Entries Tagged as 'your mother doesn't...'

where’s anytime stan when you need him?

August 13th, 2008 · 209 Comments

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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Tags: elevator · grow up · pleasantries as afterthought · somerville · vomit · your mother doesn't...

you’re not fooling anyone

May 2nd, 2008 · 74 Comments

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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Tags: RA · australia · bathroom · canberra · hair · shower · university · your mother doesn't...

2 points for chutzpah, but zero for originality

September 11th, 2007 · 100 Comments

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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Tags: CAPS LOCK · california · cleaning · dishes · garbage · guilt trip · kitchen · moms & dads · office · oh snap · opening/closing · recycling · spelling and grammar police · visual aids · your mother doesn't...

upon further reflection, screw you

September 1st, 2007 · 49 Comments

while jessica was a college student in boston, she lived in a five-person apartment with one friend and three strangers. jess says apartment issues were rarely (if ever– there was only one “meeting”) talked about directly (there was but one “meeting), but were instead handled through a series of “love notes” from anne, like this [...]

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Tags: boston · cleaning · dishes · garbage · guests · not-so-veiled threats · vermin · water · your mother doesn't...