office lunch thieves: always despicable, and in this case — gullible, too.
the “helpful” (yet oh-so-devious) all-staff e-mail sent by the victim:

and — i shit you not — the response:

related: lean cuisine

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another sign of the times: nick in tampa, florida says the sodas in his small office used to be free, but now they cost 50 cents. and yet, when they’re left out “unguarded and unsecured, naturally, people steal them,” nick says. eventually, one coworker thought instilling the fear of god would make for a good [...]

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i hereby declare the writer of the second note in this exchange (from a college art studio in texas) the winner of the season’s official “oh, snap!” award.
(sure, the original note-writer might have a case — but just like those pesky BCS rankings, style points count, baby!)

related: i before e except after c ftw

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technically, mike in boston only has two roommates, but roomie #2’s ever-present girlfriend has become the apartment’s de facto fourth resident…the non-rent-or-utilities-paying kind.
explains mike: “we only have one thermostat for the whole apartment, but our rooms are so tiny that we can typically keep the heat off and the place stays at 68-70 degrees.” once [...]

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this lovely little exchange from seattle comes to us via the ever-brilliant dan savage at the stranger. it reads a bit like a “SAHM vs. WOHM” faceoff on urbanbaby, with blessedly fewer acronyms.

(more backstory and larger versions of the photos over at the slog.)
related: there’s hertz…and there’s “not exactly”

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our anonymous submitter spotted these notes in the shared kitchen of a “professional building” — one our submitter says is full of shrinks. perhaps one of them could deduce whether “i.e. me” fits the DSM’s criteria for a diagnosis…or whether she’s just having a little trouble with her latin.

related: eau dear
extra credit: “food odors [...]

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while paying his old office a weekend visit, jimsu from katy, texas didn’t catch the original note (or, perhaps, conversation) that precipitated this huffy screed from the mailman…

…but he did spot the follow-up from the office smartass.

related: this is why your postal worker is disgruntled

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thanks to rusty in decatur, georgia, who spotted this lovely exchange on the door of his apartment complex’s parking garage.

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writes jaina in westport, conn.: “i dated this asshole last fall, and i dumped him because i found out that he was using his livejournal to try to bang girls on the side. i, of course, still spy on him.” or at least, she did…until her ip address gave her up.

adds jaina: “please note that [...]

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when julie in elkhart, indiana saw this note from her roommate, molly…

she decided it was time to go on the offensive.

then came the counter attack…

…then julie photographed the exchange and sent it to us. game, set, match.
related: i know where she lives

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our anonymous submitter spotted this note posted by a coworker on the office fridge. when asked about the note, this coworker described himself as someone “with a penchant for an orderly universe and a strong desire to see food mingle.” um, okay.

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writes our anonymous submitter in corte madera, california: “we have a lot of passive aggressive notes up around the office, and most of them are addressed to the entire office staff in common areas. you can imagine my surprise when after eating lunch and going out for a smoke break with some coworkers today, we [...]

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all i can say is…wow.

(click to enlarge!)

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 ellen in acton, mass. spotted this on the suggestion board at her gym.

at least they don’t have a mad bomber on the loose…yet.

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just in case this site hasn’t given you enough reasons to think twice before leaving a passive-aggressive note, tobjar in oakland passes along this cautionary tale from worsethanfailure.com:
Not too long ago, there was a small furor in the local media about a major disaster at The State’s Technology Services Division.…When employees of The State came [...]

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i empathize with the note-leaver here, but after reading apt. 10’s response, i can’t help but side with the defendant– especially after melissa in omaha revealed that this particular neighbor posts notes like this quite frequently. because really, that shit is disrespectful.

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this amazing and somewhat baffling little note comes to us from tiffanni in atlanta, who looks nothing like a man but is confident enough in her femininity not to be troubled by allegations to the contrary.
says tiffanni: “this was left on my windshield by a lady in the wal-mart parking lot. i guess she was [...]

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this fiendishly funny note comes to us courtesy of jennifer in philly, who does not condone the theft of bottled water of any kind.

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