ah, college. you’d think living in an all-girls dorm might solve problems like this…

but then you get…this. explains hannah in pullman, washington: “i live in an all-girls dorm, and guys aren’t allowed to use the bathrooms in the hall. the rule is they are supposed to be escorted out into the lobby…which is a apparently [...]

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who knew? apparently, every office has at least one person with an insatiable need to spread the contents of their nose on the wall.
from florida:

from georgia:

from a hospital (!) in washington, d.c.

and another hospital in pennsylvania:

from utah:

from montana:

from california:

from minnesota:

from texas:

from ohio:

and even in denmark:
[submitter katrine's rough translation: won't you be kind and wipe your boogers [...]

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our anonymous submitter — a college student in michigan — “borrowed” this note under the pretense of reading it to empathize with the recipient. “while the note itself is straight up aggressive,” she says, “i do know that it has followed months of passive-aggressiveness.” and most of these complaints, she says, are totally legit. “i’ve [...]

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writes tim in berkeley: “although this note is over 17 years old, i think it’s still worth submitting, at the very least as an example of notes from a bygone era. i received this note from the apartment manager when i was a senior at rice university, living  in an off-campus apartment. admittedly, i wasn’t [...]

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this is why the “seething and waiting” strategy will never get through to a messy roommate. (they are oblivious to your blind rage!)
to wit: laura lives in a four-person suite at boston college, where she says one of her suitemates, christin, is “a notorious neat freak.” what that meant was that christin and her roommate, [...]

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says filly in new york: “i think it’s safe the assume the writer is neither a) an english major or b) a feminist.”

related: more from the frontlines of post-post feminism

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at least that would make the roommate situation a little less hairy…

related: losing lisa

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well, our anonymous contributor in pompano beach, florida has one for you.
he explains: “i keep a gym membership just so that i can feel good about my financial commitment to my health — not so much for the actual health benefits per se. i hadn’t been to the gym in at least two months when [...]

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our anonymous submitter received this note after playing host to his friend’s band. in his defense, he says, “the house was not messy.” and, besides, “i never leave him notes when i do normal household chores like emptying the dishwasher and taking the trash out.”

adds our submitter: “oh, and he can’t count — it was [...]

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it was a “killer busy” week at the office, so gord in ontario admits that he and his coworkers left the place in a certain state of disarray. (such is the wont of “creative professionals.”) unfortunately, the boss chose that weekend to pop in to give some people an impromptu tour. on monday, these adorable [...]

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i thought it was pretty crazy when jessie sent in this sign from a thrift store in wilmington, north carolina a few months back…

then ashley sent in this eerily similar note from a thrift store in barnegat, new jersey. seriously, what is it about thrift stores that makes people want to shit in the fitting [...]

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jared says this sign was posted in both the men’s and women’s restrooms at his office in salt lake city, utah. says jared, “it seems that someone does not like hearing people ‘pushing.’”

related: are you there, margaret? god, could you be any more disgusting?

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says our anonymous contributor from los angeles: “this is page three (!) of a three-page letter of complaints from my wife’s (ex) office manager to the heads of the company.” apparently one of her coworkers, jake, merited his own page. (no word on how this went over with the bosses.)
click to enlarge!

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lisa in berkeley says she was doing laundry in her dorm building when someone pointed out this amazing note to her. “according to that person, who knew the note-poster through a friend, ‘the towels were actually nice. they were from kohl’s or something.’”

lisa says the note has since been taken down. “i guess an ra [...]

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gina from santa cruz lives in a dorm where ten girls share one bathroom. says gina, “i love saga notes, and feel we need some more of them, so i figured this collection would certainly do the trick.” indeed, gina, indeed! the progression here, from pleasantries and smileys to — well, you’ll see — is [...]

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mona in los angeles brings us this pair of notes from her high-rise century city office building. says mona, “apparently my co-worker saw the panties at issue. my question is…who leaves their panties in the bathroom at work? who does that?” my question: why are we letting paris and britney off [...]

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today’s tasteless gross-out is brought to us by christina in irvine, ca. (apologies in advance for this one.)

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semarr prefaces this submission by saying: “i realize it’s not particularly *passive* aggressive, but in context it became so.” she explains:
“there were 8 people living in the house. one of them collected shelter cats and kept them in the basement. i found this note when I had come home from work very late at night. [...]

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looks like both the mad bomber and richard g. sells have west-coast counterparts:

grossed out? yeah, me too. blame gregory in los angeles for documenting this one (!!!)
related: the mad bomber, act 1: “sorry about the language”

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