“a few years back i was living in a halfway house in canberra where theft from the communal kitchen was a common problem,” writes alex in australia. “one morning we woke to discover that the fridge had gone missing.” (the coffee in question was stolen from a cupboard, but apparently the owner thought removing the [...]
Entries Tagged as 'stealing'
bleak house
July 31st, 2008 · 215 Comments
Tags: CAPS LOCK · actions speak louder · australia · canberra · fridge · money · questionable logic · roommates · stealing · you call that punctuation?
franger al fresco
July 26th, 2008 · 118 Comments
geetha in sydney says this note appeared in the shared dining room the day after the city’s gay mardi gras. the best part? “a few people admitted the condom might be theirs, but nobody would take credit for the note.”
related: dearest roommate
Tags: roommates · seattle · smiley · stealing · sydney · visual aids
cue the violins
July 25th, 2008 · 209 Comments
when sheena in austin spotted this note on her neighbor’s front door, she couldn’t help but wonder: “if your doormat has sentimental value, maybe it should be hanging on your wall instead of sitting on the ground?”
related: wrath mat
extra credit: sentimental value: clothing stories from ebay
Tags: austin · excessive underlining · grow up · neighbors · stealing
sincerely, mr. ed
July 15th, 2008 · 135 Comments
our anonymous submitter in california — pleading innocence — says she was singled-out with this note in a barn that houses 60 other horses and their hay.
this note’s lack of obvious sitcom-ish puns — with the exception of “breeding good vibes” — makes me think that maybe i’ve been doing this too long…or perhaps that [...]
Tags: down on the funny farm · i'm telling on you! · karma's a bitch · los angeles · stealing
there is a poor speller among us
June 30th, 2008 · 97 Comments
writes our anonymous submitter from kentucky: “I work at a gym. I was checking the women’s locker room to make sure it wasn’t a fetid stinkpit (it wasn’t) when I saw three of these lying on the counter. i went to throw them out and found a whole mess of them in the trashcan, too.”
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Tags: gym · kentucky · rebuttals · spelling and grammar police · stealing

