30 Weird And Nasty Things People Actually Put In Writing That Should’ve Just Stayed In Their Thoughts
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Poets write love notes in a bid to win their lover’s heart, dreamers put their notes in a bottle and let the sea take care of it, and many people like you and me, they can imagine their shopping trip with a grocery list.
But sometimes, notes, or rather their writers, take a more sinister turn. As a result, from time to time, people spot passive-aggressive, weird and questionable notes and messages glued to anywhere from shop windows, coffee places, their own buildings, you name it.
Below we wrapped up some of the most mildly infuriating notes that make you wonder why some thoughts land on paper when they'd have been better off kept inside the writer's head.
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This Made Me Mad
That's heartbreaking. It looks so well done. Hope they found a different baby (and more appreciative parent!) to gift it to.
To find out when leaving a note to someone is a good idea and when it isn’t, as well as how to sound nice in writing or when it is better to talk face-to-face, Bored Panda reached out to Beth Collier, a communication, creativity, & leadership consultant.
Racist Karen Left This Note
Oh s**t. I dated a Chinese guy for 22 years and I'm a white person who was adopted at birth into a Mexican family. Not only did I sin with interracial dating, I sinned with INTERRACIAL BEING ALIVE!!! XD Also, "a neighbor" is such a racist chode-gargler. I was going to give them cráp for the horribly racist and pejorative term "Indian" vs. "indigenous person" or "Native" or even, you know, the actual tribe name/tribe identity of the person they sent the letter to. Then I remembered that árseholes like "a neighbor" just don't care.
Found In A Tenancy Facebook Group
This is shocking - not that they're trying to unfairly withhold bond, but that they're brazen enough to post about it!
When asked whether leaving a note to your neighbors about something that you don't like is the way to go, Beth said that it depends on the situation.
“A face-to-face conversation can be preferable, as you can get more information (and possibly a resolution) faster from a conversation.” She explained: “For example, your neighbor may not realize that their music is loud or that their barking dog is bothering you, and you might be able to resolve this situation quickly through a short conversation.”
That’s So Wrong
He's gonna complain cause she ate a whole salad??? God help her if she had a carb or a piece of meat. He'd have really lost his shît if she had dessert...
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She ate a WHOLE damn salad? How dare she! Why, next she'll want a main course, and maybe even dessert. What next? A drink with her meal?
Eating while owning an uterus, how does she dare! /sar effing casm
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He almost *exploded* because she finished a SALAD?! Also his use of "women" instead of "woman" is making me rage.
At least she found out after the first date. That should make it much easier to move on.
She can't eat salad? What's she supposed to live on, half a lettuce leaf and good vibes?
Ahhahahahahaha I love this so much! Also, she can't poop, because it's gross.
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So... she's going to be overweight in the future because she ate an entire salad. Just, wow. What an idiot. Diamond deserves to date someone better than this lump of coal.
Given what women have to deal with, the fact that lesbianism isn't a much, MUCH more common phenomenon is pretty amazing to me.
Not really a phenomenon, but I'm glad I'm bisexual. My girlfriend would at least love me for who I am, not judge me for gaining a few pounds and not appealing to their r******d pornography wet dreams.
Load More Replies... He meal preps....? Is he thinking that because she ate a bunch of leaves and grass he would come home from the gym and all his meal prep is gone? Wtf is going through his head? No, wait. Don't bother finding out, just run!
Obviously Diamond is a women [sic]. This is why they ate the whole salad... had to feed more than just one.
"I almost exploded" You mean you almost had a tantrum. Over a salad. That someone else was eating.
"...I need a women..." Poor lamb, what he needs is someone to show him how the English language works before he can start demanding a WOMAN!
She ate a whole salad? Gross, she couldve eaten a whole pizza or burger or something. Idk salads are just gross to me. Anyway, carry on.
Omg you ate a wHoLe SaLaD and now you’re gOnNa Be FaT aHhHhH I cAn’T dAtE yOu!!!1111!!1!!!1!!!11!!!
Ha! U think she isent lady like!? Boy, im basically a carnivor. Stop judging people for how much they eat
WITELMFSCC?! Throatpunch, Shaftpunch, and Ballpunch this waste of human space!
And you should have held the door and paid the whole bill and walked her to her door without expecting anything yet, here we are. See the stereotypes I pointed out there? Nuff said.
Some skinny people need to eat a lot because they have fast metabolisms, and even if she did get overweight that's no reason not to love someone.
At the very bottom: "Neil has notifications silenced." ...As it should be.
The shower thoughts got him, and brought out his true colors.
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My response would've been a pic of me shoving a cupcake 🧁 in my gob and giving the 1-fingered adios! 🖕
I can't even.... What a toolbox! Look - I met my husband over brunch. We cleaned our plates. Then we walked around for an hour or two and got coffee and cake. Then we walked around for a few more hours and got more food. The day was getting on so eventually we had dinner. Our first date was 12 hours, two meals, two coffee stops (with pastry or muffin), 30C+ degree heat in which neither one of us looked good, which has led to 19 years together some arguments, no fights, and countless good meals together.
