Entries Tagged as 'a matter of taste'

a matter of taste

June 2nd, 2008 · 203 Comments

christine in san rafael, california says sol food is “literally the best thing about san rafael.” one reason? the restaurant “keeps this gem of a note right where it belongs — on display in the glass cabinet outside the front door, where most restaurants would keep a menu.”
seeing as the note has been up [...]

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Tags: "helpful" advice · a matter of taste · bay area · california · marin · not-so-veiled threats · oh no you didn't · puerto rico · restaurant · san rafael

(They match the plastic slipcover on the futon.)

May 7th, 2008 · 143 Comments

Our anonymous submitter lives in what she says is a typical college apartment, one that is “not decorated according to any theme.” And yet, in a transformation a college freshman taking Lit 101 might describe as “Kafkaesque,” one of her roommates has been replaced by your [fill-in-your-own-ethnic-stereotype-here] grandmother.

Adds our submitter: “These weird towels wouldn’t dry [...]

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Tags: a matter of taste · bathroom · roommates · smiley · university · wisconsin

eau dear

February 11th, 2008 · 95 Comments

This oh-so-subtle note was posted by Mary’s former boss, “a pathetic professor in a backwater institution” where 90% of the graduate students happened to be Korean, Japanese, or Chinese.
“Nevermind that he doused himself with great lashings of Brut in an attempt to jazz up the bald-up-top-ponytail-in-back look he had going on,” Mary says. “There were [...]

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Tags: a little insensitive · a matter of taste · clip art catastrophe · fish · microwave · odor · office · spelling and grammar police · university

upset girl (living in a very white bread world)

January 8th, 2008 · 152 Comments

chonny lives in manhattan apartment with three spirited roommates, and they enjoy, on occasion, knocking back a few glasses of wine for an impromptu roomie-bonding sing-a-long. “one night around 10, after a particularly taxing day, we decided to bring the vibe down with a little peter gabriel,” chonny says. “as we all belted out ‘in [...]

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Tags: a matter of taste · music · neighbors · new york

wrath mat

October 10th, 2007 · 163 Comments

Writes an anonymous submitter in New York City: “So, my mom bought me this doormat that says ‘leave.’ Ya know, haha, funny joke, like the ones that say ‘go away.’ Well, apparently my neighbor didn’t find it too humorous.”

Adds our submitter: “Some back story: the woman has lived in the apartment across the hall for [...]

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Tags: CAPS LOCK · a matter of taste · crazypants · etiquette · kids today · more aggressive than passive · neighbors · new york

who would’ve thought? it figures

September 3rd, 2007 · 167 Comments

as it turns out, the internet isn’t the best place for the secret journal you don’t want your roommate to see. but for the other party involved, it certainly makes for some fascinating reading.

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Tags: a matter of taste · attire · blog · dishes · rhetorical question · roommates · sponges

P.S. Text me at work if you want to talk!!

August 23rd, 2007 · 239 Comments

Annie writes, “This a note my roommate left me expressing her discontent with me because I would, while straightening up, put her placemats back in the drawer. I was putting away her placemats to clean up…but also because they are the most hideous things I have ever seen [see exhibit b]. She also got mad [...]

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Tags: a matter of taste · bathmat · p.s. · roommates · signed with love