Passive-Aggressive NotesPassive-Aggressive Notespassive-aggressive -- and just plain aggressive -- chinotes from roommates, neighbors, coworkers and strangers Articles
landmine in my bloodline
2008-02-08 15:08:00 nothing could have prepared lauren in oakland for the passive-aggressive avalanche that awaited her the other day at her new apartment. she calls the experience of finding the notes totally surreal. “it keeps playing back in slow motion in my mind, from the second i saw the first one hanging over the threshold to my ... More About: Bloodline
a friend of a friend is our enemy
2008-02-07 16:00:00 tina is los angeles didn’t have any problem with her roommate’s friend couchsurfing at their apartment for a month, but both she and her roomie started to get irked when the friend started inviting other friends to stay over — and then kept doing it, even after the roomie expressly asked her not to. “the ... More About: Friend , Enemy
?no adult?s going to waste their time doing that?
2008-02-07 02:37:00 based on the online/canine aging scale (one dog year = one youtube day) this video is pretty much on its last legs, but we love it just the same. consider this post a mercy shot of euthanasia. (and thanks to maximilian, jen, chris, willa, nattie, cat and dave for passing along!) related: oh, shit! More About: Time , Adult , Waste
this is not positive communication
2008-02-06 14:45:00 this series comes to us from an anonymous office worker in sydney, australia, who explains: “it seems that despite our multi-million dollar profit, some people in our office are really attached to our company’s bottom line.” stay tuned, our submitter adds, for notes about the excessive usage of staples and post-its. related: excuse me, i believe you ... More About: Communication , Positive
hostile takeover
2008-02-05 06:01:00 a possibly prescient note from the offices of yahoo! u.k…. related: servicing over a half-billion people…each and every day More About: Takeover
you oughta know
2008-02-05 03:15:00 writes jaina in westport, conn.: “i dated this asshole last fall, and i dumped him because i found out that he was using his livejournal to try to bang girls on the side. i, of course, still spy on him.” or at least, she did…until her ip address gave her up. adds jaina: “please note that ...
the passively rowdy patriot
2008-02-04 17:47:00 nicky in elwood, indiana (a diehard fan of the indianapolis colts) put this sign on her office door last week only to find it defaced by a phantom pats fan each night after she left. needless to say, nicky’s feeling quite vindicated today on behalf of both brothers manning. tangential: the partly cloudy patriot [wnyc.org] More About: Patriot
roommate fumes; unilever marketing execs rejoice
2008-02-04 02:41:00 curse as much as you want, dude: you’re still bitching about body wash. (personally, that’s what i’d call a gamekiller.) related: i swear this isn’t some sort of stealth viral marketing campaign More About: Marketing , Unilever
the zagat guide to threatening signage
2008-02-01 03:51:00 “beware,” indeed: walking along “west 25th or so” in manhattan, this “work of art” was enough to make eric “personally” “shit his pants.” related: the zagat history of my last relationship [the new yorker] More About: Guide
if we give up our exclamation points, the terrorists win!!!
2008-01-31 04:19:00 “the tiny sioux city, iowa airport had a jaw-droppingly comprehensive intro to what one could or could not take on board a plane,” reports timoni in san francisco, including actual sample-sized bottles of toiletries taped up, show-and-tell style. “the corker, though, was this vehement note near the end (which, yes, had a plastic QUART-SIZE BAG!!!!!!!!! ... More About: Terrorists , Give , Points , Give up , Clam
crying over sour milk
2008-01-30 03:39:00 ashley in chicago says her roommates are the king and queen of passive-aggressive notes. (”if they ever found this site, they’d think it was a self help group,” she says.) the latest example: ashley’s till fuming over this one. “i mean, come on just throw it away yourself! you’re probably exerting more energy writing the email ... More About: Milk , Crying
meet he who is without sin
2008-01-29 04:28:00 okay, so, krissie in fort collins, colorado was staying with a friend until she could save up enough money to get her own place. the street had no designated spots, so she was parking in front of the neighbor’s fence. (he didn’t have a car.) the first hint that he was less than keen ... More About: Meet
paul newman: the franz ferdinand of the fridge
2008-01-28 00:23:00 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 ... More About: Franz , Paul , Franz Ferdinand , Paul Newman , Fridge
a friendly tip from your waitress
2008-01-25 00:05:00 at the washington restaurant where scott works, a customer recently informed one of his coworkers that when she was a waitress back in the day, tips were regarded as a luxury (a sentiment that’s been echoed by many commenters on this site). thrilled as she was by this little history lesson, scott’s coworker decided a little ... More About: Friendly , Waitress
think ya used enough dynamite there, butch?
