PassiveAggressiveNotes.com » sleeping http://www.passiveaggressivenotes.com funny (if not necessarily "passive-aggressive") notes from pissed-off people Wed, 08 Feb 2012 19:51:33 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Public Displays of Long-Distance Affection http://www.passiveaggressivenotes.com/2011/12/18/long-distance-pda/ http://www.passiveaggressivenotes.com/2011/12/18/long-distance-pda/#comments Mon, 19 Dec 2011 01:06:27 +0000 Kerry http://www.passiveaggressivenotes.com/?p=20006 Ryan came home from work tonight and found this taped to the front door of his Chicago apartment building.

It could be worse, of course. Adds Ryan, “At least she plays nice guitar.”

To the guy who lives at the south end of the building and skypes his girlfriend every night at 3am: Hey man, I know you and your girlfriend are in different time zones, and I understand you have to talk to her EVERY NIGHT AT 2-4 AM, but could you please keep your voice down, and maybe use a headphone instead of the speaker? It's nice that your girlfriend has a beautiful singing voice and plays nice guitar, but I really can't appreciate her performance at this ungodly hour. I've been waken [sic] up three nights in a row by you guys and I sincerely hope it won't turn into a full season of your personal American idol show. PLEASE USE A HEADPHONE! Thank you. Someone who only gets 4 hours of sleep these days.

related: Toto, I have a feeling we’re not at band camp anymore

]]> http://www.passiveaggressivenotes.com/2011/12/18/long-distance-pda/feed/ 46 Today’s lesson: not-so-friendly letters http://www.passiveaggressivenotes.com/2011/10/06/for-the-sake-of-my-education/ http://www.passiveaggressivenotes.com/2011/10/06/for-the-sake-of-my-education/#comments Fri, 07 Oct 2011 01:35:35 +0000 Kerry http://www.passiveaggressivenotes.com/?p=19515 As part of a lesson about civic responsibility, many teachers encourage their students to participate in letter-writing campaigns to Congress, the school board, the Mayor, or other public figures. (Thanks to the efforts of second-graders in Mission, Texas, for example, Texans can now proudly refer to tortilla chips and salsa as their official “state snack.”)

Meanwhile, this teacher in Ypsilanti, Michigan enlisted her 18 middle-school students in a cause even closer to home — her home, that is — by getting them each to write a persuasive letter asking her noisy neighbor to curb his all-night partying.

Dear Neighbor, Please Do not blast any music while my teacher is trying to sleep. If she doesn't get any sleep we won't be able to learn. And I will get in trouble with my parents. Please stop for the sake of my education. Sincerely, [redacted] student

related: An indignant middle-schooler speaks up

]]> http://www.passiveaggressivenotes.com/2011/10/06/for-the-sake-of-my-education/feed/ 62 The two-word compromise you’re looking for: zip wire http://www.passiveaggressivenotes.com/2008/08/03/the-two-word-compromise-youre-looking-for-zip-wire/ http://www.passiveaggressivenotes.com/2008/08/03/the-two-word-compromise-youre-looking-for-zip-wire/#comments Sun, 03 Aug 2008 06:04:29 +0000 Kerry http://www.passiveaggressivenotes.com/?p=9410 An anonymous submitter in Ann Arbor, Michigan received this e-mail from a guy who just moved into her co-op (“basically a co-ed frat house”) for the rest of the summer. “We’ve tried to reason with him,” she says, to no avail. “When asked why he has to get up so early, he says, ‘I have important things to do in the morning,’ and that’s it.”

the two-word compromise you're looking for: zip wire

The even bigger mystery? Wonders our submitter: “Why, if he needs complete silence at night, did he move in with 16 other college kids on summer break?”

related: there will come soft pains

]]> http://www.passiveaggressivenotes.com/2008/08/03/the-two-word-compromise-youre-looking-for-zip-wire/feed/ 182 There will come soft pains http://www.passiveaggressivenotes.com/2008/07/07/there-will-come-soft-pains/ http://www.passiveaggressivenotes.com/2008/07/07/there-will-come-soft-pains/#comments Tue, 08 Jul 2008 02:04:05 +0000 Kerry http://www.passiveaggressivenotes.com/?p=9291 This bit of poetry is brought to us by Alex in Vancouver, an innocent observer on the scene.

there will come soft pains

]]> http://www.passiveaggressivenotes.com/2008/07/07/there-will-come-soft-pains/feed/ 239 All I want is a room somewhere http://www.passiveaggressivenotes.com/2007/11/19/all-i-want-is-a-room-somewhere/ http://www.passiveaggressivenotes.com/2007/11/19/all-i-want-is-a-room-somewhere/#comments Tue, 20 Nov 2007 02:42:13 +0000 kerry http://www.passiveaggressivenotes.com/2007/11/19/all-i-want-is-a-room-somewhere/ One loverly lady in Illinois found this note on the door of her dorm room after a long day of classes. (The identity of the note-leaver is still a mystery, as is the meaning of the phrase “dollar sign flower slams easily.”)

dear lovely ladies of this room: we appreciate and sympathize with the fact that your door is heavier than others & slams easily. However, we only request that you follow the campus policy of 24-hour courtesy and STOP SLAMMING so that all the rest of us can get the hours of sleep we need to stay as lovely as you. Many thanks, xoxo: the other ladies on your floor

Adds our submitter: “When we had our next floor meeting, I did the not-so-passive thing of calling out ‘whoever wrote the note,’ saying that we were trying our hardest to keep her ‘lovely.’”

related: We hear you, man

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Feel free to come to me...and get fired.

A classic, no?

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Please get yourself a pair of slippers so the person downstairs from you could get some sleep. Try to lift the chair, not dragging it.

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