30 Funny Neighbor Notes That Make Living Next To Other People More Interesting
A handwritten note from a neighbor could mean anything. Maybe they dropped off your package, OR you’ve been walking too loudly in an apartment you pay a considerable amount of money to walk around in. You really don’t know until you read it.
I respect the written approach, though. It gives everyone time to choose their words and decide how many exclamation points are enough.
These funny neighbor notes cover the full experience of living near other people. There are kind ones, and there are some that suggest the author stared through their window for a while. Regardless, these neighbors had something to say, and the rest of us get to read it.
1. My Friend Posted This On Facebook, And I Thought It Belonged Here
2. I’m Not In Love With You (Sorry)
3. Cute Note For Our Cats. We Live On The First Floor And Our Cats Love To Sit In The Window That Faces The Parking Lot
4. Friendly Neighbor. Our Cat Got Out And Ran Straight Into Our Neighbor’s Apartment
5. The Ending To This Note On The Little Library In My Neighborhood Definitely Takes A Turn
6. Got Invited To A Wedding By The Neighbor’s Kid
7. My Neighbor Is Horrible At Parking, So I Left A Note. This Is Their Response. I Completely Understand
8. My Neighbor Received This Note
9. My Neighbor Left Some Notes For The Maintenance Guy
10. A Friend Left A Note For His Neighbor
11. Left This On My Neighbor’s Door. Making Your Dog Use The Bathroom On The Balcony Is Diabolical
12. The New Neighbor Keeps Leaving Notes On Our Car
“The morning of June 3rd, the first note was on our car. Both my partner and I were a bit annoyed, mostly because of the tone of the note. I get that it is immensely frustrating when non-permit-holders take parking spots from residents, but it was literally the 3rd day of the month (and mind you, there were TONS of U Hauls in the area over the weekend and on Monday), so I don’t quite understand jumping to the conclusion that we are entitled people from out of town. I imagine most residents had to wait for their stickers at some point when they moved in – why not give us the benefit of the doubt? Maybe I’m just sensitive, but I really feel like that note could have communicated concern without being so extremely rude and presumptuous.
So, we left the printed-out notes in the second and third pictures in our car last night. I wanted to make sure he understood our situation (so he wouldn’t call a tow truck on us) and also call him out a bit for being a bad neighbor. Maybe I should’ve been friendlier, or just not responded at all, but I was honestly so annoyed at his first note – once again, we’ve literally JUST moved and are thus pretty stressed out and tired and just not in the mood to be dealing with this.
Honestly, my partner and I both got a good laugh out of this last note. I’m thinking we should probably stop responding at this point since this guy is clearly out of his gourd, but it is pretty annoying. I’m thinking, based on his syntax and writing skills, maybe he uses this website (no offense to myself or anyone else here), so perhaps he’ll see this and feel some type of shame?”
13. Put A Towel Or Something Under The Fan
14. My Neighbor Left A Note To Reject Her Secret Admirer
15. Hostile/Helpful Neighbor. Posted On The Shared Dumpster At My Son’s Apartment Complex
16. Neighbors Are Funny. To Be Clear, This Is Not For My Dog (Don’t Have Any Furry Friends Right Now, Sadly). Just Saw This Note In The Height
“Thought it might make others laugh too.”
17. Parking Infringement With A Neighbor
“So my neighbor is a little annoying sometimes. I parked my small SUV about 1 inch on his property by mistake. I know it’s my fault this time, but she more often than not takes the liberty to park on my property, but I turn the other way. Here’s the note I got.”
18. Someone Stole An Amazon Package From Me; I Left This Note By The Elevator, And They Gave It Back
19. Passive-Aggressive Neighbor
20. The Neighbor Kid Put This Letter In My Mailbox. I’m Tempted To Do It
“Hello, dear stranger,
Would you supply me with your Wifi password?
My parents will not let me use any wifi the whole summer. Just leave the passcode here and stick this note near your mailbox.
Simple!
Sincerely,
The person who got dared to do this (money is on the line here). I play Hearthstone and can coach you for free – highest rank: rank 68, decayed to maybe 69. Thanks for your cooperation in this endeavor.”
21. This Is What I Found In My Mailbox This Morning. My Neighbor, The Lady Whom I Don’t Know Or Care About, Gave This To Me
22. Found This Note My Neighbor Left In Response To Our Management
23. Please Keep The Noise Down
24. Got Pulled Into Our Neighbor’s Note War
“Saw this note this morning and thought it was funny that we were the assumed note-leavers in the building. There’s been a constant note war going on for a year now where notes have been put up asking people to stop smoking in their apartments. Of course, these don’t deter the smokers, and the complex doesn’t have a no-smoking policy. We are the only dog owners and know this is what apartment living is like with the smoking. This is our response to being dragged into this fight. Pic of stinky dogs in question.”
25. Person Using A Blender
26. For Taping This Note To My Neighbor’s Door?
“I drop things around 1-2 times a week (typically small stuff like utensils, my phone, my AirPods case), and nearly every time I do, my neighbor will pound her ceiling at least 5 times over the span of a minute. To give my neighbor the benefit of the doubt, my apartment is pretty run-down and has super-thin walls, so I assume dropping stuff is a lot louder than usual.
Admittedly, I’ve already had 2 stomping tantrums in response to her pounding, but they only seem to escalate her pounding as she tries to find ways to make more noise. The craziest part for me is that we live 2 blocks from a train station, so it’s not like she isn’t used to noise.
This morning, I got fed up and taped the note to her window before leaving for work. I showed it to a couple of friends and family, thinking that they’d see it as a funny but relatively harmless form of retaliation, but the consensus seems to be that I’m overreacting and I should’ve complained to my apartment manager or had some sympathy for her situation (she’s around 70 years old in a wheelchair).”
27. “Couple Energy”. My Neighbors Left This On My Car Yesterday
28. Saw This Note On My Neighbor’s Door This Morning
29. So My Friend Moved Into Her University Flat This Week. Her New Neighbor Left This Note On Her Door
30. Stinky Food
“Sunday morning, I cooked chicken fried rice… The ingredients were garlic, onion, sambal, egg, chicken, kecap manis, and leftover rice. The next morning, it was egg fried rice (we love fried rice) and spam, less-sodium egg, garlic, leftover fried rice, and soy sauce.
If these are stinky for them… What else can I cook? I have never cooked food with a strong smell since moving in here. (Shrimp paste or dried fish, which I believe would really smell, NEVER) will be sending an email to the management today and see what happens.
Even knowing this neighbor’s behavior, I’m still going ahead with the portable air hood I ordered from Amazon, and I’ll also be getting an air purifier (something I’ve been planning to buy anyway, now with an extra reason).
She mentioned that I have been cooking stinky food for months. I usually cook a mix of Asian and Western dishes and love trying new recipes. Since I also work in a café kitchen, I’ve been cooking eggs and bacon for years. Honestly, even the food some people call ‘stinky’ in the comments, I don’t find stinky at all! I actually love kimchi and curry.”