as we’ve noted here before, the white-collar nuisance known as the nibbler has been pathetically picking his (half)way through office kitchenettes across the land for some time now.
while the nibbler’s actions are usually met with disdain, one oh-so-compassionate office-worker from omaha decided to take a different approach — an e-mail intervention, of sorts. i’d also be [...]

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writes emily in austin: “in the notewriter’s defense, this machine has also given me regular coke when i have pressed ‘coke zero’ on many an occasion,  so when I saw this note, i thought I had figured it out. if i wanted coke zero, i just had to push the button for regular coke. (i [...]

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“one morning last summer,” writes stephanie in illinois, “my brother and i arrived at the company where we worked to find these notes posted to the candy vending machine. (mind you, it was 8:45 in the morning.) apparently, the man who fills the vending machines — a.k.a ‘the candy man’ — had failed to restock [...]

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from canberra…

to london…

to washington, d.c…

…it seems like one thing everyone can agree on is the total obsolescence of print media.
(sigh)
related: love, apt. #3

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it’s the question of the day: have you voted yet?
if NO, please consider the following (from campaign field offices in “fake virginia” and philadelphia) before heading to the polls.

if YES —  why not celebrate your participation in the democratic process in the most american way possible: buyin’ stuff!
related: herbie goes to washington

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both of these signs would have gotten their points across perfectly well in just a few words…but the true passive-aggressive always knows how to convey his or her true meaning with just one more choice phrase.
exhibit a) from paula in logan, utah:

exhibit b) spotted by my pal brooke in savannah, georgia:

related: that means you, edith

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sarah in somerville, mass. wasn’t fazed when she left her apartment one saturday to find this otherwise “run-of-the-mill your-mother-doesn’t-live-here note”…until she rounded the corner and was greeted by photocopies of the same note taped to every available surface in the hallway.

then, the next day, another note appeared near the elevator…

…which had apparently been written on [...]

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after six months of backpacking through australia, my former roommate robin stopped by her mom’s house on long island to unload her giant pack of souvenirs, leftover trail mix, and unwashed underwear. her crucial mistake (besides the basic one: returning back home to mom as an adult)? leaving an unopened can of planter’s peanuts on [...]

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tina is los angeles didn’t have any problem with her roommate’s friend couchsurfing at their apartment for a month, but both she and her roomie started to get irked when the friend started inviting other friends to stay over — and then kept doing it, even after the roomie expressly asked her not to. “the [...]

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two heartwarming notes brimming with compassion and holiday cheer! (sigh)

related: a holiday wish

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individual cheese pizza with chicken, bacon, sun-dried tomato and feta cheese plus a side salad: $6.31. addressing your note “to whom it may concern” when you only have one roommate? (you know the rest.)

(thanks to todd in stillwater, oklahoma for snapping the photo.)
related: you left evidence

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daniel m. saw this note in a men’s room on the 59th floor of the empire state building, where he confirms the toilets were indeed frequently left unflushed.

related: priorities; et tu, dora? 

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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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an amazing one from brian in cleveland:

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dan in miami beach — who by the way knows a thing or two about roommate drama — bring us this sign from a clothing store in the gay mecca of wilton manors, florida. says dan: “sometimes, gay men are a little bitchy with each other.” (again, something he knows a bit about.)

(and seriously, sweetheart, [...]

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from an all-girls floor of a boston university dorm…

ah, college. thanks to vicky in boston for submitting!

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this exercise in redundancy is brought to us by erika in los angeles. it’s like the note-writer couldn’t decide which tactic would be most effective and just opted for all of the above.

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from giovanni: a classic example of the “office fridge” sub-genre.

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