Handwritten notes may appear to be less common given that practically everyone has access to a smartphone. You would, however, be incorrect! When it comes to telling someone exactly what you think, nothing beats a pen and paper. Check out this collection of amusing notes sent by strangers to strangers.
For the Attention of Everyone
When it comes to office life, notes are fairly prevalent. Whoever wrote this note was plainly tired of dealing with other people’s problems. The office seems to have gotten behind this note, or perhaps they’re just taking it too literally…
For The Attention Of Everyone
Drinks for Daves
We have a war of the notes here, with one note leaver outwitting another. Someone appears to be taking Dave’s green tea, causing Dave to leave a passive-aggressive message that asks, “Is your name Dave?” Dave should have just left a note that said, “Don’t drink my green tea,” because another Dave wanted to join in on the fun. Dave number two then leaves his own note, pointing out the flaw in Dave number one’s message.
Drinks For Daves
Tic Tac Strikes Again
Some notes do not require a great deal of depth or information. Some messages simply inform the recipient that a horse named Tic Tac urinated on their vehicle. After all, what else could the owner of the note write? The owner of this pee-soaked car, presumably, doesn’t want to know how or why a passing horse decided to use their vehicle as a horsey potty. We’re delighted to see that Tic Tac’s owner, Stan, has decided to give $50 to help fund a full car wash.
Tic Tac Strikes Again
A Very Close Call
When you park in someone else’s designated parking space, they may react in a variety of ways. They may believe it was an error, notify you the next day, and go about their business. Alternatively, they may become enraged with you, plot their retaliation, and then leave you a warning note detailing your fate if you park there again. This message threatens retaliation with Vaseline and a tow truck. This individual means business.
A Very Close Call
He Will Run Out
When it comes to that one big cat who tricks people into letting him out, one note isn’t always enough. This cat owner first put up a note that told guests to keep the cats inside. They must not have thought that was enough, because they added a second note that said, “These cats will run!” Lastly, a third note says that the big cat will act like he’s not interested, but you shouldn’t believe him. There might not be any more notes under the door handle.
He Will Run Out
Truth Be Told
This note is really good. It tells the reader what happened to make the note and what the person who wrote it was thinking at the time. It looks like someone hit another car and then left a note to say that they were sorry. But when that happens, people usually leave their contact information so that they can make up for any damage to the other car. This doesn’t seem to be the plan, since the person who wrote this note thought the other driver was already rich enough.
Truth Be Told
Do Not Feed the Programmers
There are many creative ways to tell people not to come into your office. You could ask them nicely, or you could give them a good reason why they shouldn’t come in. But would that make them care? Would it give them the skills they need for the job they want to get? This note stops people in their tracks before they walk into the room. Like animals in a zoo, the things behind this door need a lot of warning and some soothing music to get used to people coming in.
Do Not Feed The Programmers
All About the Font
We’re glad someone posted this note in reaction to another note because we’re also picky about fonts. If you can have two notes, why have just one? Someone at a Fortune 500 company, lest we forget, seems to have put up this sign telling people to keep the door shut. In this first note, they used six exclamation points, which is something to notice. Someone else in the company then said that they shouldn’t use the Comic Sans font because it should be banned, which was a fair point.
All About The Font
Committing to Quitting
When it comes to resignation letters, maybe the bosses at a lot of chain restaurants are happy when an unhappy worker finally takes the chance to leave. Maybe these bosses can’t wait to get the next sympathy card, quickly written note, or scribbled doodle. It will certainly break up the day. Bella drew a picture of her now-unemployed face and wrote proudly on her departure note that she’s “a quitter.” Bella, go get it!
Committing To Quitting
Sometimes, You Just Hafta
This is a great note because it sounds just like the person who wrote it. Tom seems to be giving his two-week notice, and the letter he left for his boss Doug shows how scared he is. Or maybe Tom is just sick and tired of his job and wants Doug to know that he doesn’t care. The fact that Tom starts his resignation letter with “yyyyeah” says that Doug may have been expecting it.
