liza, a student at mississippi state university, was up late one night writing a paper when her roommate asked her to stop — the noise of her typing was keeping her up. “i had a paper to write and i didn’t think i was making enough noise to warrant moving my workstation outside, so, i [...]

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our defendant, lee in austin, was just finishing off a travel-sized toothpaste from a recent business trip when lee’s roommate — apparently oblivious to this small change in routine — became convinced that lee was mooching off her tube of advance white.
“my roommate told my fake boyfriend that she had left me ‘a note,’ and [...]

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found on the street by joe in somerville, mass…

related: oh, the irony

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first, the “tell” part: i know it’s ridiculous, but i still have a mini existential crisis every time a friend/colleague/family member forwards me a passive-aggressive-themed article or cartoon along with a remark like “this made me think of you!”or “hey, passive-aggressive girl!” (i comfort myself with the thought that hey, at least i didn’t decide [...]

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writes an anonymous federal employee in colorado: “this morning we were reminded via an office-wide email that we must comply with the official timekeeping rules.”
that means recording the correct time on our time sheets, not being absent during core hours without submitting a leave slip, not being off campus except for lunch hour or approved [...]

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omg, ramekin drama! (from san francisco, natch…)
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related: #54 kitchen gadgets [stuffwhitepeoplelike.wordpress.org]

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rachel in virginia says her two roommates, “despite seeing and talking to me multiple times a day, decide to air their grievances through notes.” these grievances include being responsible for a $200 water bill “because i wash my face and hands at night and in the morning.” rachel has decided that enough is enough.
to paraphrase [...]

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laura in boston says one of the restrooms at her school is a real note bonanza. the inside of the stall features no fewer than four individual notes about proper flushing etiquette, and immediately outside the restroom are two (slightly contradictory notes) about proper door opening/closing procedure.

but what’s most interesting? how a couple of those [...]

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“is it doubly passive aggressive to use this site to convey this message? i am the creator of this note, and the photo depicts actual conditions. i would love to send a post of this to said roommate at work.” — flushpatrol in washington, d.c.

related: servicing over a half-billion people…each and every day.

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mike gets the last word in this exchange.

related: this is getting so meta

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frank writes, “nice blogs….but i would like to point out that your passive-aggressive notes site
is a complete rip-off of a humor piece i wrote over three years ago for the now-defunct humor magazine jest.”
well played, frank! not only is the piece in question quite humorous indeed, but frank’s use of classic passive-aggressive conventions (the [...]

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