laura spotted this punchline of a note (”you know it’s time to move out when…”) at her apartment building in downtown brooklyn. or rather, her former apartment building.

it’s unclear whether the note-leaver was motivated by recent research suggesting that pictures of eyes may deter crime. meanwhile, kim documented a convenience store in worcester, massachusetts taking [...]

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reading in the bathroom is one thing…but kicking back with a purloined snapple? that’s one step too far for this food service establishment, as spotted by jenny in washington, d.c.

you gotta love that passive voice! any kindly guesses re: the crossed-out word?

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PES picked this note out of an apartment building in newark, nj in 2004 because he loved the paragraph, which is oh-so-amazing. add in the peculiar diction and the glorious redundancy of it all, and you’ve got one fucking delicious note.

p.s. for more deliciousness, be sure to check out the stop-motion shorts at eatpes.com.

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bradley in new york woke up yesterday to find this little love note from his girlfriend. (his explanation? “she’s a light sleeper.”) i feel her pain. if there’s a sound more irritating than a nokia ring tone, the pathetic “i’m dying” whine of an out-of-juice cell phone just might be it.

meanwhile, chris’s friend michelle doesn’t [...]

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lisa in berkeley says she was doing laundry in her dorm building when someone pointed out this amazing note to her. “according to that person, who knew the note-poster through a friend, ‘the towels were actually nice. they were from kohl’s or something.’”

lisa says the note has since been taken down. “i guess an ra [...]

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those troublemakers requesting more crazy apartment notes can thank our anonymous submitter, a GM at a property management firm in springfield, missouri for today’s masterpiece. “one of our resident managers delivered this letter to 115 units at her property, then e-mailed me a copy because she was REALLY proud of it,” our submitter writes. “i [...]

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long-simmering roommate issues comes to a head in toronto…
(green ink is being kicked out by black ink.)

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gina from santa cruz lives in a dorm where ten girls share one bathroom. says gina, “i love saga notes, and feel we need some more of them, so i figured this collection would certainly do the trick.” indeed, gina, indeed! the progression here, from pleasantries and smileys to — well, you’ll see — is [...]

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from jasmine in georgia…

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“you know when you drink so much that you can’t remember what you did the night before?” asks our anonymous scottish pizza bandit. “sometimes we’re lucky enough to encounter certain things which trigger memories of our alcohol-fueled rampage. i was lucky enough to come across this the next day.”

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attention: corporate emergency in the chicagoland area!

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“random people seem to have a lot of fun vandalizing portland’s many bus stops,” says kathryn. “several of the stops i use frequently have had their schedules removed, which is oh- so-helpful. the other day when i went to the stop in front of my office to go home, i noticed this little note. they [...]

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craig from nottingham, england snapped these at the pub where his cousin works. (apologies for the blurriness — just pretend you’ve already knocked back a few pints.)

by the way, if you’d like to go meet stephen and shake his hand, craig says the name of the pub is the flowing spring, in henley. stephen seems [...]

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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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our anonymous submitter has held on to this email for more than five years now, but she still has no idea what she did to offend the sender. she barely knew him at the time, she says, “and needless to say, i don’t know him any better now, except i have a better handle on [...]

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joshua brings us this amazing pair of notes from his apartment building in philly.
the backstory: “a bulk package of cat food (probably 20 or so cans) was delivered and sat in the hallway for about 4 or 5 days. we could see what it was because the sides of the package were cardboard, but [...]

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while jessica was a college student in boston, she lived in a five-person apartment with one friend and three strangers. jess says apartment issues were rarely (if ever– there was only one “meeting”) talked about directly (there was but one “meeting), but were instead handled through a series of “love notes” from anne, like this [...]

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meric spotted this sign in melbourne while going to the launderette a few doors down. the bizarre thing, says meric, is that it’s in a shop window. “i have no idea what kind of dastardly person would steal poor dave’s bananas but every time i walked past it i laughed so much a little bit [...]

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one of our regular trouble makers, boggywoggy (a.k.a. val in oregon) took some time off from the comments section this weekend to go fishing, and decided to grab a quick bite at waldport, oregon’s, er, finest, the flounder inn. val spotted this note on one of the restroom stalls.

adds val, “i thought about putting [...]

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explains sarah in new york city: “one lab in the building where i work has covered the walls outside their lab with candid photos of the lab members. over time, some of these photos got some ‘modifications’ from passers-by, such as a mustache or horns here or there. mature, I know. today, i [...]

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