Entries Tagged as 'ohio'

thanks…i guess?

October 22nd, 2009 · 175 Comments

writes our anonymous submitter in cleveland: “my roommate mike is usually a generous guy, but he’s very possessive of his coffee, beef jerky, and other certain food indulgences. this note was sort of touching; he didn’t want to share, made that clear, but then decided he probably should — not for me though, but for [...]

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Tags: cleveland · food · sharing is caring

there’s a nigerian prince i can put you in touch with for more information…

October 9th, 2009 · 156 Comments

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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Tags: all-staff e-mail · columbus · food · office fridge · oh snap

dear grandma: thanks, i guess.

July 8th, 2009 · 253 Comments

writes our anonymous submitter: “this was sent to my 6-year-old step daughter by her grandma. the birthday present in question was a pack of writing paper and $5 american. we live in canada.”
(the “did you get…” pretense combined with the oh-so-subtle post script is so classic “passive-aggressive grandma” that i cannot even handle it. bonus [...]

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Tags: birthday · canada · martyr complex · ohio · old folks · p.s. · thanks (but not really) · xoxo

sigh-ned

January 11th, 2009 · 89 Comments

our anonymous submitter in cleveland found this note taped to the office paper shredder. “my first thought was, ‘wow, this person has issues deeper than the full shredder,’” he says.

related: especially deborah

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Tags: cleveland · crazypants · exclamation-point happy! · highlighter · office · ohio · spelling and grammar police

the man™: now available in convenient mini-me size!

October 16th, 2008 · 95 Comments

our submitter, b., was shopping at a shoe pavilion in san francisco when she realized she really needed to use the facilities. although there was no public restroom in sight, she did spy the familiar infographic just beyond a doorway marked “employees only.” when she ducked inside, b. was greeted by this sublimely creepy warning [...]

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Tags: big brother-ish · now that's management · ohio · retail hell · san francisco

what $48,000 a year gets you

October 1st, 2008 · 94 Comments

jenny says these notes have started showing up in several of the bathroom stalls in her freshman dorm at oberlin college. as far she knows, jenny says, none of her fellow frosh have taken the custodians up on their suggestion…but who knows what’ll happen once parents’ weekend rolls around?

so, president krislov… care to comment?
related: you [...]

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Tags: TP · disgruntled janitor · ohio · university

some dating advice

May 16th, 2008 · 156 Comments

a breakup note too long for a text message…though that might have a been more (fucking) appropriate.

related: you oughta know

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Tags: "helpful" advice · breakup · cleveland · ex drama · fuck fuckity fuck fuck · more aggressive than passive

if your grandma wrote PSAs

May 1st, 2008 · 157 Comments

j. star says he found this passive-aggressive twist on the old rspca campaign/scottish band in a cincinnati parking lot. (pet-lovers: just to let you know, it was crumpled up on the ground, not on his windshield.)

related: i can has guilt trip?

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Tags: MYOB · cincinatti · dogs · guilt trip · spelling and grammar police

when you can’t blame the dog

March 6th, 2008 · 128 Comments

spotted by maureen in cincinnati, ohio…

(actually, just kidding — it’s from a conference center in dayton. but how awesome would that be?)
related: blame it on coke

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Tags: bathroom · dayton · odor · ohio

but He took the wheel

September 27th, 2007 · 106 Comments

summer from decatur, georgia says she found this note “left on a car piously parked while attempting to attend mass on vacation” in galveston, texas.

stealing hot pockets is apparently not the only thing that jesus wouldn’t do.

related: there you go, bringing Him into it again

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Tags: cincinatti · decatur · galveston · jesus · parking · texas · the lawn

we hear you, man

July 7th, 2007 · 80 Comments

thanks to elliette for passing this along for her friend in manhattan.
and as a bonus, a classic passive-aggressive noise complaint from the fantastic found magazine:

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Tags: music · neighbors · new york · noise · ohio · pleasantries as afterthought · thanks (but not really)

it must have been a pretty big bite

June 29th, 2007 · 145 Comments

an amazing one from brian in cleveland:

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Tags: CAPS LOCK · cheese · cleveland · exclamation-point happy! · moms & dads · more aggressive than passive · office · office fridge · ohio · pleasantries as afterthought · preggers · questionable logic · spelling and grammar police · stealing

switch to tea

May 31st, 2007 · 9 Comments

this note is like the teenager who manages to contain themselves long enough to grudgingly recite a lengthy mandated apology, but then can’t resist turning around and giving the finger afterwards…or the perky flight attendant who finally cracks when the drunk fat guy hits the call button again at the end of a long flight. [...]

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Tags: "helpful" advice · bullet points · coffee · etiquette · office · ohio