If you work in an office that supplies your cream and sugar needs gratis, consider yourself lucky. There’s something about coffee creamer that sends folks off the deep end…
P.S. If you’ve thought of a different tactic, it’s probably been tried before.
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Tags: all-staff e-mail · CAPS LOCK · office fridge · Orlando · stealing
“People steal other people’s food and drink so often in my office that security put up a notice,” says our submitter in Florida. “Apparently, the sign isn’t working.”
Instead, the notes left by the victims have turned into an ongoing office-wide joke.
And the latest contribution…
Tags: beverages · note wars · office fridge · smartass · stealing
Sarah in Grand Rapids, Michigan says there are actually more words on this “replacement” lawn sign than there were on the original. Good thing the writer is putting those extra words to work for a good cause, huh?
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Tags: Grand Rapids · Michigan · stealing · Won't somebody think of the children?
“This was posted on the elevator door in my building,” says Konstantin in NYC. “It refers to the marijuana plant left in a pot right in front of the building for over a week. I love my neighbors…”
Psst, Whiteboy — perhaps a guard dog is in order?
Meanwhile, in Seattle…
related: The Orchid Thief
Tags: drugs · flowers, trees, houseplants & gardens · New York · stealing
“Apparently chicken legs can cause quite the hullabaloo in a small town,” notes our submitter in Iowa.
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Tags: Iowa · most popular notes of 2012 · restaurant · small town living · stealing
Dear Notewriter: Clearly, you’re not a scholar of Indian religious traditions, so just FYI: “Karma” doesn’t translate from the Sanskrit as “sword-wielding mercenary” or “the guy Liam Neeson played in Taken.”
(Also, the Knight of Flowers is offended by your insinuations.)
Thanks to Hannah in Oakland for submitting!
Tags: die bitch die · flowers, trees, houseplants & gardens · karma's a bitch · Oakland · stealing
Kayla says this message was left in the dorm laundry room after a girl’s clothes disappeared.
(I can just see the snarky follow-ups now…”Awesome! Free goldfish!”)
Tags: college life · laundry · Ohio · stealing · warning
Our submitter, Cynthia, spotted this exchange clipped to a fence in her Seattle neighborhood. “I love the meanness of trying to publicly shame my neighbor into returning this amazing garbage can, and my other neighbor’s overly offended response,” Cynthia says. As of yet, she adds, “the mystery of the missing garbage can remains unsolved.”
Meanwhile, I think some of us are still a little confused about what type of emergency constitutes calling 911. (Hint: a missing garbage can is not one of them.)
![One of the neighbors told us they saw you take a white garbage can from our yard. It is custom for our cabinets [sic] and we need it. Please return it. No questions asked. Thank you. Response: No questions asked, how dare you. You got the wrong neighbors. look [e]lsewhere for your can. Or call 911.You could of [sic] asked us about it instead of leaving a nasty note.](http://farm8.static.flickr.com/7200/6802181140_e017c5fedc_b.jpg "One of the neighbors told us they saw you take a white garbage can from our yard. It is custom for our cabinets [sic] and we need it. Please return it. No questions asked. Thank you. Response: No questions asked, how dare you. You got the wrong neighbors. look [e]lsewhere for your can. Or call 911.You could of [sic] asked us about it instead of leaving a nasty note.")
