Post-it note war breaks out over community flowers

Residents in a London street have kicked off what has been branded the 'most middle-class argument ever' after one local put up a sign regarding flowers growing on the pavement.

The issue started when one resident posted a hand-written note to a telegraph pole outside their home with the simple request: "Please don't pick my flowers."

Evidently, the use of "my" when referring to the yellow flowers growing on the edge of the pavement rubbed another resident the wrong way.

They responded with a second note in green pen, stating: "In an area massively affected by gentrification it’s sad to see people claiming ownership of even the flowers."

Later a third note was added, this one insisting: "Flowers on the public pavements are owned by all the community, not just the house they happen to fall in front of."

It all seemed like a bit of an overreaction to the harmless original note, and other locals agreed, adding their own opinions in what was quickly becoming a note war.

"Are you serious?" the next note demanded.

"This is not about ownership or gentrification; this is about someone trying to make the street a nicer place for everyone by planting flowers and people stealing them and stamping on them."

Someone else later added to the most recent note, scrawling their own thoughts on the yellow paper stuck to the pole.

"Totally agree. This was done with love and a spirit of community for Heaven’s sake!"

While all this drama unfolded on paper, writer and local Rachel Thompson snapped a photos of the feud and shared it to Twitter where she marvelled at the "almighty row over some flowers."

Her tweet quickly went viral, with hundreds of people on the social media platform sharing their own opinions, some calling it the 'most middle-class argument' they'd ever seen.

They also begged for an update on the ongoing flower drama and Rachel was happy to oblige, sharing another photo of a typed-up note that had been added, which outlined council policies on flowers.

It explained that the flowers had been planted and maintained by locals and as such the authors of the original note felt it was only fair for them to ask that no one pick the flowers.

Rachel added that the feud had escalated to the point that the flowers had been removed, tweeting: "Sorry to report that the debacle has ended with the original note-poster digging up the flowers to take them 'elsewhere.'"

However the note writer with the green pen wanted to have the last word, posting a final note that called it "misleading" for the residents to refer to them as "their" flowers.

"What a shame that you have taken it upon yourself to dig up the community flowers," they added.

Fortunately the original decided to put the green-penned poster in their place, adding one last post-it to the debate.

"Love, you've got plenty of spare time on your hands. Why don't you plant some flowers?" they wrote.

"'Mine' have gone elsewhere."