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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while jessica was a college student in boston, she lived in a five-person apartment with one friend and three strangers. jess says apartment issues were rarely (if ever– there was only one “meeting”) talked about directly (there was but one “meeting), but were instead handled through a series of “love notes” from anne, like this [...]

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justin in winston-salem, n.c. spotted this classic mom note on the fridge at his friends’ house — with a bonus roommate note, to boot!

says justin: “i love the magnet — not sure if it’s supposed to be a letter grade or not, but i prefer to think that it is. if they get an F, [...]

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sometimes, a little complaining is necessary.
(submitted by jeremiah in little rock, arkansas.)

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this series of signs (all made by one person, and pinned up across an entire bulletin board) is among my all-time favorites. the glorious redundancies, the inappropriate quotation marks, the clip art — oh, it’s just too good.

(yeah, the last one is blurry. our anonymous canadian submitter apologizes.)

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