“replace the roll“? fair enough. any special requests after that, though, i’m not so sure about. as our submitter in lexington, kentucky writes: “does that extra .34-second step really cause your day to go so horribly?”

on the flipside…don’t flush ‘em, i understand. but…really, ladies? as our submitter in orlando put it: “i don’t know what scares [...]

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who knew? apparently, every office has at least one person with an insatiable need to spread the contents of their nose on the wall.
from florida:

from georgia:

from a hospital (!) in washington, d.c.

and another hospital in pennsylvania:

from utah:

from montana:

from california:

from minnesota:

from texas:

from ohio:

and even in denmark:
[submitter katrine's rough translation: won't you be kind and wipe your boogers [...]

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our anonymous submitter — a college student in michigan — “borrowed” this note under the pretense of reading it to empathize with the recipient. “while the note itself is straight up aggressive,” she says, “i do know that it has followed months of passive-aggressiveness.” and most of these complaints, she says, are totally legit. “i’ve [...]

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writes jaime in austin: “my husband and i lift weights at gold’s gym and we love it (no, really!) — except for their new signage reminding people to mop up their sweat.”

meanwhile, next door…
(well, sort of.) kathryn spotted this similarly understated/backhanded message in a chichi orlando, florida boutique.

related: like a rotten sponge

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writes mike in seattle: “i work in a large in-house call center for a giant of the aerospace industry. my office has 50 to 75 technical support folks, many of whom can be somewhat…less than hygienic. following a rash of uncharacteristically hot days, this note showed up in the mens’ room, accompanied by a bottle [...]

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writes matt in los angeles: “i went to get some of the 2% milk i keep in our communal work fridge for my coffee, and BAM! — front and center was this lovely.”

related: and i’m singing “uh oh” on a friday night

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“my co-worker had a ‘meet our bundle of joy’ party in a common space of his apartment building,” says our anonymous submitter in new york city, and these notes were peppered throughout the space.
he adds: “not only did i opt out of ‘touching’ their baby, i also passed on digging into the bowl of ruffles.”

meanwhile, [...]

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though the issue might not be top of mind for sophisticated and urbane readership of this website, let this serve as your warning: should you find yourself in, say, fayetteville, arkansas (like melissa, a california transplant currently attending the u of a) you’ll soon realize how important it is to lay down the law with [...]

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once upon a time, our anonymous submitter informs us, a plucky young fellow who goes by the name “fluffy fox” found his way onto the walls of this underutilized florida dorm shower. as an avid personal hygiene enthusiast, fluffy has always been all too willing to provide grime-infested student bodies with his full rundown of [...]

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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

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

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related: please ladies please

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“neumont is a strictly computer-science college located on the second and third floors of an office building,” writes jared in south jordan, utah. it’s therefore a point of pride for neumonters that out of several hundred CS students, “there are [only] a few who seem to forget to shower for a few weeks at a [...]

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nicole in australia says this note was left on her coworker’s computer. “we work in a fairly small office and no one will own up to putting the note there,” she says — not that they disagree with the sentiment.
think about it, though. which is worse: the click-click-click of long fingernails on a keyboard, or [...]

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at least that would make the roommate situation a little less hairy…

related: losing lisa

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from an anonymous heathen in washington, d.c.:

related: it must have been a pretty big bite

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writes our anonymous submitter from canada: “i lived with these girls for a year, but about six to eight months in things started to get a little strange.” if our submitter had any doubts about how her roommates felt about her, however, the to-do lists that appeared on the fridge the weekend she was moving [...]

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you might think a hermit-like warcraft addict would make the ideal roommate (no noisy sex, no hogging the remote…) but as this little piece of passive-aggressive gold demonstrates, there are some other issues to contend with. like, say, the stench.

(from an anonymous submitter in portland, oregon.)
related: let me help you out

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mona in los angeles brings us this pair of notes from her high-rise century city office building. says mona, “apparently my co-worker saw the panties at issue. my question is…who leaves their panties in the bathroom at work? who does that?” my question: why are we letting paris and britney off [...]

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 ellen in acton, mass. spotted this on the suggestion board at her gym.

at least they don’t have a mad bomber on the loose…yet.

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paul in san diego says this note showed up above both urinals at his office last week.

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