jeff in grand blanc, michigan says one of his friends found this note on her bed one day when she came home from school. (and no, you can’t go live there.)

related: passive (voice) abuse

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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

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the manager of a florida preschool seems to have a kindred spirit at a missouri strip club, where our anonymous submitter spotted this note taped to a dressing-room mirror.

personally, i like the idea of an junior-high-elective-style employment program. (dance? restaurant management? government? you decide!)
related: happy to be of service

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writes bibs in tacoma, washington: “my sophomore year in college, i was placed in a campus house with six other girls i didn’t know. to say the least, we did not really get along, but we made a chore chart so we would all at least have a semi-clean house to live in.” at [...]

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writes bailey in oklahoma: “my nine-year-old brother hung the original note on his door when i came home from college for christmas. after i laughed it off, he left a special note just for me. when i when walked in anyway, he yelled, “didn’t you see the sign?!?’ i can’t believe i’m being patronized by [...]

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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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at the circuit city in bradenton, florida (which i envision something like this) one anonymous employee reports that much of the staff’s downtime is spent obsessively playing guitar hero 3 in the store’s break room. they even have a 42-inch wall-mounted flatscreen expressly for this purpose. or at least, they did, until about a month [...]

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after noticing a tell-tale crisper sleeve in the garbage, charlie in new york spotted this helpful directive on the office fridge.

(though if you ask jim gaffigan, the thief was really doing the guy a favor.)
related: i swear this isn’t some kind of viral marketing campaign

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couch-sleeping molly wasn’t andrea in astoria’s first roommate with quirky habits.
andrea’s now ex-roommate blythe has a penchant for leaving her chewed gum around the apartment in odd places – on this occasion, on a kitchen cutting board. (cue passive-aggressive amy!)

related: to put it as politely as possible

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writes our anonymous submitter in corte madera, california: “we have a lot of passive aggressive notes up around the office, and most of them are addressed to the entire office staff in common areas. you can imagine my surprise when after eating lunch and going out for a smoke break with some coworkers today, we [...]

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paul in san diego says this note showed up above both urinals at his office last week.

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says dave in new york city: “i love that this note contains a fairly detailed explanation of lord kelvin’s formulation of the second law of thermodynamics. and a helpful diagram!”

related: when you get down to it 

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from lars in san francisco.

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