our anonymous submitter lives in what she says is a typical college apartment, one that is “not decorated according to any theme.” and yet, in a transformation a college freshman taking lit 101 might describe as “kafkaesque,” one of her roommates has been replaced by your [fill-in-your-own-ethnic-stereotype-here] grandmother.

adds our submitter: “these weird towels wouldn’t dry [...]

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at this college dorm in seattle, our anonymous submitter says each floor ordinarily has one male and one female bathroom. however, because this particular floor happens to have an overwhelming number of female residents, both bathrooms were deemed female-only…much to some guy’s chagrin.

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related: losing lisa

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this note was posted in the girls’ toilets at a college dorm in canberra, australia.

later, this note was slipped under the doors of everyone on the floor.

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writes an anonymous student at binghamton university: “some grad students are mad about the teaching load for TAs, so they have been putting up these posters in order to raise awareness.”
adds our submitter (with a yawn): “i am now more aware of how douche-y they are.”

related: or take a cab!!!

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cameron says the window cases in her college dorm are typically filled with run-of-the-mill upcoming event calendars or bland motivational posters, so this educational display caught her a little off guard.
 
related: no bread and circuses! but maybe an ice cream social?

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alexa in texas works in a graduate lab of five students. one friday, she says, “our advisor came in around 9:30 a.m. looking for us. no dice: except for one poor guy, we were all out. when the hard-working crew finally rolled in around 1:30 (or, um, 3 p.m.), they were greeted by this inspirational [...]

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cameron in hyde park, n.y. brings us this “maybe not-so-classic dorm dispute: girl meets boy, girl likes boy, boy has girlfriend, girl obsesses over boy, boy’s female neighbors post rejection note from boy to girl, girl…threatens neighbors, artistically.”

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our submitter found this glorious piece of work on the door to the common room at her oxford university dorm. “the guy who left it was a 6′5 redheaded dude who wore cravats,” she says. “no one was gonna fuck with him.” (don’t really understand the causality there, but i’m gonna let that one go.) [...]

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this oh-so-subtle note was posted by mary’s former boss, “a pathetic professor in a backwater institution” where 90% of the graduate students happened to be korean, japanese, or chinese.
“nevermind that he doused himself with great lashings of brut in an attempt to jazz up the bald-up-top-ponytail-in-back look he had going on,” mary says. “there were [...]

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this fridge saga (from a boston-area university lab building) comes to us with a confession on the part of the anonymous submitter: she started it, sort of.
it all began when she discovered that her salad dressing had been mysteriously disposed of. sad that she had to eat dry lettuce for lunch, she left a note [...]

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thanks to sarah for capturing this delicious little slice of life from her christian college in illinois. (delicious like a quart of starbucks coffee almond fudge, not one measly little low-fat frappucino bar.)

related: but He took the wheel

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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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one loverly lady in illinois found this note on the door of her dorm room after a long day of classes. (the identity of the note-leaver is still a mystery, as is the meaning of the phrase “dollar sign flower slams easily.”)

adds our submitter: “when we had our next floor meeting, i did the not-so-passive [...]

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“keep in mind that this is coming from the messiest and loudest of six roommates,” says our anonymous submitter, a college student in new york. isn’t it always?

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“our CA (community advisor) posted this friendly note on our bathroom door,” says our submitter, a college student in milwaukee.
the dorm residents — apparently a libertarian-minded bunch — were pissed about frequent CAD (common area damage) charges for putting recyclables in the trash instead of the mandatory recycling bin. they took a break from ranking [...]

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garvey is a 3L at a “relatively cheap” state law school in new york city, where he says “there’s a perpetual joke that it’s still a bargain, even with all its many, many problems.” garvey found this note attached to one of the ancient computers in the school’s less than state-of-the-art law [...]

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lisa in berkeley says she was doing laundry in her dorm building when someone pointed out this amazing note to her. “according to that person, who knew the note-poster through a friend, ‘the towels were actually nice. they were from kohl’s or something.’”

lisa says the note has since been taken down. “i guess an ra [...]

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chris has held on to this note from his college days at suny binghamton since 1990, which i believe makes this the oldest note to grace this site thus far.
the years seem to have given him some perspective on the situation, and chris fully admits to being the apartment’s “thermostat tyrant,” always nagging everyone to [...]

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this delightful note comes to us from the wilds of suburban orange county, california. “there is a door at my school (a private college) that is constantly propped open,” explains amy, a grad student. “up until yesterday, the note on the door said, ‘please close door.’ i have NO idea about the microwave [...]

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gina from santa cruz lives in a dorm where ten girls share one bathroom. says gina, “i love saga notes, and feel we need some more of them, so i figured this collection would certainly do the trick.” indeed, gina, indeed! the progression here, from pleasantries and smileys to — well, you’ll see — is [...]

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