explains desi in new york: “i work in a dungeon, (a “we- do-S&M-here” place) and not only is our boss passive-aggressive (really, he is, in a more strict interpretation of the term) he also doesn’t speak english all that well.”now that’s a formula for comic gold. here’s the latest offering, though desi promises many more [...]

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says craig in new york city: “our company gives us free soda, but then you have to deal with notes like these.”

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maybe it’s the manic use of ellipses and exclamation points, but this note makes me very uncomfortable.

says erica in new york city, “as bad as it can get in the ladies’, i’ve been told the men’s bathroom is even worse.”

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from an anonymous submitter in new york city, who explains: “i was out of the country for a week, and when I came back, I found this gem taped to the bathroom mirror….even though I’ve since moved out of the apartment (after she accused me of peeing on the bathroom floor and into the non-existent [...]

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from andrea in astoria, queens, who promises more to come.
(yeah, it’s hard to read, but worth squinting over, i promise.)
UPDATE: andrea has posted a transcription of the note here.

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i realize this example (from outside the american legion hq in park slope) is not so much “passive-aggressive” as it is “crazy,” but it tickles me too much not to post. the little species/feces couplet has been painted over and re-written at least twice, so obviously i’m not the only one who appreciated it.

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spotted by sam, who also brings us this little gem — the most precise vending-machine operating instructions ever written.

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thanks to rachel for bringing to light another key battleground for office passive-aggressives: the thermostat.

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the latest in a well-documented series.

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spotted by eric at uncle moe’s in manhattan.

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from emily: another example of brooklyn’s seemingly unparalleled commitment to exasperated signage. (as previously documented here.)

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wesh snapped this a few years back in red hook, brooklyn, while walking from his brother’s rehearsal dinner to the afterparty bar. (how bougie does park slope’s version look in comparison?)
says wesh: “what gets me are the flags. why flags?”

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the latest in a series previously documented here and here.

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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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slipped under our door by the downstairs neighbors.

(guilty as charged.)

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