Sometimes, You Just Hafta
Sorry for Your Loss
Here’s another creative resignation letter, this one from Alex, who definitely has a sense of fun. Everyone who has a part-time job knows that if you want to quit, you have to give your boss two weeks’ notice. But by the time people decide to leave, many of them have lost interest. By that time, they don’t care if their retirement letter seems rude; they just want to leave! We think this sorrow card is great; it’s very creative.
Sorry For Your Loss
An Icy Message
This note, which was written by a stranger and given to a stranger, doesn’t even need a pen and paper! This person took advantage of their surroundings by writing a note on top of the very thing they were talking about. What could be worse than someone leaving their car in a dangerous or selfish place? How else can you tell them that they are annoying? If there was more snow when this car owner got back to their car, that would be bad.
An Icy Message
Make Your Choice
In Saw, John Kramer — or Jigsaw — communicates with his test subjects through Billy the puppet, a tricycle-riding ventriloquist’s dummy (scary, right?). The owner of this vehicle has opted to utilize Billy to interact with the traffic warden, and he has left a slew of parking fines on his windshield. The objective, presumably, is for the traffic warden to sort through the pile of tickets until they discover the one that enables the automobile to park in that spot. Fun!
Make Your Choice
Spelling it Out
Is there anything more vexing than someone parking their automobile in the center of a parking lot’s designated spaces? The painted lines in parking lots clearly, clearly, and blatantly depict where cars are intended to go. They’re made this way so that as many cars as possible can fit securely in a given space. It’s not complicated. This appears to be irrelevant to some drivers. Fortunately, someone left a note in chalk for this self-centered individual.
Spelling It Out
And Now My Watch Begins
We’re actually amazed that notes like these aren’t more common. In the age of streaming, everyone watches TV episodes at different times, which poses a significant risk for some shows in particular. Of course, when Game of Thrones was still broadcast every week, people debated each episode for hours the next day. Clearly, whomever posted this note wanted everyone to know that they didn’t want to hear any show-related discourse.
And Now My Watch Begins
Sorry to Say
This strange and amusing note was posted on a street light in someone’s neighborhood, addressed to everyone who lives there. An eager and loving spouse appears to have decided to leave a love note on his wife’s automobile. Unfortunately for him — and his wife — he left the note on an entirely other car. It’s admirable that this man took the effort to tell everyone about his late-night mishap. We’re especially relieved that he made it clear that he’s not in love with anyone else…aside from his wife, of course.
Sorry To Say
Say it With Cake
We’ve previously seen some outstanding resignation letters, but this one truly takes the cake (see what we did there?). Mr. Cake, an airport worker, chose to resign his job through the medium of cake. Mr. Cake also utilized his cake departure to promote his cake business and to give the gift of cake. The meaningful text on this cake resignation, as well as the incredibly accurate icing, impresses us. We wish Mr. Cake the best of luck with his future cake pursuits!
Say It With Cake
This Is a Community Announcement
The unusual font choice is the first thing we notice about this note left for strangers. Why would such a message be sent in this font? Isn’t this more like the leaflet you get when you walk into a funeral home? In any case, this message was left by a group of neighbors who needed to notify another neighbor that they were receiving more than they bargained for. It turns out that the frosted glass in that person’s bathroom was not properly placed.
This Is A Community Announcement
Not Great With Words
In the case of this bare-bones message, an employee was instructed that in order to leave their position, they needed to submit a letter of resignation. This person either doesn’t have much to say or didn’t enjoy their time working there. Whatever occurred, this letter tells us everything we need to know. Perhaps the date or the person’s name should have been added in this message. But, hey, they were requested to submit a resignation letter, and they did. Work completed.
Not Great With Words
Carly Rae Is Calling
Carly Rae Jepson, a music singer, released the catchy tune “Call My Maybe” in 2012, and people have been utilizing its lyrics in their own notes and jokes ever since. It’s a testament to the song that people continue to change the lyrics to fit their own purposes. It appears that “Hey, I just met you, and this is crazy” is the perfect beginning statement for all kinds of scenarios. The lyric is used to criticize someone for obstructing their neighbor’s driveway in this circumstance.
