explains our anonymous submitter in st. louis: “i just lost my job at [giant pharmaceutical company]. i was feeling rather passive-aggressive, so i tore this flyer down from the inside of the bathroom stall. it has been there for over three years.”

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this isn’t just a note — it’s a work of art. and it’s about 100 shades of amazing.
i’ll let rich explain:
i had a party at my house once in college, and one of our roommates who was going to be gone was really scared that someone was going to sleep in his bed. so, [...]

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re: “you left evidence”, Good Soul says:

In 2001, I solved a “disappearing food” problem without these little notes. For some time (3 weeks or so), I bought some very nice food, put my name on it with a “do not touch — not for human consumption!” sign, and watched it disappear. I also [...]

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i just love the backwards logic of “don’t touch” notes that add a more specific (and superfluous) imperative as an afterthought — like “or eat” in this one.
as an interesting coda to this note, jim in minneapolis says his former roommate “later got a can of pink spray paint and circled the potholes in our [...]

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

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