Passive-Aggressive NotesPassive-Aggressive Notespassive-aggressive -- and just plain aggressive -- chinotes from roommates, neighbors, coworkers and strangers 
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oh, she said it.
2008-05-01 00:06:00 ellen in san francisco says this note is but the latest development in what has become a toilet paper-thin relationship with her passive-aggressive roommate. it started two months ago, she says, when her roommate “decided after six months of sharing that i was no longer allowed to use her toilet paper. i should mention that ...
the finest, most literary vagrants
2008-04-30 00:46:00 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!!! More About: Literary , Finest
He died for your clip art
2008-04-28 23:51:00 i really thought it couldn’t get more egregious than this clip-art catastrophe from a church in boston (left), which made this one (right) look downright tasteful in comparison. but then, at a friend’s recent wedding, carey in northern virginia spotted this note ? complete with that same punchy little yellow smiley ? on several ... More About: Clip , Died
yahoo! in the toilet? read the writing on the wall.
2008-04-27 06:36:00 what’s employee morale like inside yahoo’s sunnyvale headquarters, you might ask, amid all the chatter about coming layoffs, the possible microsoft takeover, and everything else? well, according to one anonymous yahoo! employee, in the toilet would be one place to look. says our yahoo! tipster: “first they took away our right to stand on the toilets. ... More About: Yahoo , Writing , Read , Wall , Toilet
our customers are always right?except when they?re wrong
2008-04-25 06:54:00 heather says this pizzeria in victoria, b.c. has been confounding customers with its customer service “policy” for as long as she can remember. (which i guess means…it’s working?) related: ps bacon is life More About: Customers , Wrong
two points for honesty
2008-04-24 08:25:00 writes our anonymous submitter: “i work as a payment processor for a local ambulance company. i see lots of notes scribbled on bills, but this one was a first. at least he/she is honest! :)” related: three cents for the saliva More About: Points , Honesty
grimace and the fry kids
2008-04-23 18:39:00 the school in l.a. where anna works is under renovation, so a lot of the kids cut through the library on their way to and from the cafeteria. recently, one of these fine young scholars spilled an entire basket of fries…and kept walking. one of anna’s coworkers picked them up, but he missed one. another ... More About: Kids
no offense! (just kidding) no worries! (just kidding)
2008-04-22 06:04:00 reason #962 why i’m happy facebook wasn’t around when i was in high school… related: 2 good 2b 4gotten extra credit: judy “just kidding” grimes [SNL] More About: Kidding
the overly friendly coworker: ruining your day since you held the elevator
2008-04-21 16:00:00 homero in portland had just finished heating up his lunch in the office microwave when he returned to his desk to find this “helpful” note (attached to an ad from the local alt-weekly) waiting on his chair. though it’s unsigned, he says he’s pretty sure he knows which coworker left it for him. “she’s kind ... More About: Friendly , Elevator , Held
why is it that on this night we?re, like, allowed to eat carbs?
2008-04-20 06:38:00 you gotta love my grandma cookie ? she’s always looking out for my figure! (this is why the seder calls for the drinking of four cups of wine.) related: too many; our stomachs, ourselves [heeb] More About: Night
no girls allowed
2008-04-18 06:34:00 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 ... More About: Girls
and please don?t step on any cracks, either
2008-04-16 23:41:00 after six months of backpacking through australia, my former roommate robin stopped by her mom’s house on long island to unload her giant pack of souvenirs, leftover trail mix, and unwashed underwear. her crucial mistake (besides the basic one: returning back home to mom as an adult)? leaving an unopened can of planter’s peanuts on ... More About: Step , Cracks
stop! in the name of clip art
2008-04-16 01:28:00 like this phrase, there are a few irritating little pieces of clip art that keep popping up in submissions over and over again. hovering somewhere near the top of most-wanted list is this pouty little white-gloved dandy. from the factories of pittsburgh… …to the cube-farms of virginia, this perspiring misanthrope has been spreading his message of intolerance ... More About: Clip , Stop
the fruitcake?s in the mail
2008-04-15 06:01:00 “not long before i left my previous job writing reviews of video games, i got this little gem from someone involved in the production of a game i didn’t exactly care for,” alex says. “game-makers bitching about reviews is nothing new, but rarely do they do it with as much sarcastic flair as this one ... More About: Mail
or take a cab!!!
2008-04-14 07:23:00 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?
maybe if was hawaiian shirt day?