Carly Rae Is Calling
Who Let the Dogs Out?
Notes may be really useful when it comes to pets and keeping them secure. Some houses require everyone in the household to keep the toilet lid closed so that their cat does not drink from the toilet bowl. Others require everyone to clear away their food crumbs so that their hungry Labrador does not sweep up the leftovers. The door must be kept shut in this house to keep Rusty, the AC, and Jay inside. We believe that at least one of those is an animal.
Who Let The Dogs Out
Dealing Vigilante Justice
We can certainly say that someone is attempting to avoid jury duty based on the contents of this note. To accomplish this, people must appear ill, be struggling in their personal lives, be an expert on the subject at hand, or simply have a poor attitude. This jury duty evader declares that they intend to build a costume before being able to “deal vigilante justice unto those evildoers.” Excellent work all around.
Dealing Vigilante Justice
Optimus Prime Says So
Including a fictional character in a note is one of the best methods to make it less intimidating. Telling someone that their parking is “horrible” is one thing; having a fictitious extraterrestrial species of intelligent self-configuring modular robot do it is quite another. What we mean is that as long as you can sketch a crude representation of a fictional character, you can say whatever you want. Better yet, write “[the character] disapproves,” and they’ll take the blame instead of you.
Optimus Prime Says So
Framing the Problem
We have to give it to this note creator because their inventive frame note is reusable, to the point, and rather amusing. This note is essentially a piece of paper with a hole cut out of the center. It wonderfully frames the problem at hand when placed on top of some filthy dishes, making it impossible to overlook. This note is enhanced by the caption, which makes the entire image feel like an anti-inspirational poster.
Framing The Problem
Spoons and Scoops Only
Isn’t it bizarre to get a glimpse into other people’s lives? We’re all living our lives while someone, somewhere, uses a spoon scoop to pull a spoon out of a drawer. Don’t get us wrong: we completely get why you don’t want a bunch of dirty fingers on your tableware. However, a spoon scoop? Really? There must be a more efficient way to store and access spoons than this. We’d bet all we had on it.
Spoons And Scoops Only
An Insincere Apology
We commend whoever penned this resignation letter to a supervisor who appears to be a jerk. her understandably irritated former employee has used her note to communicate all of her pent-up emotions, with a healthy dose of sarcasm thrown in for good measure. This person’s manager appears to have chastised them for missing work due to a family emergency. The final sentence is our favorite section of this angry masterpiece. Drop the mic, and you’re out.
An Insincere Apology
Just Messing With You
Sometimes the simplest things in life are the finest. That’s why we like this brief but powerful note given by a stranger. It’s not a lengthy essay, nor is it a detailed message – it’s just a piece of yellow card masquerading as a parking ticket. It’s a hoax note, and we must applaud it. We hope whoever found this on their windshield reused it and put it on the windshield of someone else. This small rectangle card has the potential to deliver both delight and dread.
Just Messing With You
Asking for It
Offices are difficult to navigate. You must share multiple working locations, though you presumably get along well with the majority of the individuals there. Still, employees aren’t your buddies, and they have certain annoying tendencies. This individual put a menacing message in the common workplace kitchen, stating, “People know not to touch my mug.” People had something to say about that, so they posted their own note. Completely deserved and accomplished flawlessly.
Asking For It
Time for the Truth
With the number of passive-aggressive resignation letters on this list, we’re beginning to feel sorry for the managers involved. We have no intention of doing so. To be honest, these CEOs deserve these highly charged resignations, and much worse. The individual who authored this note has chosen a sarcastic tone to match their wrath. They’ve graciously outlined all of the reasons they’re an excellent employee, and then signed off with a disingenuous “Good luck with everything.”
