group projects.
#5, however, is what really seals the deal.

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related: please ladies please

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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 [...]

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says our anonymous contributor from los angeles: “this is page three (!) of a three-page letter of complaints from my wife’s (ex) office manager to the heads of the company.” apparently one of her coworkers, jake, merited his own page. (no word on how this went over with the bosses.)
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the coast newspaper in halifax recently invited its readers to share their “passive-aggressive roommate tales.” (gee, what a great idea!)
my favorite part:

Excerpts from a 34-point note sent to a former roommate:
2. Your rent was always late and it was not paid in full.
4. You used the dishes and baking ware that we provided to you [...]

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(from an anonymous urinal-user in boulder, colorado.)

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maybe it’s the manic use of ellipses and exclamation points, but this note makes me very uncomfortable.

says erica in new york city, “as bad as it can get in the ladies’, i’ve been told the men’s bathroom is even worse.”

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this note is like the teenager who manages to contain themselves long enough to grudgingly recite a lengthy mandated apology, but then can’t resist turning around and giving the finger afterwards…or the perky flight attendant who finally cracks when the drunk fat guy hits the call button again at the end of a long flight. [...]

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this exercise in redundancy is brought to us by erika in los angeles. it’s like the note-writer couldn’t decide which tactic would be most effective and just opted for all of the above.

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i agree with katrina in ann arbor — the last “…etc.” bullet point is what makes the sign totally genius. and, apparently, effective.
katrina adds, “our microwave is a pristine fucking sanctum suitable for storing, say, the dead sea scrolls, so maybe people are leaving the shrink wrap on their lean cuisines.”

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