Janine in Astoria was at a stoplight next to a Q69 bus stop in Queens when she noticed signs reading “TONY Q69″ taped all over the outside and inside of the bus shelter. “I made my boyfriend pull over so I could read it,” she says — and got a photo, so she could share Tony Q69′s shameful story with the rest of the world.
UPDATE: Greg in Astoria has spotted another note to Tony Q69…
As has Adam…
And Rebecca!
UPDATE: The Tony Q-69 Saga Continues!
→ 77 CommentsFILED UNDER: ex drama · excessive capitalization · exclamation-point happy!!!! · public shaming · public transit · Queens
Our submitter from Little Rock, Arkansas offers the following mea culpa: “I was heading to the pool this afternoon, and while loading my car (a blue Mustang) I set my cup of ice water on the ground. Unfortunately, after I finishing loading, I forgot about the cup and drove off.” After returning to her apartment complex, our submitter found the cup had reappeared next to her parked car — with the addition of the following note.
Sure, the notewriter could have simply thrown the cup in the garbage using half as much effort — and that might have been the classy, neighborly thing to do. But it’s the principle of the thing, you see: honest mistakes will not be tolerated!
related: I hope you don’t put children in this car.
→ 65 CommentsFILED UNDER: Arkansas · neighbors · that's trashy · wouldn't it have just been easier...
Writes Stacey in Massachusetts: “The church around the corner from my house is famous for the little rants on their sign, but this one definitely takes the cake.” Obviously, texting while driving isn’t cool, but as Stacey put it: “For a church, it just seems a bit…hostile.”
Meanwhile, I just opened up the August issue of Texas Monthly to see this slightly more gently worded version…
related: Sincerely, God
extra credit: Church sign generator
→ 49 CommentsFILED UNDER: driving · Jesus · Massachusetts · questionable logic · reverse psychology · rhetorical question · text message
Anna in Minneapolis (“librarian in peach sweater”) recently received this anonymous note from a disgruntled library patron. “Apparently, I was talking too loudly to one of our elderly customers on the phone,” she says. “So much for Minnesota nice!”
related: You seem like really nice people. Really.
extra credit: Just know that I have a whole bag of shhh! with your name on it [youtube]
→ 109 CommentsFILED UNDER: etiquette · library · Minneapolis/St. Paul · noise
If you’re too jaded to handle the cuteness factor of kids’ overly-demanding notes to the Tooth Fairy, you still might get kick out of this tooth-in-cheek note from the Tooth Fairy herself.
Explains Mindi (a.k.a. Mindy) from Santa Cruz, California: “In elementary school, I played the string bass in the school orchestra, and my parents were paying for private tutoring lessons. Obviously, I wasn’t practicing enough!”
Adds Mindi: “I later cut this out and put it in my scrapbook. (The ‘really?’ on the side was mine.)”
related: Not to be hard, but I need money.
extra credit: Go to F**ck to Sleep [amazon.com]
→ 29 CommentsFILED UNDER: California · kids · Moms & Dads · not-so-veiled threats · Santa Cruz
During Diana’s lunch break one day, a concerned coworker apparently decided to seize the opportunity to let her know — anonymously, of course — that the state of her cubicle was too much too handle. Even more obnoxiously, Diana says, “He or she actually just opened up Word and typed this note on my computer.”
To top it all off, Diana insists her workstation was hardly a disaster area to begin with. “The only things on my desk at the time were my computer, a few pieces of paper, and a coffee mug.”
related: Can you please walk quieter?
→ 104 CommentsFILED UNDER: "helpful" advice · a little patronizing · Kansas · office · office cop · unsolicited feedback
While admiring a “very nice” church in Edinburgh, James was only slightly discomfited by this notice about the measures being taken to ensure his comfort.
related: He died for your clip art
→ 35 CommentsFILED UNDER: clip art catastrophe · God · Scotland
Well, here’s another one to file under I didn’t even know that was a thing.
Explains our submitter in Chicago: “We live in a VERY old building with a lot of electrical problems. Apparently, one of the tenants is blowing fuses daily and switching their blown fuses out with other units’ working ones. Crazy.”
related: This is not a thing! I refuse to acknowledge this is a thing!
→ 85 CommentsFILED UNDER: Chicago · neighbors · nice stationery · stealing · that's a fire hazard
→ 112 CommentsFILED UNDER: drizzunk · landlords and property managers · Ohio · smoking
We’ve already seen people throwing urine in bottles out of their window…and now, shit in bags? Who does that?!
(Apparently, at least one dog owner in Bailey’s NYC apartment building.)
related: Throwing cat hair out the window = almost as bad
→ 59 CommentsFILED UNDER: dogs · neighbors · New York · shit · that's disgusting · WTF?
