America about five weeks ago and is about eight years older than the rest of us in the house. He seems to be a nice guy, but has [...]
Tags: shower · u.k. · university · your mother doesn't...
Signed, R. Mutt
June 11th, 2009 · 45 Comments
Alice in York, U.K. spotted this little work of art in the kitchen she shares with — yikes — fourteen other people.
Now, you wizened old troublemakers might skim past this as a throwaway…but thanks to this month’s Passive-Aggressive Notes gallery show at London’s kk outlet, little gems like this are — at least for a [...]
I don’t remember signing any bond/contract regarding your use of exclamation points!!!!!
May 26th, 2009 · 118 Comments
Writes Toni in Wales: “I found these fightin’ words taped to one housemate’s cupboard. We’ve had some things go missing in the house, so I sympathise with their frustration. But the funniest part of this note, I think, is that this housemate had previously called a house meeting to complain about the other housemates’ infrequent [...]
Tags: CAPS LOCK · exclamation-point happy! · roommates · stealing · wales
Ladri di biciclette
May 11th, 2009 · 192 Comments
Failed strategies in bicycle theft deterrence:
1. Assuming the thief who stole your bike is schooled in Italian neorealism; appealing to said thief’s desire to be one of the cool kids.
2. Feigning empathy for said thief.
3. Chiding said thief for his stupidity via a barely legible run-on sentence without double-checking “you’re” grammar first.
(Grazie mille to Nadia in [...]
Tags: Amsterdam · australia · bicycle · london · melbourne · stealing · your/you're
Untitled (broken glass)
February 6th, 2009 · 98 Comments
When you live with six art students (like Kate in London), you might find that life imitates art more often than you’d like.
related: Oxford drama
Tags: CAPS LOCK · art · cleaning · london · roommates · the u.k. · university
and i’m singing “uh oh” on a friday night
November 30th, 2008 · 77 Comments
how’d you like to be flatmates with dianne in london? cos i’m thinking there just might be an opening soon…
related: clarifying motion #2
Tags: bathroom · drizzunk · hygiene · london · roommates · spitting · u.k.
buskers & broomsticks
September 18th, 2008 · 205 Comments
zora zero spotted this ongoing street-musician spat in portobello road market, london.
i’m not a londoner, but living near portobello road and complaining about the buskers seems like living near times square and complaining about the lights, no? i was cheered, therefore, to see the responses added by other more busker-friendly neighbo(u)rs at the bottom of [...]
Tags: CAPS LOCK · cry me a fuckin' river · london · music · neighbors · noise · p.s. · saga · u.k.
just be glad you don’t know what’s in the coffee
September 10th, 2008 · 167 Comments
our submitter in london snapped a photo of this note in the kitchen of the PR agency where she works. exactly what you’d expect to find at office full of “communication professionals,” no?
related: switch to tea
so, you’ve decided to go out
August 25th, 2008 · 139 Comments
last year, emily in canterbury, england lived in a house with six other roommates — two guys downstairs, five girls upstairs. as is wont to happen in such circumstances, “we were originally all really good mates, but relationships deteriorated as the year went on,” emily says — “the boys thought the girls were too messy!”
one [...]
Tags: bullet points · canterbury · drizzunk · roommates · u.k.
signed with a glasgow kiss
August 12th, 2008 · 107 Comments
rodti and laura elizabeth spotted these charming examples of local scottish color outside an internet cafe in glasgow’s west end.
meanwhile, a grocery story elsewhere in glasgow displays a similar plea for clemency…one that seems intended for a similar clientele.
related: blame it on coke
extra credit: buckfast tonic wine [wikipedia]
the worst toilet in scotland [youtube]
Tags: "customer service" · CAPS LOCK · apostrophe abuse · exclamation-point happy! · glasgow · irregular capitalization · it's not my fault · pure poetry · spelling and grammar police · toilet · u.k.
massive canine infestation
August 5th, 2008 · 215 Comments
this notice was spotted by tom from cambridge, england in “the tiniest little toilet in my college hall” — so tiny, he says, there’s “barely enough room to fit a dog in there if you tried.” (but a few raw steaks? perhaps!)
(massive canine infestation: sharing the stage with the light brown apple moth debacle at [...]
Tags: CAPS LOCK · bathroom · cambridge · food · fun with malapropisms · say wha? · toilet · u.k. · university · vermin
mahvelous, just mahvelous
August 4th, 2008 · 274 Comments
writes michael in milton keynes, england: “i have an ex-service ambulance which i use as a van and i had parked it on the road round the corner from me for a couple of weeks.
“after two days i got a call from the town council’s abandoned vehicle unit. then i got a few calls from [...]
Tags: neighbors · parking · u.k.
a deep-seated issue
July 17th, 2008 · 621 Comments
marcus in leicester, u.k. found this stuck to the lid of the toilet by one of his housemates. “i’d understand if it was the seat,” he says, “but the lid?”
i’m with marcus, here — i don’t think this is some kind of dear abby “does the toilet paper go over or under?” type issue. is [...]
Tags: "helpful" advice · "up for debate" · etiquette · leicester · toilet · u.k.
i asked santa for a baby alive, and all i got was this stupid dishwasher
July 2nd, 2008 · 146 Comments
i didn’t think i’d ever see a kitchen appliance more inappropriately anthropomorphized than this fridge, but i think this dishwasher note (from an anonymous submitter in england) dials the WTF-factor up to 11.
related: the passive-aggressive note has not been destroyed; it has been solved
Tags: CAPS LOCK · anthropomorphism · bold-underlined-caps · dishes · dishwasher · mixed metaphors · sad face · shit · u.k. · wtf?
bizarre pardoning accident
June 17th, 2008 · 104 Comments
While waiting for the coffee maker to do its job, nickster2000 wandered over to the university notice board, where this musician-wanted ad caught his eye. He’s not a drummer, but says he considered ringing them up anyway. “I really need to know what was so bad about Graham.”
related: I used to be your biggest fan
extra [...]
Tags: band · birmingham · u.k. · university
help yourself
March 24th, 2008 · 43 Comments
spotted by doppelfrog at london’s paddington station…
related: water, water everywhere
Tags: london · rhetorical question · subway · water · whiteboard
the passive-aggressive note has not been destroyed; it has been solved
March 21st, 2008 · 119 Comments
this note represents pretty much everything about office culture that makes me cringe. appropriately enough, i can’t even bring myself to call out the specifics — it’s just too overwhelming. (but the sign will always be there…every day, taunting me.)
Tags: CAPS LOCK · alot · anthropomorphism · fridge · inane cartoon · mixed metaphors · say wha? · spelling and grammar police · u.k.

