Entries Tagged as 'neighbors'

we hear you, man

July 7th, 2007 · 61 Comments

thanks to elliette for passing this along for her friend in manhattan.
and as a bonus, a classic passive-aggressive noise complaint from the fantastic found magazine:

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Tags: music · neighbors · new york · noise · ohio · pleasantries as afterthought · thanks (but not really)

really, enough with the weather

June 18th, 2007 · 60 Comments

this one makes me wince. seriously, ouch.

(from cassandra in toronto.)

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Tags: "helpful" advice · CAPS LOCK · elevator · neighbors · rhetorical question · toronto

love, apt. #3

June 12th, 2007 · 25 Comments

(spotted by kyla in regina, saskatchewan.)

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Tags: excessive underlining · neighbors · newspaper · saskatchewan · signed with love · stealing

there’s a bedroom behind this wall

June 11th, 2007 · 13 Comments

robert in sacramento found this one on the wall of his apartment building’s laundry room. says robert: “on the surface, i don’t think this sign is too bad. the underlining of “time” and the “thanks a lot!!” at the end push it over the top for me.”

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Tags: california · excessive underlining · exclamation-point happy! · laundry · neighbors · sacramento

a holiday wish

June 6th, 2007 · 10 Comments

from heidi’s apartment building in kansas city, mo. says heidi: “the decorating committee of condo owners added lamps to the hallway tables on each floor. someone started turning the lamps off on some floors, and someone else left this note on the bulletin board in the building’s laundry room. “gotta love that festive holiday stationery!

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Tags: holiday spirit · kansas city · lighting · neighbors

to all tennant

June 5th, 2007 · 17 Comments

my personal favorite from sara k’s oh-so-delightful office sign project.

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Tags: garbage · neighbors · spelling and grammar police

danke [for the sarcasm]!!!

June 4th, 2007 · 42 Comments

tim found this note in the basement storeroom of an apartment building in kiel, germany:

tim’s rough translation:
THANKS for filling [up the storeroom]!!!
i was able to get to the meter just SUPER!!!
tenant 5/1 [fifth floor, first apartment]
[hand written at the bottom] many thanks from me too, tenant 5/2

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Tags: deutsche · exclamation-point happy! · german · neighbors

pour la derniere fois!!!

June 1st, 2007 · 8 Comments

mike in paris brings us this petit message passif-agressif:

<<paris - 28 may 2007
urgent!
one must do one’s work during the daytime and NOT at night, or else it’s the police that will be working!
for the last time!>>

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Tags: francais · neighbors · noise · paris

visual aids always help

May 30th, 2007 · 17 Comments

from lars in san francisco.

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Tags: neighbors · noise · san francisco · sleeping · visual aids

four legs good, two legs bad

May 29th, 2007 · 32 Comments

i empathize with the note-leaver here, but after reading apt. 10’s response, i can’t help but side with the defendant– especially after melissa in omaha revealed that this particular neighbor posts notes like this quite frequently. because really, that shit is disrespectful.

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Tags: garbage · more aggressive than passive · neighbors · oh snap · omaha · p.s. · spelling and grammar police

now you’re just bringing it on yourself, don’t you think?

May 20th, 2007 · 8 Comments

the latest in a well-documented series.

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Tags: brooklyn · dogs · garbage · neighbors · park slope · shit · smiley

have a nice day

May 13th, 2007 · 8 Comments

the latest in a series previously documented here and here.

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Tags: brooklyn · excessive underlining · neighbors · park slope · shit · smiley · strangers

please, please, please

May 13th, 2007 · 6 Comments

there’s something wildly theatrical about this one — i wouldn’t be surprised if it burst into song.
(spotted in gowanus, brooklyn)

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Tags: brooklyn · garbage · neighbors

it was an ironic dance party, okay?

May 12th, 2007 · 19 Comments

slipped under our door by the downstairs neighbors.

(guilty as charged.)

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Tags: brooklyn · neighbors · noise · not-so-veiled threats · park slope