Oooh!!! This means he's still SINGLE? Anyone have those digits for me?? 🤢👎🏻
It's like in "Gone with the wind", when they try to force Scarlett to eat before a party, because eating is not ladylike!
I hope Diamond blocks and deletes this clown and treats herself to a nice salad!
If thise was not your last as well as your first date, he must either be very rich or have some hold on you.
A salad? A whole salad, lettuce and all? Oh you greedy Diamond. Be ready to burn in hell...
I’d love to see this man’s reaction to me eating an entire large pizza by myself
Well must have been a 45lb salad to cause such a reaction...cursed spinich
Wow, a WHOLE salad. I want this guy to take me on a date while I'm training for a match and watch his head explode from how much I eat.
Aww - too bad he’s such a jerk. It would’ve been nice had they been able to stay together, with his name being Neil and hers being Diamond. 🤣
Nobody who eats a whole salad, is ‘ greedy ‘ - they’re starving. 😂 In all seriousness, what d*ck.
I'm glad he opened his mouth & proved how stupid he is before she wasted her time on him.
Glad I am not dating. Men are truly not worth it if a woman eating normally just like any other human being is an affront to them. It's a f*****g salad, you prick. He probably considers himself a "high value man." At this point, there's no such thing.
What in the HEE-HAW is wrong with that person. Says Sooooo much more about their inner self.... Run Diamond, Run!
Yep delete him. To guy who wrote that women are supposed to not eat. Go to hell!!!Also why didn't you have butterflies in your stomach it was your first date? Your first date and you didn't expect her to eat. Which you didn't seem plan for. Go back to when women were expected to wear corsets you were born in the wrong era. I hope you never find a woman like you described.
this guy has spoken and revealed what a jerk he is. and what a creep. women are supposed to finish a salad? wait until you see me eat my lasagne!
Neil is illiterate, along with his other defective character traits. Doesn't know that "women" is plural? Girl, have another salad and forget this POS.
I bet he made her order the salad when she'd rather have had something else, too.
His name is Neil, hers is Diamond. She dodged a bullet in more than one way.
But, what he doesn't say is that it was HIS side salad; because we womens don't want to get fat in the near future. Un. Real.
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NOT THE CROUTONS THOSE WILL MAKE HER GAIN 200 POUNDS OMG (obviously /S)
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I ate chicken chips and salad on my 1st date with my Husband, poor little Neil would have a heart attack watching me eat and if Neil is reading any of these, 13 years later and im not Fat 🤯 shocker
Hey Neil, did you ever think she had butterflies in her stomach before the date and couldn’t eat all day, it was a freaking salad!
What kind of salad sorcery does this woman possess? Where can I find a bowl?
My Work Doesn’t Allow You To Use A Toilet As A Toilet
Stop! this bowl is for cereal only- if wishing to eat chile use other bowl!
I Was Recently Engaged To My Girlfriend And Someone Sent Me This In The Mail
On the other hand, the leadership consultant argues, “if you leave a note instead, your neighbor may interpret your message more critically, and may respond more negatively as a result.”
Beth says that if you don't feel safe or comfortable speaking to the neighbor, then it's OK to write a note, “just choose your words carefully."
The First Time I Went By Myself. Today I Took My Husband With Me. Spot The Difference
Apparently Submitting Assignments Before The Due Date Is Considered “Late”
This Note Left On A Truck
In order not to sound passive-aggressive in a note that could potentially aggravate the situation, Beth’s advice is to “be polite, explain the situation, and look for a solution together. Your neighbor may be inconsiderate, but they may not know there is even an issue.”
Beth argues that it’s best to “write the note like an adult speaking to another adult - not like a parent speaking to a naughty child. Keep your message short and simple - but be clear about what the issue is, and what you want.”
This Poorly Written Letter From My Passive Aggressive Neighbor Telling Me To Remove My 'Legally-Owned' Plants From My Property
Is this the police? Yes, I'd like to report fake plants on someone's porch.
Left On My Sister’s Windshield… Who Is From Asheville, But Has South Carolina Plates… Stay Classy Asheville
Go away and take that tourist money our economy benefits from with you immediately!!!!1
Student Gets A Zero On An Assignment For Turning It In Unstapled
I would appeal this, take it to the head of faculty. It's nasty power play and nothing to do with academic ability.
"If you know the neighbor and have a decent relationship with them, it can be easier (and faster) to speak to them face-to-face. When you talk to someone face-to-face, it is easier to communicate your tone and meaning than it is in writing,” Beth explained.
She also reminds readers to think about timing if you approach them (e.g. you might want to avoid meal times, or late at night/first thing in the morning). “And don't approach them when you're angry."
One Of A Seemingly Endless Series Of Unreasonable Notes Left By My Boss. It’s Great Here
If they can't afford electricity, they surely can't afford to pay wages.
