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passive aggressive notes: up close and personal!
as mentioned several times on le blog, i’m a huge fan of passiveaggressivenotes.com.
and, this week, i had a REAL LIFE BRUSH WITH THEM!!!! i almost feel like a celebrity!
so, there’s this bulletin board above the mailboxes in my (v. small) apartment complex. it’s almost always blank, although there’s usually a random object sitting just on top of the mailboxes cos one of my neighbors is apparently engaged in a year-long process where she cleanses herself of all physical encumbrances. like, this week, it was a pair of red platform flip flops. last week, a pair of cut-offs. my favorite week happened right before christmas, when she left an entire BOX of objects that were PERFECT for white elephant gift-giving. to my office mate who received the lovely 70s needlepoint of a mishapen wine bottle and neon orange cheese: YOU’RE WELCOME.
anyway!
two days ago, when i came home from the gym, i was v. v. pleased to discover not one, but THREE notes on the bulletin board. esp. cos two of them featured ALL CAPS WRITING. which you guys know is totally my favorite.
here’s the first one:
ok, two things:
1) i’m glad the note writer rememberd to clarify about dog parks cos otherwise, this note would be worthless and void.
2) the handwritten portion is the best part. in case you can’t read it: “i sympathize with you but FYI an austin law passed in 2005 making it equally illegal to allow cats to roam outside.” oh FACE HARD!!!!!
just in case the subject of the note didn’t realize it was about him/her, the writer added a second page:
this note is obviously far superior to the first note, for the following reasons:
1) 75 TO HUMANS!!!!!! FYI!!!!!!
2) the abrupt change from blue to red ink, which i choose to believe signals an increase in anger and volume if the writer was to deliver this message in person. try it yrself and discover how the color change really drives the point home.
but guess what, dear pantsers! there’s a happy ending to this little passive aggressive saga. instead of elevating the P.A. level to orange, the target of the notes responded with an actual sincere apology!!! look!!
there’s even a picture of cat and dog being happy together! DIFFERENT ANIMALS BEING FRIENDS!!!!
i would mention the mispelling of “truly” but that seems a little passive aggressive on my end.
i’ll keep you updated on any further incidents at my complex, but for now, it seems like the conflict has been resolved. GO PEACE!
also, if you need a pair of red flip flops, i know where you can find some.
p.s. 75 TO HUMANS!
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wow. that’s awesome. this is why dog owners are awesome.
I personally must comment on the misspelling. How could you think you spell ‘truly’ like that? I think your neighbours are morons.
75 to humans.
man i was just waiting for the next escalation. so although i am happy in hoping they made up, i’m a little disappointed no blood was spilled.
just kidding. kinda.
also jjharney: i thought the same thing about “truly”.
Wow, that was a great response. Especially the drawings
OMG I LOVE ALL CAPS TOO!
Best post ever! It includes TWO of your favorite internet phenomena!
this blog might have just made my day. AWESOME!
You did submit this to the P-A Notes site, right? They will make a t-shirt that says “75 TO HUMANS”
This would go under austin, CAPS LOCK, exclamation-point happy!, rebuttals, visual aids, more aggressive than passive, dogs, not-so-veiled threats.
oh yeah, it’s been submitted. mostly cos i can never resist trying to “be friends” with blogs i like. NERDALICOUS.
not-so-veiled threats. heh.
so fabulous.
and so much MORE fabulous because of the grown up and lovely dog owner. (although it’s nice that there’s the note about the cat law, to make things fair).