our anonymous submitter in takoma park, maryland says her roommate/landlord is constantly leaving little post-its and e-mails for the other roommates, but i think these two have a bit of yum-o synchronicity.
related: the first thing i did when i woke up
Tags: e-mail · food · maryland · takoma park · thanks (but not really) · the earth
an anonymous submitter in ann arbor, michigan received this e-mail from a guy who just moved into her co-op (”basically a co-ed frat house”) for the rest of the summer. “we’ve tried to reason with him,” she says, to no avail. “when asked why he has to get up so early, he says, ‘i have [...]
Tags: and that's an order · drizzunk · e-mail · michigan · noise · questionable logic · roommates · sleeping · spelling and grammar police · thanks (but not really) · university
in terms of the appropriate sympathetic nervous system response, an e-mail subject line like “big favor” is kinda the modern cubicle-dweller’s equivalent of “saber-tooth tiger outside cave!”
(note: this e-mail, our seattle-area submitter says, is from the very same person who brought us this.)
related: perhaps it’s time for a little group therapy?
Tags: all-staff e-mail · irregular capitalization · odor · office · oh no you didn't · seattle · thanks (but not really) · vomit
you gotta love my grandma cookie — she’s always looking out for my figure!
(this is why the seder calls for the drinking of four cups of wine.)
related: too many
extra credit: our stomachs, ourselves [heeb]
Tags: animated fucking e-card · holiday spirit · jewish grandma
“not long before i left my previous job writing reviews of video games, i got this little gem from someone involved in the production of a game i didn’t exactly care for,” alex says. “game-makers bitching about reviews is nothing new, but rarely do they do it with as much sarcastic flair as this one [...]
Tags: apostrophe abuse · e-mail · holiday spirit · sarcasm · thanks (but not really)
the “thanks for forgetting my birthday, asshole” thank-you note: because the only thing that would have made this e-mail from rebecca’s (32-year-old) brother any better is a midi file soundtrack and a dancing elephant or two.
adds rebecca: “my resulting apology just yielded more hate-filled e-mails from him — nevermind that i was camping and he [...]
Tags: cry me a fuckin' river · e-mail · orlando · siblings · thanks (but not really)
“we really don’t hate the holidays,” says our anonymous foreign-policy elf in washington, d.c., “just passive-aggressive coworkers.”
related: perhaps a committee to assess the health of the committee?
Tags: d.c. · e-mail · holiday spirit · money · office · party planning committee · spelling and grammar police
