Our anonymous submitter lives in a university flat in the U.K. with four other guys. “Three of us (myself, an American, and a Brit) always take out the garbage and recycling when it’s our turn...

Writes Jim in Colorado: “When I attempt to cook, I typically use way too many pots, pans and utensils and sometimes tend to skip instructions. (I actually made hard boiled eggs and set the smoke detectors off.) Anyway, the other night I made c...

Our anonymous submitter in Ontario, Canada found this note in the office lunch area. Apparently, the water in the office cooler had been going like crazy until the new pay-per-sip policy was...

Writes Linda in Austin, Texas: “This note popped up a few months ago on my downstairs neighbor’s door, but I didn’t take a look at it until now.” But how much longer will it be before she garners...

So, I pretty much have a policy of not posting notes submitted by the people who wrote them. I made an exception for this one because i think the really passive-aggressive part of the story is the...

travis in edmonton says this painting (which “resembled a tenth-grader’s crack at designing fantasy novel jacket”) appeared one day in the alley behind the pub where he works. feeling puckish, travis says, “every evening i would turn it toward the...

while some old folks (and grandmothers in particular) are seasoned masters of the heart-tugging passive-aggressive guilt trip, there’s another breed of blue-hairs who’ve seemingly given up on all the social niceties and instead just give their...

our anonymous submitter from chicago says she and her four siblings recently received this somewhat cryptic e-mail from dear old dad. explains a: “the initials refer to our names (and spouses’ names, where applicable). dad lives in west bloomfield. i’m...

writes mike in provo, utah: “this is a letter my friend liz found on the windshield of her car during the time she was dating her now-husband. they framed the note, and now have it proudly displayed in their living room.” related: a substance user and...

chris in valdosta, georgia came home last halloween eve to find this friendly reminder taped to every mailbox in his quiet little cul-de-sac. (”it’s a little worse for wear,” chris explains, “because i ripped it off and stomped it on a few times before...