2008-04-11 21:32:00 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 ... More About: Shirt , Hawaiian
shittiest secret admirer ever?
2008-04-10 20:26:00 “my roommate thinks I took her dry erase board when I was 40 miles away the week it was taken,” says an anonymous college student in tampa, florida. “she has been leaving me notes like this ALL YEAR.” god help our poor submitter, but i’m nominating this crazy rainbow of a note for the passive-aggressive hall ... More About: Secret
covering all the bases
2008-04-10 00:37:00 “it seems too many people have made love to the office water cooler,” says lizzy in new york. and some of them, it seems, are getting a little sloppy. lizzy says the “office of water” thing refers to the fact that “our office is full of water. like, the fridge doesn’t have anything but bottled water ...
just trying to ?keep austin weird?
2008-04-08 20:45:00 sure, those luxury condos going up all over downtown austin might look pretty, but if you’re like, “dude, enough of this corporate bullshit!” our anonymous austin submitter says her building offers plenty of exciting local color you won’t find in those glass-and-steel towers. perks include: 1) the building’s property manager, a character known for his ... More About: Weird , Austin
and the even higher risk of your ass growing too large for you to safely di
2008-04-08 01:23:00 originally unearthed from outside the hallowed conde nast cafeteria in july, 2001, this digital-age relic provides a quaint look back at those halcyon days among the new york media elite ? back when gawker was still just a glint in nick denton’s eye, young anna wintour acolytes were still stuck in the induction phase of ... More About: Risk , Growing , Higher , Large
why i hate miami, exhibit a
2008-04-07 04:24:00 the fact that nightclubs have to post notes like this one: (thanks to jeff in new york for passing along!) related: going up? More About: Miami , Hate , Exhibit
notes white people leave
2008-04-03 19:14:00 omg, ramekin drama! (from san francisco, natch…) (click to enlarge!) related: #54 kitchen gadgets [stuffwhitepeoplelike.wordpress.org] More About: People , White , Notes , Leave , White People
i can has guilt trip?
2008-04-02 19:44:00 writes jake in los angeles: “at home for christmas (in greenville, s.c.) i mentioned in passing that i would ‘try’ to make it home for easter, which is what most southern refugee children with guilt complexes tell their doting mothers even though both sides know said child has no intention of showing up to hide ... More About: Trip , Guilt
facebook schoolyard smackdown
2008-04-01 23:53:00 “vet school is a sea of studying, testing, drinking and most of all: DRAMA,” reports an anonymous vet-to-be in ames, iowa. (in other words, it’s just like gossip girl.) of course, as new york magazine reports this week, facebook is taking run-of-the-mill classroom sniping to a whole new level of micro-bitchiness. if you have the ... More About: Facebook , Smackdown
maybe you should switch to body wash?
2008-04-01 06:23:00 at least that would make the roommate situation a little less hairy… related: losing lisa More About: Body , Switch , Wash
a lesson in crime
2008-03-31 03:10:00 finding funny-haha engrish signs in japan is almost too easy, but biella from new york didn’t settle for cheap laughs during her trip. “your english is good,” one might say, but this club’s “advisory” about the tokyo police is pure paranoiac gold. related: uniformed vigilantes patrol tokyo streets to intimidate slackers [boingboing.net] More About: Crime , Lesson
if you needed an excuse to skip the gym today
2008-03-28 07:45:00 well, our anonymous contributor in pompano beach, florida has one for you. he explains: “i keep a gym membership just so that i can feel good about my financial commitment to my health — not so much for the actual health benefits per se. i hadn’t been to the gym in at least two months when ... More About: Today , Excuse
really, it?s the canadian thing to do
2008-03-27 23:23:00 is posting a “polite” sign for the neighbors passive-aggressive? “perhaps,” says the washington post. perhaps this portland resident could learn a lesson in politeness from our famously good-natured neighbors to the north? or, um, maybe not. (photos from guy in toronto, via jerrold!) related: boston, a place for friends More About: Canadian , Thing
really, it?s the canadian thing to do
2008-03-26 23:23:00 is posting a “polite” sign for the neighbors passive-aggressive? “perhaps,” says the washington post. perhaps this portland resident could learn a lesson in politeness from our famously good-natured neighbors to the north? or, um, maybe not. (photos from guy in toronto, via jerrold!) related: boston, a place for friends More About: Canadian , Thing
what, no bubble letters?
More articles from this author:2008-03-26 15:32:00 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.” More About: Letters , Bubble 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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