2008-01-24 01:52:00 but…but…it’s cold out and you’re so close to all the really good gifting suites! perhaps a swarovski-crystal-encrusted-organic-sea-k elp loofah would change your mind? (thanks to dan m. in park city, utah for snapping the photo.) More About: Dynamite
thou dost protest too much, methinks
2008-01-22 19:13:00 writes joe in denver: my roommate “gets very emotional when someone criticizes him, but will gladly email me or leave notes around the house with dozens of ‘little reminders’” like this one, written after joe left a broom in the living room overnight. related: how not to housetrain a roommate More About: Protest
in-game placement would have scored much higher in user engagement
2008-01-21 18:10:00 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 ... More About: Game , User , Higher , Engagement
self-referential sunday: ceci n?est pas une note passif-agressif
2008-01-21 01:39:00 rachel in virginia says her two roommates, “despite seeing and talking to me multiple times a day, decide to air their grievances through notes.” these grievances include being responsible for a $200 water bill “because i wash my face and hands at night and in the morning.” rachel has decided that enough is enough. to paraphrase ... More About: Note , Sunday
to the victor goes the bile
2008-01-18 05:57:00 ruben in oregon works for an apple reseller where the managers like to fire up the sales team with little competitions. (iphones don’t sell themselves, people! for that, you’ll have to hold out for version 2.0.) when josh, the store’s very own dwight schrute, was pronounced the winner of a recent contest, things unfolded pretty ... More About: Victor , Bile
it always comes down to the toilet paper
2008-01-17 04:14:00 our anonymous submitter received this note after playing host to his friend’s band. in his defense, he says, “the house was not messy.” and, besides, “i never leave him notes when i do normal household chores like emptying the dishwasher and taking the trash out.” adds our submitter: “oh, and he can’t count ? it was ... More About: Toilet Paper , Toilet , Paper
then we came to the end
2008-01-16 02:02:00 it was a “killer busy” week at the office, so gord in ontario admits that he and his coworkers left the place in a certain state of disarray. (such is the wont of “creative professionals.”) unfortunately, the boss chose that weekend to pop in to give some people an impromptu tour. on monday, these adorable ...
this is why your postal worker is disgruntled
2008-01-15 05:26:00 amanda spotted this on the door of the post office in milford, pennsylvania. (confidential to the fecal matter general: dude, i know recycling can be a hassle sometimes, but this seems like a little much.) perhaps the brooklynites who issued this poetical preemptive warning knew what they were doing all along… related: this is why your server ... More About: Postal , Worker
?take out of box, place directly in toilet?
2008-01-14 05:51:00 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 More About: Toilet , Place , Rect
or possilly, that no body ?b? there
2008-01-13 00:16:00 mishee was about to go ahead and just pay for that snapple…until she saw this colorful little note at a drugstore in sunnyvale, california. phew! UPDATE: mishee (ever the overachiever) has returned to the scene to satisfy your curiosity about the signs behind the signs…and finds her snapple-drinking plans foiled in the process! related: if it weren’t ... More About: Body
i before e except after c ftw
2008-01-11 03:20:00 when julie in elkhart, indiana saw this note from her roommate, molly… she decided it was time to go on the offensive. then came the counter attack… …then julie photographed the exchange and sent it to us. game, set, match. related: i know where she lives
more like hardly working
2008-01-10 03:04:00 mara in minneapolis ( average temperature in january: 12° F/-11° C) says the worst job she’s ever had was at a local thrift store – and not because of the crazy customers and their indiscreet use of the fitting rooms. no, like many workers, the crazy person driving mara crazy was her boss — ... More About: Working , Workin
upset girl (living in a very white bread world)
2008-01-09 02:39:00 chonny lives in manhattan apartment with three spirited roommates, and they enjoy, on occasion, knocking back a few glasses of wine for an impromptu roomie-bonding sing-a-long. “one night around 10, after a particularly taxing day, we decided to bring the vibe down with a little peter gabriel,” chonny says. “as we all belted out ‘in ... More About: Living , World , White , Girl , Bread
noo oogling
2008-01-08 02:39:00 amy from yonkers spotted this beauty at a marshall’s in hartsdale, new york. she wonders what possible scenario could have prompted its posting. “were there oogling complaints to management?” amy asks. “did a manager observe an oogling incident? and why, exactly, is cart-oogling a problem?” (perhaps because of people like this.) related: adio, amigo
the holy see of the w.c.
2008-01-07 03:29:00 octavio in munich says that his landlord (who shares the same apartment) is a regular high priest of paternalistic little notes — the entire flat is covered with them. on the bathroom wall, for example, this glorious collage is what stares back at those seated on the throne. (altogether now: “holy shiße!”) going OUT?… must turn the ... More About: Holy
i know where she lives
More articles from this author:2008-01-04 04:11:00 margarita spotted this note in the window of a laundromat in san francisco. honestly, she says, “i’m more afraid of a vindictive, threatening neighbor than a laundry ‘theif.’” related: no, that’s not the british spelling More About: Lives 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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