Entries Tagged as 'not-so-veiled threats'

wishin’ and hopin’

September 24th, 2009 · 116 Comments

when dealing with anonymous strangers, there’s no point in playing coy about your hopes and dreams. tell us, kids, what do you REALLY want?

related: i hope your cat chokes

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Tags: die bitch die · god · more aggressive than passive · not-so-veiled threats · office fridge · stealing

comrades, take notice!

August 23rd, 2009 · 92 Comments

sarah in san francisco convinced her friend tim to take a photo of this note, the third in a series of progressively sterner notes that has appeared in his office restroom. writes sarah: “i am a fan of, inter alia, the fact that the author ‘buries the lead’ in the p.s. in the middle; the [...]

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Tags: TP · not-so-veiled threats · p.s. · stealing

frig you, ya big goof

August 19th, 2009 · 126 Comments

this note, from michelle in denver, displays the remarkable lengths that some people will go to avoid confrontation.
and, adds michelle: “this bright-green gem wasn’t the only priceless thing visible. on the cubicle wall closest to the refrigerators was a camera…and it was actually connected to the computer and recording a live feed. this is why [...]

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Tags: denver · message to all intended for one · not-so-veiled threats · office fridge · smiley

in other words…the butterflies are passive-aggressive

June 17th, 2009 · 105 Comments

writes dan in seattle: “i work at a federal hospital and often ride my motorcycle to work. there is another hospital employee that also does so, and we usually park in the same area. space is at a premium —especially around this woman and her self-proclaimed 10-foot-wide protected parking bubble. another time she left me [...]

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Tags: heart · nice stationery · not-so-veiled threats · parking · seattle

notes with character

June 12th, 2009 · 119 Comments

because nobody says “i mean business” like…donald duck.

except, perhaps, mickey mouse?
writes our anonymous submitter in toronto: “my sister went to do her laundry with her 2-year-old daughter who kept on saying ‘mickey! mickey!’” it seemed like random toddler babbling…until she saw the note.

related: how many wonders can one cavern hold?

extra credit: didn’t disney sue a [...]

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Tags: california · ellipses-crazed · exclamation-point happy! · fuck fuckity fuck fuck · laundry · not-so-veiled threats · out-of-context cartoon character · toronto

people got a lotta nerve

April 26th, 2009 · 126 Comments

“one of my coworkers — normally a calm, even-keeled woman — sits near the door of the office,” writes ali in minnesota. “when others come in at night to write reports or look up info, they apparently destroy her desk in the matter of minutes. after a series of coffee cups and chair-lowerings, up went [...]

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Tags: CAPS LOCK · highlighter · minnesota · not-so-veiled threats · office · stealing

all the makings of a great noah baumbach screenplay

March 25th, 2009 · 248 Comments

victoria in foster city, california, says her brother taped this note to one of the kitchen cabinets in their mother’s house after her boyfriend took his own frozen chicken out of little brother’s grasp the night before. (just to clarify that mess of pronouns: it was victoria’s boyfriend’s chicken. not that it really matters.)

“he’s 17 [...]

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Tags: family · not-so-veiled threats · rebuttals · siblings

maybe if you had just an itty-bitty limp?

February 17th, 2009 · 342 Comments

first of all, the disclaimer: our anonymous submitter in houston lives in an apartment complex with very limited parking for residents. “when i come home from work late at night,” she explains, “the handicapped parking spot is typically the only one available.” that excuse, however, doesn’t seem to cut it for one of her neighbors.
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Tags: "helpful" advice · houston · kinda creepy · neighbors · not-so-veiled threats · parking · smiley · texas · that's illegal

trained to eat things that would make a billy goat puke

January 15th, 2009 · 182 Comments

dale in el segundo, california has the thankless job of ordering office supplies, coffee and whatnot for the cube-farm where he works. really, really thankless. this note appeared on his desk one day attached to a packet of no-sugar-added hot chocolate.

related: refrain/stop/discontinue

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Tags: Cocoa · beverages · california · not-so-veiled threats · office

where’s the beef?

January 12th, 2009 · 77 Comments

writes ashley in thousand oaks, california: “a few years ago, my grandmother and i were sharing a bathroom, and sometimes i would use her towels. one day i opened the drawer and found this note. of course, i had to take a picture!”

and then…well, then there’s this.

related: how i “did” my grandma

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Tags: california · die bitch die · family · not-so-veiled threats · old folks

no, daddy, i asked for a wii!