Time For The Truth
Ghosts of Grumpy Cat
Tardar Sauce, the first Grumpy Cat, was a feline with an underbite and dwarfism. As a result, the cat’s visage became permanently grumpy, spawning thousands of memes, lolcats, and parodies. Unfortunately, the world had to say goodbye to Grumpy Cat in 2019, but her grumpy spirit lives on. Here she is in yet another awful driver’s note. As we’ve seen, inserting a fictional character in an angry note is an effective way to avoid a genuine battle.
Ghosts Of Grumpy Cat
The Perfect Couch Guest
This handwritten note is tough to read, but it’s worth it to hear what Andy — the guy on the couch — has to say. Andy, who is most likely a complete stranger, appears to have spent the night on someone’s couch before waking up and going to work. Andy did the dishes, carried out the garbage, and even cleaned the stove. Best of all, he sketched a drawing for his hosts to add to the bizarreness of the situation.
The Perfect Couch Guest
Obviously Broke Already
Each state in the United States has its unique parking regulations. In many circumstances, people with physical limitations must apply for a sticker to display in their vehicle. When this sticker is displayed, it permits them to park near to buildings or for free. The tone of this note left for a traffic officer is imploring. This automobile owner appears to be waiting for their parking sticker in the mail while receiving parking penalties in the meanwhile. This warden, hopefully, has a good heart.
Obviously Broke Already
We Can All Play
These post-it style “Really?” notes are top grade when it comes to notes left for strangers. Someone must have placed one of these accusatory stickies on a dirty cup, and then the rest of the staff decided to join in. What we’re curious about is if the first person created a large stack of these notes and then left them laying about for everyone to locate. Or did everyone create their own copies? In any case, they’re reusable!
We Can All Play
Watch Your Tone With Me
The individual who left this nasty message for a stranger was obviously in a bad mood. It’s almost as if they had a full-fledged angry rant with the individual in their thoughts before trancribing their feelings word for word. It’s amazing how humans can convey so much emotion in such a small space. This person has effectively communicated their rage by using capital letters and an exclamation point.
Watch Your Tone With Me
Employees Rise Up
There should be a hall of fame for employees who have left angry notes for their employers at this point. These employees have had enough, and they’ve expressed their actual views on handwritten notes with little regard for the consequences. The employee who sent this note was tired of waiting for his supervisor and enraged that he hadn’t even received a phone call. The worker then left the shop and went home after writing and posting his note.
Employees Rise Up
What a Deal!
Nowadays, it appears that no matter where you go, there is some laminated tag that carries all of the important facts about the product in question. Such is how much it weighs, how much it can hold, and how many years of warranty it has, among other things. We’ve never seen an anonymous message from a complete stranger added to this type of tag before. It also appears to be a sly little resignation message from whoever used to work here.
What A Deal!
Here’s a Tip for You!
It is customary in many countries to leave a tip after obtaining at least adequate service from a waiter or waitress. Customers are increasingly complaining about the allegedly terrible service they received rather than some form of tip fee, which is becoming more typical. However, we cannot argue with the following consumer. They were correct to call the water because he only looked at his wife the entire time.
Here’s A Tip For You!
Good to Know Dude
The last thing we want to receive when using a public restroom is a note from an unidentified source. Sure, coworkers aren’t strangers, but this guy had no idea who had written the following note! It’s not always a matter of “out of sight, out of mind.” Something about the red letters makes us break out in a cold sweat. But we’re quite sure the guy just happened to have a red pen on hand.
Good To Know Dude
Bittersweet Message
Don’t you hate it when someone has a crush on you in class but can’t bring themselves to say “hi” in person? Instead, they must scribble some rubbish on a piece of paper. And you might not even find out who wrote the stuff. We can imagine How I Met Your Mother’s Barney Stinson putting this kind of stupid pickup line on a note. But, more than likely, it was just some random classmate of this sad victim.
Bittersweet Message
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Receiving a note from a stranger is one thing; having one of your items returned to you with it is quite another. Imagine coming home one day to discover that your doorknob had been removed, preventing you from entering your own home! That’s what happened one day when this person returned home. It was discovered that the person who returned it nibbled it off because they mistook it for a muffin!
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