sarah in somerville, mass. wasn’t fazed when she left her apartment one saturday to find this otherwise “run-of-the-mill your-mother-doesn’t-live-here note”…until she rounded the corner and was greeted by photocopies of the same note taped to every available surface in the hallway.

then, the next day, another note appeared near the elevator…

…which had apparently been written on [...]

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after six months of backpacking through australia, my former roommate robin stopped by her mom’s house on long island to unload her giant pack of souvenirs, leftover trail mix, and unwashed underwear. her crucial mistake (besides the basic one: returning back home to mom as an adult)? leaving an unopened can of planter’s peanuts on [...]

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tina is los angeles didn’t have any problem with her roommate’s friend couchsurfing at their apartment for a month, but both she and her roomie started to get irked when the friend started inviting other friends to stay over — and then kept doing it, even after the roomie expressly asked her not to. “the [...]

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two heartwarming notes brimming with compassion and holiday cheer! (sigh)

related: a holiday wish

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individual cheese pizza with chicken, bacon, sun-dried tomato and feta cheese plus a side salad: $6.31. addressing your note “to whom it may concern” when you only have one roommate? (you know the rest.)

(thanks to todd in stillwater, oklahoma for snapping the photo.)
related: you left evidence

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daniel m. saw this note in a men’s room on the 59th floor of the empire state building, where he confirms the toilets were indeed frequently left unflushed.

related: priorities; et tu, dora? 

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