Writes our submitter: “This note was left in the TEMPORARY mailbox that we put up to collect mail during a substantial construction phase at our house.”
In order to appease the anonymous critic, she says, “I have since placed a large neon green bow around the offending structure,” and plans to continue. “I’m going for the ‘North Pole threw up here’ look,” she says.
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49 responses so far ↓
#1
ballz
What an absolute fucker.
Oct 11, 2014 at 9:22 am rating: 90
#2
phoenix
Ah, the rare breed of “buy something new that I like” PA note. Always my favorite/most hated. Although this one doesn’t have the finishing touch of demanding the purchase of an overpriced version of an everyday item- like the nurse who was left a note recommending she buy the several hundred dollar shoes that didn’t squeak so much.
Oct 11, 2014 at 10:17 am rating: 90
#3
Toya
A manatee wearing a sombrero mailbox it is.
If this neighbor is opinionated about her neighbors mailbox, I can only imagine what she’ll have to say about their landscaping choices. And don’t let her inside the house. Oh the things she might say then.
It’s a shame that when it comes to deciding where to live, a person can’t get an evaluation of all the neighbors surrounding the lot in addition to the schools, hospitals, and places to eat and shop.
Oct 11, 2014 at 10:50 am rating: 90
#4
Ed Decatur
Exemplary use of the passive-agressive “sandwich” technique: start with a compliment, deliver the criticism, end with three kisses.
Oct 11, 2014 at 11:35 am rating: 90
#5
Jami
A letter like this would just inspire me to search out the most tasteless, ugliest mailbox in the universe.
I wonder if they make a goatse mailbox….
Oct 11, 2014 at 12:40 pm rating: 90
#6
kermit
Chicken butt with glitter opening it is, then!
Oct 11, 2014 at 1:07 pm rating: 90
#7
Lita
I’d personally modify the gaudiest lawn flamingo I could find into a mailbox.
Oct 11, 2014 at 3:19 pm rating: 90
#8
Chinchillazilla
I found a wide variety of hideous mailboxes. Check the link on my name. My personal vote is for the creepy giant hand where the mailbox is the cigarette.
Oct 11, 2014 at 10:59 pm rating: 90
#9
Jennifer
You have beautiful paper, but your handwriting is ugly.
Change it with a better one.
xxx
Oct 12, 2014 at 1:27 pm rating: 90
#10
Jami
Story time? STORY TIME!
So when we remodeled our house dad took our mailbox out pole and all and put it in a giant planting bucket so it could be moved around as needed. At first the mailman didn’t mind. Then he found out we were going to get one of those security type mailboxes where you have to have a key to get inside. There’d still be a slit for mail to go in, just no one except the home owner could take it out. Plus it was all heavy duty metal so kids couldn’t break it with a baseball bat and steal it like we used to see some of our neighbors’ kids do.
He threw a HUGE hissy fit! He didn’t want us to use that type of mail box cause apparently it was really inconvenient for him if we took all our mail to send out to the post office instead of leaving it for him to collect. Never mind he would be retiring before our remodel was even done. Nope, he wanted to dictate what kind of box we had.
From that day forth every time he came out he’d move our temporary mailbox wherever the fuck he wanted. It would just randomly be moved to it was practically in the street. Or on the other side of the driveway. Or pushed way far back. And he’d yell at us if he saw us.
He did not get one of our really good Christmas tips that year nor a retirement gift.
Oct 12, 2014 at 2:35 pm rating: 90
#11
J Rock
Someone in our town has a giant (fake) shotgun shell has their mailbox. I do believe this note would require I obtain one and use it for the foreseeable future. Or maybe just long enough to send a message.
Oct 12, 2014 at 9:35 pm rating: 90
#12
FeRD
People, people, people. All of these novelty mailbox finds are nice enough, but I feel like you’re all overlooking the obvious answer to this problem.
Submitter says they’re in “a substantial construction phase” at the house? Well, assuming that work includes bathroom renovations (and if it doesn’t, add it in!), I just want to offer three words:
Decommissioned. Toilet. Mailbox.
Oct 12, 2014 at 9:50 pm rating: 91
#13
however
When you do get a nice shiny new mailbox, it will look like you took his advice.
Win, or loss?
Oct 13, 2014 at 7:15 am rating: 90
#14
The Beast Among Us
You have a beautiful wife, but you are ugly. Your wife should change you for a better man.
XXX
Oct 13, 2014 at 2:08 pm rating: 90
#15
telegramsamo
Sure, are you going to pay for it?
Oct 14, 2014 at 10:24 am rating: 90
#16
Kimberly
My neighbor’s mailbox was a rusted POS when I moved in 10 years ago. Neighbors have come and gone but the mailbox remains. It is in my yard and barely hanging on by a thread but I just deal with it.
Oct 16, 2014 at 10:40 am rating: 90
#17
C
A mailbox I pass on the way to my parents’ house has, erm, a wooden phallus as the door handle. You might not notice it the first time you see it, but I can’t think of anything else it could be– a 5-6inch long wooden post rounded off at the end, and two more wooden circles paired under it.
Maybe not quite the thing to spite your neighbors, but good for all these people who need to spite their postman.
Oct 22, 2014 at 7:28 pm rating: 90
#18
Tar
Funny how people are getting all caught up in this neighborhood drama, but no one’s even considered the possibility that this note was written by a child – which I’m pretty sure it was. I’m guessing a seven-nine year old girl.
Nov 12, 2014 at 11:45 am rating: 90
#19
Rafa?
It’s probably me! Love it.
xxx starts
Jan 13, 2015 at 5:20 am rating: 90
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