Heather in Toronto lives in a large -rise apartment, so she says it’s difficult to determine the identity of the ash-holes who are tossing their cigarette butts off their balconies with no apparent concern for either the earth or the people living down below. Heather says this photo doesn’t even show the full extent of the problem — there are many, many more butts around — so “feel free to suggest a new short message!”
related: Cat hair? Chuck it out the window!
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Our submitter, Cynthia, spotted this exchange clipped to a fence in her Seattle neighborhood. “I love the meanness of trying to publicly shame my neighbor into returning this amazing garbage can, and my other neighbor’s overly offended response,” Cynthia says. As of yet, she adds, “the mystery of the missing garbage can remains unsolved.”
Meanwhile, I think some of us are still a little confused about what type of emergency constitutes calling 911. (Hint: a missing garbage can is not one of them.)
![One of the neighbors told us they saw you take a white garbage can from our yard. It is custom for our cabinets [sic] and we need it. Please return it. No questions asked. Thank you. Response: No questions asked, how dare you. You got the wrong neighbors. look [e]lsewhere for your can. Or call 911.You could of [sic] asked us about it instead of leaving a nasty note.](http://farm8.static.flickr.com/7200/6802181140_e017c5fedc_b.jpg "One of the neighbors told us they saw you take a white garbage can from our yard. It is custom for our cabinets [sic] and we need it. Please return it. No questions asked. Thank you. Response: No questions asked, how dare you. You got the wrong neighbors. look [e]lsewhere for your can. Or call 911.You could of [sic] asked us about it instead of leaving a nasty note.")
related: An eye for an eye, an eyesore for an eyesore
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Kristen in San Francisco says the copy room is ground zero for office arguments, such as this battle of the “enviro people.”
Meanwhile, Ryan in Minneapolis says his building manager left the following note on the mailbox, apparently “after a vagrant left a little ‘present’ in the recycling bin.” Adds Ryan: “Why he thought anyone in the apartment house would do such a thing is beyond any of us.”
related: Hair is not recyclable!
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Dave in London returned home one day to find all of his clothes missing. Apparently, this was his roommate’s rationale.
related: “Dollar sign flower slams easily”
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This was the “constructive criticism” Peter received from a classmate on his latest creative writing assignment. (Doesn’t it make you really want to read the whole paper?)
related: So you were hoping to get an A for “asshole-like entitlement?”
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Writes Chelsea in Colorado: “This is just hilarious. Their bass shakes our floor at all hours on a pretty much daily basis, but they’re upset because…we walk loudly?”
related: How now, Mad Cow?
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