Maybe you love your co-workers. Good for you!

Maybe you wonder if they were raised by wolves and never properly assimilated into society before somehow finding their way into a job.

Either way, passive-aggressive notes are now a time-honored method of communication among officemates who just can’t act appropriately. They allow you to vent frustration without having to awkwardly confront the offender.

Of course, like all passive-aggressive encounters, things can get out of hand. But at least sometimes they get so ridiculous that you can only laugh.

Here are 20 office notes that gave us a chuckle:

1. Mugshot

Someone really loves their reindeer mug.

Like, if it’s some sort of precious object or heirloom, maybe just leave it at home or keep it in your office.

Otherwise, you’re just asking for this response.

2. Back to the beginning

Sarcasm can be a good thing – it can even make criticism seem more pleasant and de-escalate sticky situations.

Or, in this case, give everyone a quick smile in the middle of their workdays.

3. Seems medium at best

It’s really the ink involved in printing that black turtleneck that will have the toner replacement people fuming.

But they might get a laugh first.

4. From passive to aggressive

Old ketchup (any tomato product, really) smells so rank if it sits in the garbage overnight.

Still, this person went truly next level with what we can only imagine is a squeeze bottle.

Can’t people just bring granola bars to work?

5. Edit this

Unnecessary changes? Yes. But this is an edit, not a proofread.

And not only is this editor passive-aggressive but, let’s face it, they’re kind of rude too if they don’t realize they let the microwave beep unceasingly until they’re ready to come claim their food.

6. Death to Comic Sans

No one respects Comic Sans, and they shouldn’t.

What adult chooses that font under any circumstances?

This is a perfectly valid criticism.

7. What the hell, DEBBIE?!

Wow, looks like Debbie is the real jerk here.

If this photo is anything to go by, it looks like she’s fond of just helping herself to other people’s food.

We would have loved to see her face when she opened the refrigerator door to steal her next snack and saw this.

8. Eat me

It would be a real plot twist if Steve had added the post-it after the fact.

But as it stands, it looks like the banana buyer was in the wrong here.

And people should probably refrain from making threats like that at work, even if they’re supposed to be funny. HR doesn’t have a very good sense of humor about death threats.

9. The icing on the cake

Now that’s a great going-away cake.

In fact, it’s a sure sign your co-workers really will miss you!

10. Ok, then

People tend to treat the office fridge as if it’s their own.

Seriously, who needs a whole gallon of milk before it goes bad?

Then again, at least they have a sense of humor about the criticism.

11. Nostalgia

Sometimes complaining anonymously is your best bet.

But not when your co-workers are just as snarky.

We just want to know why an ice machine is so important at work.

12. Yes, really

It’s amazing that a grown man or woman would just leave their dirty dishes in the communal kitchen.

Keep it on your desk until you have a chance to wash it yourself, you barbarian!

13. You stink

First of all, it takes a special kind of person to bring a can of tuna to work.

But it takes an even worse person to drain it in the sink and let pieces of it sit there.

14. What are you doing in there?

Sorry, but if your colleagues have to leave you a note about how long you spend in the bathroom – providing you don’t have a condition – you need to spend less time in the bathroom.

You can’t avoid work forever.

15. No, but we want donuts

If you haven’t seen Archer, you might not get the reference.

But we have to know – did they leave them on the floor or something? Or did they leave the box over the weekend?

Because otherwise, we’d be pretty stoked to have donuts in the office.

16. A spoon scoop?!

Maybe just leave the spoons in the box and have people grab them by the handles.

This is the dumbest setup we’ve ever seen.

17. What is even wrong with you?

What kind of monster does this to a piece of pizza and then leaves it in the box?

They deserved this note and then some.

18. Savage

Well that’s just gross.

This is not how you make friends at work.

19. Go ahead, try it

Don’t you love people who press the button 100 times or really hard because they think it will somehow make the task go faster?

How about some self control?

20. That’s deep

Sometimes all you can do is get philosophical in response to an office note.

At least it gives people something to think about.

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Let’s be honest, we aren’t going to resolve most problems face to face at work.

Sometimes the best way to get your point across really is with a snarky note.

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