SFist: Passive Aggression Photo du Jour 226

September 20, 2008

Passive Aggression Photo du Jour 226

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Photo by dantc.

Found taped up next to the mailboxes at a Telegraph Hill apartment building.

By Brock Keeling in Miscellaneous | Link | Comments (19) | Recommend this! (2) |

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Comments (19)

[1] | 09/20/08 06:41PM

Telegraph Hill; where everyone has their own idea of what entitlement means.

At least the noob wasn't pissing on the shrubbery.

[2] | 09/20/08 10:37PM

This is no worse than the snobbish sidewalk graffiti in the Mission.

[3] | 09/21/08 01:00AM

ATTENTION: Tight sphinctered, passive aggressive note writer

Get a life.

[4] | 09/21/08 09:49AM

I wonder how many edits it took them to type and print this admonishment.

[5] | 09/21/08 12:50PM

Where's the "passive"?

[6] | 09/21/08 01:17PM

uugh! so typical. instead of politely opening the window and asking them to please move along.a note.
why can't people simply talk to each other? i give up.

[7] | 09/22/08 09:22AM

I'll tell you why they can't talk to each other. because the last time I asked my neighbor in extremely polite terms to please not have his entire party smoking directly under my bedroom window, I woke up at 3 a.m. a couple of nights later to hear them loudly and drunkenly discussing what a bitch I was for having the audacity to not want my bedroom flooded with the smoke of 6 snotty marina bitches.

THAT'S WHY. People think it's their godgiven right to be inconsiderate assholes and when you politely ask them to refrain, they become even more of an asshole.

[8] | 09/22/08 09:48AM

dorks and telegraph hill dwellers: you deserve each other.

[9] | 09/22/08 10:07AM

bluecanary's comment is a perfect example of why it should be legal to take advantage of the height advantage in such disputes. Bet they wouldn't be so snotty after a downpour of boiling oil. Marina bitches need Wessonality.

[10] | 09/22/08 10:14AM

"downpour of boiling oil"

Similarly, we've been tempted to dump water on the jerk who rummages through our recycling at 4am, but we're afraid the old lady will sick the Chinese mafia on us.

[11] | 09/22/08 10:34AM

bluecanary wrote: People think it's their godgiven right to be inconsiderate assholes and when you politely ask them to refrain, they become even more of an asshole.

It's situations like this where intent and delivery are extraordinarily crucial.

[12] | 09/22/08 10:52AM

Considering he lives downstairs and I have to se him every day, my delivery was extremely tactful and polite. His response was extremely polite as well. It was only when my back was turned that he and his gaggle of drunken marina chicks turned up the invective.

And yes, I did consider clumsily watering my windowboxes at that time...with pee. But I politely refrained.

[13] | 09/22/08 11:27AM

It's already been suggested, but I agree that barking a loud "shaddup!" in a Brooklyn accent, followed by a quick shower of leftover cold spaghetti water generally does a good job of shutting up vapid Marina dwelling, Siebel clones. Also works on Christmas carolers.

[14] | 09/22/08 01:22PM

bluecanary: I'll tell you why they can't talk to each other. because the last time I asked my neighbor in extremely polite terms to please not have his entire party smoking directly under my bedroom window, I woke up at 3 a.m. a couple of nights later to hear them loudly and drunkenly discussing what a bitch I was for having the audacity to not want my bedroom flooded with the smoke of 6 snotty marina bitches.

Here's my problem with this. Why can't you shut your window? I have the same problem sometimes with my upstairs neighbor. If I want to smoke outside in my patio, that I'm sure I'm paying for in my overpriced SOMA loft, then why the hell not? Move to Berkeley if you don't like it.

[15] | 09/22/08 02:27PM

Because A.) it was hot outside. B) my windows are about 100 years old and don't do much to keep smoke out, and C) because this is a NON-SMOKING building.

Why should I be forced to move? I'm not the one causing the disturbance. I love how smokers/car alarm people/generally inconsiderate assholes always say "it's the city. Move." as if it's completely acceptable to park your manners at the off ramp of the bay bridge and anyone who doesn't like it should leave.

I have an idea. If you want to smoke, why don't YOU move to the suburbs? There you'll be in a house without neighbors in close proximity to smelling your befoulment.

To force your stink on people in an apartment building is just rude and inconsiderate.

And in light of the foregoing, please, for god's sake, no one ever post on here again trying to tell me how considerate smokers are.

[16] | 09/22/08 02:38PM

Hear, hear! bluecanary, hear, hear!

[17] | 09/22/08 02:41PM

Word of the day:

befoulment

Make a note, kiddies. It's a damned good one.

[18] | 09/22/08 03:27PM

I live at 14th and Noe and there are these complete douche bags living across the street that are CONSTANTLY out at 3am on weekdays chatting away with each other. The worst part is that half of the people who live there are female, so we get that fucking god awful high pitched female cackle that women seem incapable of doing at a reasonable volume. That female cackle laugh is like having your dreams stabbed to death with an ice pick.

[19] | 09/22/08 07:16PM

I'm sure if it was pot, we'd be having a completely different conversation.

mmmm