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: [...]

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an amazing one from brian in cleveland:

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dan in miami beach — who by the way knows a thing or two about roommate drama — bring us this sign from a clothing store in the gay mecca of wilton manors, florida. says dan: “sometimes, gay men are a little bitchy with each other.” (again, something he knows a bit about.)

(and seriously, sweetheart, [...]

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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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the third paragraph of the first e-mail is the brilliant part.

adds michelle: “that bread was fucking delicious.”
(sorry, michelle: i have to side with your roommate on this one.)

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if you’re wondering what oxypowder is, allow kenneth to explain.

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i empathize with the note-leaver here, but after reading apt. 10’s response, i can’t help but side with the defendant– especially after melissa in omaha revealed that this particular neighbor posts notes like this quite frequently. because really, that shit is disrespectful.

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this sign (spotted by seamus in noe valley, san fran) is sort of a west coast version of this, no? again, more crazy than passive-aggressive, but too good to pass up.

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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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if you missed them, act 1 and act 2.

sadly, season one of this series ends with a dramatic cliffhanger ending!
will the mad bomber be caught in the act? will richard g. sells post another sign outing the bomber for public humiliation and condemnation?
we can only hope.

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this amazing and somewhat baffling little note comes to us from tiffanni in atlanta, who looks nothing like a man but is confident enough in her femininity not to be troubled by allegations to the contrary.
says tiffanni: “this was left on my windshield by a lady in the wal-mart parking lot. i guess she was [...]

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i realize this example (from outside the american legion hq in park slope) is not so much “passive-aggressive” as it is “crazy,” but it tickles me too much not to post. the little species/feces couplet has been painted over and re-written at least twice, so obviously i’m not the only one who appreciated it.

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from emily: another example of brooklyn’s seemingly unparalleled commitment to exasperated signage. (as previously documented here.)

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wesh snapped this a few years back in red hook, brooklyn, while walking from his brother’s rehearsal dinner to the afterparty bar. (how bougie does park slope’s version look in comparison?)
says wesh: “what gets me are the flags. why flags?”

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