Went To A Friendsgiving, They Let Their Neighbor Know Ahead Of Time That They Would Be Having People Over, It Was 4:45pm On A Saturday And About 6 People Were There At That Point. He Abruptly Knocked On The Door Once, Taped This Note To The Door And Ran Off
What Is Wrong With People? Open Your Own Mail
got curious over what was in a birthday card? more like wondering if there was money
I'm *Trying* To Date And I Encounter This Constantly. Why Is It Such A Big Deal That I Choose Not To Drink Alcohol?
This USPS Delivery Guy Who Left A Passive-Agressive Note On My Mother's Package Of Cat Food. She Has An Injured Back
They Took Out All The Milk We Stored For My 3 Kids And Left Us This Note
Found This Note On My Car After Work
Dunkin’ Donuts By Me Blatantly Admitting That They Use Ice To Give You Less Coffee In Your Drink
Neighbor Took Delivery Of A Package That Our Business Purchased, Used The Contents, And Now Wants Us To Pay For The Scraps
That's... literally theft. I hope OP took this literal signed confession to the police!
Somebody Left This Note On My Car… In My Assigned Space…
Were you complaining about yourself parking in your assigned space? Perhaps you should give yourself a good talking to.
*Gasp* Imagine Having The Audacity To Walk Barefoot In Your Own Apartment
I'd get me a nice pair of "indoor" Doc Martens and fire up some YouTube videos on learning Riverdance....
But… It Is…
Even if EV, maybe they weren't charging, which is why the writer thought it wasn't electric. And that begs the question, why take the spot if you don't need to charge?
So Sorry About Stealing Your Golf Clubs. Here's My Old Sh**ty Set... A Neighbor Of Mine Woke Up To Find This Note On Her Van The Day After It Was Broken Into
the fact he planned it out so much to even type out a note, and he still was like 'hey this is a good idea'
This Note In The Window Of A DQ Here In Eastern KY
Wow, yeah, the government stimulus packages (of which none are even enough to cover an average month's rental cost) are TOTALLY the reason why "no one" wants to work in customer service/fast food/retail any more. Yep. Totally. The government.
Found This Note Taped To Our Door After A Dog In The Complex Barked All Morning. We Don’t Own A Dog And We Were At Home All Day
A friend had a neighbor making calls about nuisance noise. Here the one that is too loud has to pay 300€. The first time she did have guests and the guard wrote her a ticket, even though they admitted that they didn't hear the guests being too loud. Then there were several calls from the same neighbor and the guards wrote no tickets since they found no disturbance. The last time they called her on the phone and found that she was not at home. From that point, the neighbor had to pay for the tickets. Sadly it turned out that he had undiagnosed schizophrenia. The sounds were real, but only to him.
Got This Note From A Concerned Citizen. I Have An Electric Car And It Has “Dog Mode” Which Means It Uses Electricity To Keep The AC Running So My Groceries Don’t Overheat While I Made A Quick Stop In Another Store… there Were Only Gas Guzzlers Parked Next To Me
Received In The Mail From A Concerned Neighbor
My Roommate Thinks I Should Pay For Things I Had No Idea They Were Buying
Eh....this isn't so bad....it's a request, not a demand. I'm guessing if the shopper had responded poorly to having their request rejected, it would have been included in the image.
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some of these made me want to rip my hair out. Especially that racist one about the Indian family. smh
I cannot abide anonymous notes. Got one from a neighbour once, demanding I stop using a specific parking space (not allocated to them, they just liked using it). It wasn’t signed, so I just knocked on doors until I found out who it was and politely declined. Sad thing was, they knew it was my car and could have just asked me to my face or popped a note through my door, in which case I probably would have said yes.
Hi downvote fairy. I checked, you seem to have a busy time trying to downvote every single of my comments since the day before yesterday. Soooo…. Good job?
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I feel uncomfortable and kind of miffed after reading this, and I can't help but wonder if that's the intent. People can be really weird, and I know some of these are likely real, but there are ways to fake a text screenshot. Anyone can write a rude note and take a photo, for sympathy, or just attention of any kind
Seriously why almost all of not actually all of those notes come from the USA?!
I think the one about walking barefoot must have come from Germany or Austria, maybe Switzerland. We don't talk about "Ruhezeit" much in the US
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some of these made me want to rip my hair out. Especially that racist one about the Indian family. smh
I cannot abide anonymous notes. Got one from a neighbour once, demanding I stop using a specific parking space (not allocated to them, they just liked using it). It wasn’t signed, so I just knocked on doors until I found out who it was and politely declined. Sad thing was, they knew it was my car and could have just asked me to my face or popped a note through my door, in which case I probably would have said yes.
Hi downvote fairy. I checked, you seem to have a busy time trying to downvote every single of my comments since the day before yesterday. Soooo…. Good job?
Load More Replies... I feel uncomfortable and kind of miffed after reading this, and I can't help but wonder if that's the intent. People can be really weird, and I know some of these are likely real, but there are ways to fake a text screenshot. Anyone can write a rude note and take a photo, for sympathy, or just attention of any kind
Seriously why almost all of not actually all of those notes come from the USA?!
I think the one about walking barefoot must have come from Germany or Austria, maybe Switzerland. We don't talk about "Ruhezeit" much in the US
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