Pro tip: if the sound of children’s laughter on a Sunday afternoon makes you curse the sky in rage, you might want to check yourself before you turn into a full-fledged cartoon villain. It might be too late for the “concerned” notewriter below.


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FILED UNDER: kids
After a week-long “concert series” carried through the building’s heating system, Brad in Montreal says one of his fellow apartment-dwellers posted this desperate plea.

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FILED UNDER: Montreal · music
September 21st, 2015 · 55 comments
In one Nova Scotia office kitchen, frustration with this…

Led to this…


Meanwhile, in Boca Raton…

And then, of course, there’s the MIT approach:

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FILED UNDER: note wars
Writes our anonymous submitter: “Pity the fools of the Crestwood, Kentucky ‘Crips.’ They can’t even scare old ladies.”


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FILED UNDER: not-so-veiled threats · old folks
A mother in Bellevue, Nebraska found these notes in her “drawer of fun.” (Looks like somebody wants a new little brother or sister!)

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FILED UNDER: kids · Nebraska · not-so-veiled threats · sex sex sex
Since spotting this sign in her Seattle neighborhood, Bethany has been trying to imagine what sort of “legal issues” these pine trees could have created. Any ideas?

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FILED UNDER: flowers, trees, houseplants & gardens · neighbors · Seattle
“Someone at work left a giant box of these post-it notes in our break room,” says Kat in Austin: “ (Any guesses as to why they’re not flying off the shelves?)

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FILED UNDER: office
Says Lem in Queensland, Australia: “Everyone at my local council always says they’re super busy. I figure it’s because they’re ‘busy’ creating extra signs to put up around the office.”

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FILED UNDER: Australia · flow chart · office
Writes our submitter in Seattle: “One of the refrigerators in the workplace kitchen was smelling a bit foul. A tragedy of the commons situation turns comical…and, apparently, passive-aggressive.”

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FILED UNDER: office fridge · Seattle
Writes our anonymous submitter from Michigan: “Yesterday, one of our salespeople was observed playing Angry Birds on her phone – with her headphones on to hear the game sounds. Today, this sign showed up in the sales office.”

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FILED UNDER: fired · office · sarcasm