this is a special note indeed.
the idiosyncratic spelling, spacing, bolding and are fascinating — i love how the third sentence is so rhetorical it doesn’t deserve a question mark — but i think what i enjoy most is the after-the-fact realization that the desired action here just wasn’t quite explicit enough.

(thanks to molly in [...]

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(from midgy in madison, wisconsin.)
related: with 17 roommates, it could have been worse

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this note of course left by “the messiest roommate of them all,” says kate in boston.

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i’m guessing it would look nothing like this note:(just click to enlarge.)

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any note that starts with “let’s” i kind of immediately love. this one was forwarded by lindsay in watford, england:

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found on the company dishwasher by pete m.at the bottom: “if you would like a lesson in telling the difference between the machine being on or not, please see reception.” (now that’s a power point presentation i’d love to see.)

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along with the mad bomber series, i’d say this note is one for the hall of fame. there are so many amazing elements here i can’t even pick a favorite.

related: care, it makes a difference

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after receiving numerous “helpful tips” from her roommate at the university of minnesota…

lydia decided to add a few post-its of her own.

(the large signs on the oven and the microwave were already there.)

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this girl is like the archetypal freshman roommate, no?

from megan in charleston, who was not the slob that this note might suggest.

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jimmy in worcester brings this jaunty little note to us from the lambda chi alpha house at WPI.
says jimmy: “the kid whose cookware was hidden ended up just leaving the utensils (tongs, spatula, etc…) wherever they were hidden and simply bought a new set. this forced the kid who originally hid them to find them [...]

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this lovely petri dish courtesy of ben, who explains: “while living in a house in london with 17 people from all over the world, things become way too green. this had to be done every once in a while in order to remind others not to overpopulate our kitchen with new living organisms.”

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frank writes, “nice blogs….but i would like to point out that your passive-aggressive notes site
is a complete rip-off of a humor piece i wrote over three years ago for the now-defunct humor magazine jest.”
well played, frank! not only is the piece in question quite humorous indeed, but frank’s use of classic passive-aggressive conventions (the [...]

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