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 […]
Entries Tagged as 'pleasantries as afterthought'
and please don’t step on any cracks, either
April 16th, 2008 · 124 Comments
Tags: food · moms & dads · new york · peanuts · pleasantries as afterthought
a friend of a friend is our enemy
February 7th, 2008 · 83 Comments
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 […]
Tags: los angeles · not-so-veiled threats · pleasantries as afterthought · roommates · underlining
and what’s your christmas wish?
December 20th, 2007 · 103 Comments
two heartwarming notes brimming with compassion and holiday cheer! (sigh)
related: a holiday wish
Tags: boulder · dogs · holiday spirit · los angeles · piss · pleasantries as afterthought · the homeless
get your own :)
December 9th, 2007 · 79 Comments
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
Tags: oklahoma · pizza · pleasantries as afterthought · roommates · smiley · underlining · university
choose-your-own adventure memo
December 4th, 2007 · 124 Comments
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?
Tags: flushing · memo · new york · office · pleasantries as afterthought · toilet