explains sarah in new york city: “one lab in the building where i work has covered the walls outside their lab with candid photos of the lab members. over time, some of these photos got some ‘modifications’ from passers-by, such as a mustache or horns here or there. mature, I know. today, i [...]
Entries Tagged as 'excessive underlining'
post-punctuationism
August 21st, 2007 · 83 Comments
Tags: excessive underlining · graffiti · more aggressive than passive · new york · nonsensical spacing · not-so-veiled threats · office · signed with love · spelling and grammar police
don’t hate the playa
August 12th, 2007 · 101 Comments
our anonymous submitter lives in a 30-story condo building in chicago. her father works in the same building, and received this note in the suggestion box. “i found the letter slipped under my door one day,” she says. “my dad had put it there after reading it with his boss. i’m sure he’s damn proud [...]
Tags: chicago · danger · drugs · excessive underlining · exclamation-point happy! · moms & dads · neighbors · noise · nonsensical spacing · not-so-veiled threats · sex sex sex · spelling and grammar police
containing as much or as many as is possible or normal
August 8th, 2007 · 50 Comments
in all fairness, says brandi in austin, “this note was written after our dishes became so caked with fungus that we had to buy new stuff. the smell was also REALLY bad.”
Tags: austin · dishes · excessive underlining · exclamation-point happy! · garbage · internet citation · lOWERCASE l · obnoxious definition · shit · texas
like a rotten sponge
August 5th, 2007 · 21 Comments
by popular demand, ellen in acton, mass. has sent in a photo of the note that appeared next to the one about spitting in the water fountain on her gym’s suggestion board…
the original “no spitting” note has since been taken down, ellen says. “in its place was one saying that people should stop focusing on [...]
Tags: excessive underlining · gym · massachusetts · odor
this is why your server is cranky
July 29th, 2007 · 732 Comments
exhibit a) submitted by an anonymous bystander at a lunch counter in oregon caves national park:
exhibit b) submitted by patrick in kansas city, mo, who explains: “my friends chris and katie had a rude waitress a few weeks ago. in order to tell the waitress that there was indeed a reason she wasn’t getting a [...]
Tags: actions speak louder · excessive underlining · kansas city · missouri · oregon · restaurant · tipping
i can’t stand this shit anymore
July 25th, 2007 · 48 Comments
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. [...]
Tags: cats · excessive underlining · jersey · more aggressive than passive · not-so-veiled threats · roommates · shit · that shit is disgusting · whiteboard
10 people, one kitchen
July 13th, 2007 · 66 Comments
alanna lives in a house in ottawa with nine other girls, where “dishes are always being left in the sink dirty and growing stuff, or clean on the counter taking up space.” a note war has commenced on the window above the fridge.
by popular demand, alanna has helpfully posted another picture showing the underlying notes!
Tags: canada · dishes · excessive underlining · kitchen · note wars · ottawa · roommates
no money, no trophy
July 12th, 2007 · 68 Comments
this exercise in mass shaming is brought to us by rocky in san diego, who adds: “these are 5-year-olds playing t-ball.”
Tags: CAPS LOCK · excessive underlining · exclamation-point happy! · moms & dads · money · san diego · unnecessary "quotation marks"
what michael moore didn’t show you in sicko
July 11th, 2007 · 29 Comments
annette in the u.k. calls this one “how to make toast in the nhs.”
Tags: CAPS LOCK · danger · dishes · excessive underlining · exclamation-point happy! · office · u.k.
passive-aggressive free-for-all
July 8th, 2007 · 78 Comments
during his fourth year of college, andrew from waterloo says he lived with some seriously passive-aggressive roommates. the following three notes all went up within a 48-hour period:
andrew couldn’t resist adding one of his own…
it was taken down.
related: the post-it wars
Tags: dishes · excessive underlining · rebuttals · roommates · stealing · university · waterloo
right back atcha
July 5th, 2007 · 87 Comments
kristin in minneapolis says her (23-year-old) roommate slipped this note under her door — along with three others, all on the same day. she explains: “this note was caused by my preference that the windows in the house be kept open during the summer and her preference that they be kept shut.”
the fine print says: [...]
Tags: CAPS LOCK · excessive underlining · minneapolis · more aggressive than passive · roommates
how not to housetrain a roommate
July 2nd, 2007 · 42 Comments
Tags: cleaning · excessive underlining · richmond · roommates · smiley · whiteboard
the house with a chimney is a nice touch
July 1st, 2007 · 54 Comments
(thanks to jon for sending.)
Tags: CAPS LOCK · excessive underlining · exclamation-point happy! · office · smiley
happy to be of service
June 27th, 2007 · 71 Comments
cassie in orlando is preschool teacher, and brings us this note posted by the school’s director. “i cannot help but be in awe of her after this note,” cassie says, and i have to agree.
a classic, no?
Tags: "helpful" advice · excessive underlining · heart · office · orlando · signed with love · sleeping · spelling and grammar police
this makes me want to scream
June 26th, 2007 · 91 Comments
explains james, “my cool roommate tries to do something nice for the house, and then jerk roommate writes this”:
seriously, team cormac all the way.
Tags: CAPS LOCK · excessive underlining · lighting · money · whiteboard
something must be done
June 22nd, 2007 · 46 Comments
vida says her friend in baltimore received this note from “his pathologically lying roommate.”
it’s a little hard to read, but the (genius) last line says, “if not possible we’re moving and you can stay.”
so: team joe? team asa? or too tough to call?
Tags: baltimore · excessive underlining · roommates · shit · spelling and grammar police · toilet
do the rest of us a favor
June 19th, 2007 · 82 Comments
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”
Tags: CAPS LOCK · die bitch die · ellipses-crazed · excessive underlining · exclamation-point happy! · group bitchfest · los angeles · more aggressive than passive · office · piss · shit · that shit is disgusting · toilet
try a bite.
June 13th, 2007 · 24 Comments
if you’re wondering what oxypowder is, allow kenneth to explain.
Tags: excessive underlining · food · houston · more aggressive than passive · not-so-veiled threats · office · office fridge · stealing
love, apt. #3
June 12th, 2007 · 25 Comments
(spotted by kyla in regina, saskatchewan.)
Tags: excessive underlining · neighbors · newspaper · saskatchewan · signed with love · stealing
there’s a bedroom behind this wall
June 11th, 2007 · 13 Comments
robert in sacramento found this one on the wall of his apartment building’s laundry room. says robert: “on the surface, i don’t think this sign is too bad. the underlining of “time” and the “thanks a lot!!” at the end push it over the top for me.”
Tags: california · excessive underlining · exclamation-point happy! · laundry · neighbors · sacramento

