A woman’s perfectly polite response to an anonymous neighbour’s passive aggressive note about her messy garden has sent Twitter into meltdown.
Keli Thomson, 24, had an emergency refit on her kitchen at her home in Edinburgh after the floor sank while her landlord was on holiday.
Instead of taking the rubble away it was left in her garden for her landlord’s return from Italy – but this wasn’t quick enough for one of her neighbours.
The angry anonymous writer said: ‘Move the rubbish from your garden. We’ve taken photos and video recorded the mess.
‘If all the mess isn’t removed over the weekend all the evidence will be passed on to Edinburgh Council.’
Keli Thomson, 24, had an emergency refit on her kitchen at her home in Edinburgh after the floor sank while her landlord was on holiday
An angry neighbour took issue with the rubble being left in her garden until her landlord returned and wrote an anonymous note (pictured)
Ms Thomson hit back, telling the neighbour that if he/she was going to the council that she needed a recycling bin
Ms Thomson was understandably annoyed at her neighbour’s tone – and the fact that they didn’t sign off with their name.
She hit back with her own letter saying: ‘Dear angry sir/madame,
‘Thank you for making me aware of the rubbish in my garden. I had no idea, but your passive aggressive threatening note made me notice – HORAY!
‘I’m so glad you wrote to be honest, because now I know that someone else is concerned about the welfare of the garden (which no one else has helped with in the six years I’ve lived here).
‘Next time it may be useful to knock on my door. Pop around any time.
‘Also, if you contact the council, please let them know I’m still waiting for a recycling bin.’
Her response was soon ripped down and replaced with more threats about phoning the council, but Ms Thomson refused to back down, writing another note which she framed.
She again repeated her request for a recycling bin, explaining she had been keeping empty jars because she felt guilty – but unfortunately that left her cupboards smelling like garlic, which her cat does not appreciate.
Ms Thomson shared the hilarious exchange on Twitter, dubbed ‘notegate’, with the caption: ‘Walked into a passive aggressive note about bathroom rubbish from my FRESHLY done up bathroom in my garden (totally out of my control) threatening the COONCIL on me.
The exchange soon escalated into a hilarious back-and-forth dubbed ‘notegate’ – with Ms Thomson even framing some of the messages
Now other neighbours weighed in on the dispute, with one writing: ‘Please don’t speak for all of us! “The whole stair” is NOT against Flat 1’
‘They didn’t catch me on my friendliest of days.
‘How to be a cheeky c*** 101.’
She even told the unnamed writer she was going viral on Twitter, telling them their conversation already had 2,874 likes.
Now the tweet has racked up nearly 2,000 retweets and more than 13,000 likes.
Even her neighbours are getting in on her antics, leaving their own notes and stopping her in the street to talk about how funny it was that she called them a ‘s***ebag’.
One wrote: ‘Please don’t speak for all of us! “The whole stair” is NOT against Flat 1.’
Ms Thomson then shared another update, saying: ‘I am back from gigging in Aberdeen and came home to this note. The whole stair is now involved. Other neighbours have now started leaving notes. It’s Noteception. It’s EastEnders for Piershill. #NoteGate.’
She added: ‘Update: #NoteGate. Neighbours keep stopping to talk to me about my notes. They all find it amusing. No one knows the culprit yet but we have a sneaking suspicion of who.’
Twitter users have praised Ms Thomson for her polite response, with one saying: ‘Beautifully written response Keli, fair play for not sinking to their level.’
Another said: ‘Having read the thread, you’re the hero we need in this world. Do you have a stylish cape?’
One individual wrote: ‘Haha class response Keli [laughing emoji]. Take it they never popped round?’