brett in raleigh, north carolina had to move out at the end of last semester after his lease ran out, and while he didn’t want to have to resort to a finding a random craigslist roommate, that ended up being the case.
brett’s mea culpa: “being a grad student, i am not home much and have [...]

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at a recent wedding that allison in raleigh, n.c. attended, the bride asked that, instead of signing a guestbook, wedding guests write their wishes for the couple on fabric squares that would later be made into a memory quilt. when allison saw this one sitting on top, she couldn’t resist snapping a photo.

related: taboo: the [...]

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this (long-overdue) all-staff e-mail is like a fetus-sized version of one of my favorite self-righteous masterpieces. (how this one got buried in my inbox for so long, i have no idea.)
it comes to us courtesy of jennifer in chapel hill, n.c., who notes: “in this instance, ‘local users,’ is everyone in our corporate hq — [...]

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so, i pretty much have a policy of not posting notes submitted by the people who wrote them. i made an exception for this one because i think the really passive-aggressive part of the story is the behavior that inspired it. you might disagree. nonetheless — on to the backstory, from an anonymous dad in [...]

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amy spotted this attached to a mailbox in monroe, north carolina. writes amy:  “i have no idea which flower it was (there were many that were still left on the porch), but i was impressed by the effort the victim took with this note — it was written on poster board and left up for [...]

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to be honest, i find this note — from an anonymous submitter in raleigh, n.c. — to be kind of depressing. so, let me just say this: if you’ve recently broken up with a significant other and have been thinking, “hmm, maybe a heartfelt note is the way to win him/her back!”…JUST. SAY. NO.
anyway, our [...]

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spotted by randi in charlotte, north carolina, this one’s straight out of the michael scott playbook.

related: to the victor goes the bile

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as far as post-coital “littering” goes, i’m guessing most dorm bathrooms have seen a lot worse than a pink t-shirt, no?

(and we certainly appreciate matt in greensboro, for snapping the photo.)

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i thought it was pretty crazy when jessie sent in this sign from a thrift store in wilmington, north carolina a few months back…

then ashley sent in this eerily similar note from a thrift store in barnegat, new jersey. seriously, what is it about thrift stores that makes people want to shit in the fitting [...]

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as this example from winston-salem, n.c. shows: hell hath no fury like a lactose-loving office worker.

the thief might be depending on the fridge’s contents as a source of food, but mercy? don’t count on it.

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justin in winston-salem, n.c. spotted this classic mom note on the fridge at his friends’ house — with a bonus roommate note, to boot!

says justin: “i love the magnet — not sure if it’s supposed to be a letter grade or not, but i prefer to think that it is. if they get an F, [...]

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