thanks to rusty in decatur, georgia, who spotted this lovely exchange on the door of his apartment complex’s parking garage.

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chonny lives in manhattan apartment with three spirited roommates, and they enjoy, on occasion, knocking back a few glasses of wine for an impromptu roomie-bonding sing-a-long. “one night around 10, after a particularly taxing day, we decided to bring the vibe down with a little peter gabriel,” chonny says. “as we all belted out ‘in [...]

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margarita spotted this note in the window of a laundromat in san francisco. honestly, she says, “i’m more afraid of a vindictive, threatening neighbor than a laundry ‘theif.’”

related: no, that’s not the british spelling

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as we’ve seen this week, notes re: the neighbor’s constantly barking dog often end up being less passive-aggressive and more out-and-out aggressive. but as matt noticed, this san francisco resident was able to put a festive holiday spin on the old not-so-veiled threat.

related: oh, the irony 

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amber received this amazing note in an envelope on her doorstep in sacramento. “i have no idea which neighbor sent this to me, but i can only assume it was the paranoid-looking woman who lived above me,” she says. “but i don’t do drugs. i don’t even smoke cigarettes!” 

related: don’t hate the playa 

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sadly, no backstory for this one, except that it was found on a door in san francisco — but i think this is one of those exchanges that does pretty much speak for itself.
despite the obvious criticism richard opens himself up to, i think you have to give the guy props for having the guts [...]

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“okay, so i’m not sure if i’m in the wrong on this one,” says melanie from sydney. “i have a long haired cat who sheds a lot, so i just used to pick up the bits of fur and throw them out the window.” (um, right, of course.) melanie continues: “i’m on the third [...]

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sarah in richmond says this jack-o-lantern appeared just minutes ago near the stairs to her apartment. we’ll call this the “before” shot…

stay tuned for the “after” photo: punkin stomped to bits by contrarian trick-or-treaters.
happy halloween, kids!

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another doozy of an apartment manager note from oakland, california. our anonymous submitter wasn’t able to save any of those 14 notices, so it’s unclear if any of them were anything like this one.

related: love, apt. 3 

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when our saga begins, our anonymous submitter’s girlfriend was living in a tiny apartment in sydney, australia. due to space constraints, she was temporarily sleeping on what our submitter admits was “possibly one of the world’s shittiest sofabeds.”

but while the mailbox notes were presumably written first (based on the tone) they weren’t actually discovered until [...]

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writes an anonymous submitter in new york city: “so, my mom bought me this doormat that says ‘leave.’ ya know, haha, funny joke, like the ones that say ‘go away.’ well, apparently my neighbor didn’t find it too humorous.”

adds our submitter: “some back story: the woman has lived in the apt across the hall for [...]

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up first, anna brings us this charitable little note from the her apartment building in london, ontario.

anytime stan…proof that canadians really are nicer? meanwhile, in milwaukee…

and lastly, a vaguely dadaist interpretation, in what very well may be another one of l.a.’s elevator-cum-film sets.

related: cross-country elevator action

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from jasmine in georgia…

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our anonymous submitter spotted this note on a resident’s door in an apartment complex in portland, oregon. oddly, she says, this resident lives alone.
then there’s this one, which james’s roommate found in the laundry room of his sacramento apartment complex.

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so, our anonymous submitter had lived at her house in austin, texas for about two months when she went out of town for the weekend. for the two days while she was gone, she left her dog outside in the yard. three weeks later, her landlord – who lives at a completely different address — [...]

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joshua brings us this amazing pair of notes from his apartment building in philly.
the backstory: “a bulk package of cat food (probably 20 or so cans) was delivered and sat in the hallway for about 4 or 5 days. we could see what it was because the sides of the package were cardboard, but [...]

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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 [...]

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amy in seattle says her favorite part of the note is the children (please, think of the children!) but i was most impressed by the use of both “being effected” and “being impacted” in a single sentence. those loud, “vulgar-related” noises might, in fact, be the sound of english teachers around the world crying out [...]

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thanks to elliette for passing this along for her friend in manhattan.
and as a bonus, a classic passive-aggressive noise complaint from the fantastic found magazine:

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this one makes me wince. seriously, ouch.

(from cassandra in toronto.)

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