December 26th, 2008 · 66 Comments

libby from sydney, australia found this note taped to the wall of the IGA supermarket in newtown, sydney. “feeling sympathetic though somewhat amused, i took a photo of it — i didn’t really think it would be fair to take it with me.” (that is, of course, more than can be said for a certain [...]

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Tags: australia · bicycle · die bitch die · fuck fuckity fuck fuck · not-so-veiled threats · stealing · sydney

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

we didn’t “steal” your muffin — we leveraged it

November 10th, 2008 · 128 Comments

sigh. half the people in your department just got pink-slipped, your 401(k) is worth shit, and now, just when you thought things couldn’t get any worse…they’re coming for your muffin, too.
all in the name of shareholder value!

(leaked by sayf in greenwich, connecticut.)
related: lean cuisine
extra credit: morgan stanley cancels christmas, jobs [dealbreaker]

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Tags: connecticut · greenwich · money · not-so-veiled threats · office fridge · rebuttals · stealing · touching

you were warned never to push carrie to the limits.

October 29th, 2008 · 192 Comments

now you must face the evil bitchy consequences.

related: pumpkin with a death wish

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Tags: TLDR · facebook · holiday spirit · not-so-veiled threats

the hot topic at this year’s warped tour

September 15th, 2008 · 161 Comments

spotted by christina in minnesota at the angels & airwaves merch booth…

can’t read the smaller writing? here’s a (blurry) close-up:

(as it turns out, christina says, this was an empty threat.)
related: the chav’s guide to sxsw

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Tags: minnesota · not-so-veiled threats · signed with love · tipping · xoxo

the right to bear fruit

August 27th, 2008 · 166 Comments

three u.s. cities where nature-lovers might want to keep their hands to themselves:
1. austin, texas

2. macon, georgia

3. pittsburgh, pennsylvania

(thanks to don in austin, elizabeth in macon, and jasmine in pittsburgh for risking the wrath of some devoted gardening/second amendment enthusiasts to document these warnings.)
related: no “questions” asked

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Tags: CAPS LOCK · austin · blame it on the crackhead · exclamation-point happy! · georgia · macon · neighbors · not-so-veiled threats · pittsburgh · plants · spelling and grammar police · stealing

american analog threat

July 20th, 2008 · 187 Comments

the manager of a florida preschool seems to have a kindred spirit at a missouri strip club, where our anonymous submitter spotted this note taped to a dressing-room mirror.

personally, i like the idea of an junior-high-elective-style employment program. (dance? restaurant management? government? you decide!)
related: happy to be of service

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Tags: "helpful" advice · mcdonalds · missouri · not-so-veiled threats · now that's management · visual aids

“when the people fear their government, there is tyranny.”

July 16th, 2008 · 201 Comments

writes an anonymous federal employee in colorado: “this morning we were reminded via an office-wide email that we must comply with the official timekeeping rules.”
that means recording the correct time on our time sheets, not being absent during core hours without submitting a leave slip, not being off campus except for lunch hour or approved [...]

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Tags: CAPS LOCK · colorado · fired · meta · not-so-veiled threats · now that's management · office · the government

three things your health teacher didn’t tell you about herpes

June 18th, 2008 · 109 Comments

(a passiveaggressivenotes.com public disservice announcement)
1. from portland, oregon…

2. from williamsburg, virginia…

3. from miami, florida…

related: come get some
extra credit: herpes: it’s got new york by the balls [nymag.com]

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Tags: FYI · miami · not-so-veiled threats · now that's not true · portland · roommates · smiley · starbucks · stealing · university · virginia · warning · whiteboard · williamsburg

next on thieves with low self-esteem

June 9th, 2008 · 141 Comments

terri in d.c. found this sign-bedecked scooter outside her apartment hilarious for three reasons. first off, “the fact that one of those little squirrely-looking scooter guys got out his most aggressive art supply and wrote “fuck off and die” to a stranger.”
second, she says: “i live between two churches, a library, an elementary school, [...]

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Tags: blitzkrieg approach · d.c. · die bitch die · irregular capitalization · questionable logic · stealing