Heather in Indianapolis is the kind of gal who helps out a pal who’s down on his luck. So when her marginally employed friend needed a place to crash while he got back on his feet, she let Greg live in her house and help himself to her food and other belongings, like her laptop, [...]
Entries Tagged as 'moving/not moving'
Deny a man his web comics? How dare you.
December 3rd, 2009 · 217 Comments
Tags: guilt trip · indianapolis · martyr complex · moving/not moving · not cool · p.s. · roommates
notes white people leave
April 3rd, 2008 · 198 Comments
omg, ramekin drama! (from san francisco, natch…)
(click to enlarge!)
related: #54 kitchen gadgets [stuffwhitepeoplelike.wordpress.org]
Tags: excessive underlining · meta · moving/not moving · san francisco
more from the frontlines of post-post-feminism
August 17th, 2007 · 131 Comments
says kristi in chicago: “this was from our receptionist to the ENTIRE office except, for some reason, me (thanks to my other co-worker for forwarding it and including me in the fun). it’s her job to order supplies and put away deliveries. someone signed for a delivery of paper and apparently the receptionist doesn’t like [...]
Tags: "helpful" advice · chicago · comma diarrhea · e-mail · moving/not moving · office · spelling and grammar police
Movin’ Out (Anthony’s Song)
August 14th, 2007 · 204 Comments
Mary saw this collection of missives while visiting friends in Long Island City, Queens last spring.
Anthony left a note on the door…
Saving his pennies for someday…
You oughta know by now
Workin’ too hard can give you a heart attackackackackackack
And it seems such a waste of time
You should never argue with a crazy mi-mi-mi-mi-mi-mind [...]
Tags: landlord · money · more aggressive than passive · more like crazy · moving/not moving · queens · questionable logic · rebuttals · spelling and grammar police
tantamount to storage
August 3rd, 2007 · 124 Comments
i’m just gonna let ben from d.c. set this one up:
Last October, I moved from one apartment to another on fairly short notice. The kid I found on craigslist to take my spot really wanted to move in a few days early, which was incredibly inconvenient for me. However, I agreed, so I [...]
Tags: craigslist · e-mail · moving/not moving · spelling and grammar police
dear alex
July 10th, 2007 · 22 Comments
scott saw this note posted to the refrigerator of his friends’ house in d.c. and surreptitiously snapped a photo. “i didn’t want to pry by pulling out the whole note,” he says. “i’m pretty sure alex was a roommate in the house at some point, but it’s probably been years.”
the magnet’s a nice touch, though, [...]
Tags: d.c. · more aggressive than passive · moving/not moving · roommates
a common misconception
June 5th, 2007 · 25 Comments
dispatches from an oh-so-common passive-aggressive battleground…
so, whose side are you on?
Tags: confusion??? · moving/not moving · questionable logic · roommates
studying up on bedside manner might not be a bad idea
June 5th, 2007 · 38 Comments
CC found this note in one of the study carrels at her large midwestern med school:
this was her response:
(she continues on a second page.)
Tags: excessive underlining · michigan · moving/not moving · smartass · university
this is your “last warning”
June 4th, 2007 · 10 Comments
a doozy from our pals over at the “blog” of “unnecessary” quotation marks.
Tags: moving/not moving · office · unnecessary "quotation marks"

