Entries Tagged as 'new york'

totally fried green tomatoes

September 9th, 2009 · 94 Comments

shannon in new york saw this note posted on the fence of the nearby community garden while she and her roommate were taking her dog for a walk for.
the thought of a little old lady glued to her binoculars at 4 in the morning, this had them laughing for many prepositional phrases of time.

related: the [...]

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Tags: CAPS LOCK · excessive underlining · new york · plants · spelling and grammar police · stealing · wtf?

okay, now you’re just screwing with me

August 5th, 2009 · 128 Comments

this is one of those notes i’ve spent far too long puzzling over. the frustratingly random capitalization, the misuse of/missing punctuation, the center justification, and of course, THE BOX. WHY THE BOX?

sir/ma’am, i will gladly supply you with as many baby ruths as you can stuff down your gullet if you can reconstruct the thought [...]

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Tags: god · irregular capitalization · new york · office · stealing · wtf? · you call that punctuation?

more crooked chiropractors

July 23rd, 2009 · 109 Comments

my favorite part of this landlord-chiropractor dispute in brooklyn is the (professionally printed?) “tenant snuck out over the weekend” sign. how long has this landlord had that one in reserve?

meanwhile, dan in dallas received this direct-mail don’t from a doc he’s dubbed “dmitri the chiropractor.”

related: spinal manipulation

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Tags: brooklyn · dallas/fort worth · landlord · message to all intended for one

repestect yourself

June 29th, 2009 · 161 Comments

presenting the winner of the creative spelling (and spacing) of the year award, spotted by rob in the recently-painted elevator of his brooklyn apartment building.

it has a lovely lyric quality to it, no?
related: your are welcome to our home

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Tags: CAPS LOCK · bizarro spacing · brooklyn · elevator · landlord · now that's management · spelling and grammar police · your/you're

when internet memes go wrong IRL

June 24th, 2009 · 115 Comments

spotted by tessa’s brother during his travels through america…

(this is one of those where the passive-aggressive part isn’t the note itself.)
related: passive-allergic
extra credit: stuffonmycat.com

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Tags: actually totally reasonable · cats · neighbors · new york

blowing smoke

May 28th, 2009 · 340 Comments

there’s a guilt trip…

and then there’s a guilt trip.

related: your hamster died? well, i can top that.

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Tags: guilt trip · new york · nice stationery · oakland · odor · thanks (but not really)

…and forgive us our trespasses

April 20th, 2009 · 162 Comments

writes kerry in brooklyn: “i just moved into a new apartment, and they don’t have secured outside parking for bikes. my place is NYC-sized, so naturally i decided to lock one of my bikes to the banister right outside my door. apparently that’s a big no-no in the building.”

meanwhile, melanie in newport, rhode island spotted [...]

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Tags: bicycle · brooklyn · food · neighbors

wanna touch the baby?

April 6th, 2009 · 372 Comments

“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.”

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Tags: "helpful" advice · CAPS LOCK · hygiene · moms & dads · new york

there’s no emnity in this message

April 1st, 2009 · 81 Comments

editor’s note: eerac has been trying to get me to post this note for almost a year now, and i’m usually all, “but it’s not, you know, real!” and he’s all, “but it’s real funny!” (a point i had to concede). and so, in honor of april 1 (a.k.a. ninja note day on PAN) i’m [...]

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Tags: new york · that's irresponsible

with an extra side-helping of spite

March 26th, 2009 · 127 Comments

the village of irvington, new york, aaron explains, is a quiet suburb of the big apple in westchester county. “it’s got one main drag, conveniently named main street, where all the major businesses are located,” he says. one day, ” a public services vehicle pulled up too far on the sidewalk for the local italian [...]

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Tags: new york · parking · restaurant

awkward cake

February 19th, 2009 · 151 Comments

lately, our anonymous submitter in new york has been going to the housingworks cafe to study for the bar exam. because tables near electrical outlets are hot commodities, for the past few days she’s ended up sharing a table with the same “over-the-hill dude.”
our submitter knows her table-sharing etiquette: “i always keep the table free [...]

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Tags: new york · thanks (but not really)

cat fight!

January 24th, 2009 · 267 Comments

one night last summer, sylvia in new york was just chillin’ out, watching tv, when she noticed a cat had wandered through the open window. sylvia, an animal-lover, assumed he was a stray (he didn’t have a collar), and because “he was super cute and affectionate,” she says, “we let him stay a little while. [...]

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Tags: cats · neighbors · new york · thanks (but not really)

mean boys

January 22nd, 2009 · 160 Comments

our anonymous submitter in brooklyn received this e-mail from his 28-year-old male roommate after purchasing a similar (not identical) blue toggle pea coat. “we are rarely out of the apartment together,” our submitter notes. hmm, wonder why?

related: gossip boy

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Tags: brooklyn · e-mail · frenemies · martyr complex · new york · roommates

sincerely, disappointed

November 20th, 2008 · 126 Comments

our anonymous submitter says this display is just one of many microwave missives his coworker has created. “someone tore it down and threw it on the floor once,” he says, “but she put it back up, laminated with heavy-duty tape.”

and of course, the art-imitating-life inspiration for this post:

related: to each his own microwave
extra credit: pam [...]

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Tags: CAPS LOCK · highlighter · microwave · new york · not-so-veiled threats · obnoxious definition · office · spelling and grammar police

the most disgusting thing

October 30th, 2008 · 121 Comments

says filly in new york: “i think it’s safe the assume the writer is neither a) an english major or b) a feminist.”

related: more from the frontlines of post-post feminism

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Tags: CAPS LOCK · bathroom · exclamation-point happy! · new york · office · spelling and grammar police · that shit is disgusting · toilet · university

lean cuisine

October 23rd, 2008 · 82 Comments

from sasha in new york: evidence that the financial crisis has begun to trickle down to joe six-pack.

related: desperate times

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Tags: money · new york · office · stealing · thx · university

communication needed

September 17th, 2008 · 146 Comments

writes harry in new york: “my roomie sent me this e-mail two weeks after telling me i need to move out.  i guess it’s a case of retroactive passive-aggression on my part.”

in his own defense, harry adds, “the ‘light’ is a nightlight and the ‘AC’ is a window fan.”
related: some creative brainstorming and flexible thinking

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Tags: e-mail · energy usage · money · new york · roommates

“i don’t need a birthday cake,” i said.

September 12th, 2008 · 112 Comments

(my roommate disagreed.)

now it’s my turn: happy birthday, kim! (emoticon emoticon emoticon)
related: an occasion that blue mountain arts has yet to animate
extra credit: cake wrecks

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Tags: birthday · brooklyn · cake · new york · park slope · roommates · smiley

top five musical crimes perpetrated by record store customers in the 90s and 2000s

June 26th, 2008 · 177 Comments

5. being a stupid, retarded jerk.

4. what, can’t you read?

3. seriously, are you fucking illiterate?

2. do we look like the kind of store that sells “i just called to say i love you”?

and last but not least…
1. the internet (probably)

extra credit: thanks, mr. hipster

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Tags: "customer service" · exclamation-point happy! · ithaca · music · retail hell

TMI all around

June 23rd, 2008 · 118 Comments

daniel in new york spotted this note (and the follow-up) on the door of his soho office building’s restroom — “a nice single seater with a window.” adds daniel: “i understand the sentiment — my sphincter locks up like a vise with any distraction. but i do hope that the large white area on the [...]

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Tags: TMI · bathroom · cell phone · new york · noise · office · toilet