“a few years back i was living in a halfway house in canberra where theft from the communal kitchen was a common problem,” writes alex in australia. “one morning we woke to discover that the fridge had gone missing.” (the coffee in question was stolen from a cupboard, but apparently the owner thought removing the [...]

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with finals and thesis deadlines coming up, stress levels among grad students at uc-berkeley have been running high (which means attention to the finer points of, say, apostrophe use, are running low). and now there’s a lunch thief on the loose!

sadly, says our submitter, the note’s multi-pronged approach (guilt, threats, helpful advice) seems to [...]

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this note represents pretty much everything about office culture that makes me cringe. appropriately enough, i can’t even bring myself to call out the specifics — it’s just too overwhelming. (but the sign will always be there…every day, taunting me.)

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ashley in chicago says her roommates are the king and queen of passive-aggressive notes. (”if they ever found this site, they’d think it was a self help group,” she says.) the latest example:

ashley’s still fuming over this one. “i mean, come on just throw it away yourself! you’re probably exerting more energy writing the email [...]

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this fridge saga (from a boston-area university lab building) comes to us with a confession on the part of the anonymous submitter: she started it, sort of.
it all began when she discovered that her salad dressing had been mysteriously disposed of. sad that she had to eat dry lettuce for lunch, she left a note [...]

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