Passive Agressive

[logicallefty]

My post history will reflect that at one of the three jobs I work at, I deal with some really crazy fvcking people. Lucky my other two jobs are the best people to work with. But at the bad job these people are the biggest bunch of sociopaths, psychopaths, lazy azz, unqualified pieces of sh|t your brain can think of. Then times that by 1000. Their only tool for dealing with anything is the phone to call someone else to do it for them. They beg you for help and then argue with your suggestions. They have selective mind loss and will 'forget' anything they said and lie about it without blinking an eye. They will throw anyone under the bus like it's as natural as taking a pi$$ is to a regular person. I could go on and on. What i have found out from talking to friends is that a lot of people have worked with 1 or 2 people like this sometime in their life. My problem is I work with about 15 of them and the infestation goes all the way up the management chain..

But now for the good news:

Lately I have been practicing my techniques for being passive-agressive, and it actually is helping be cope with stress at work and keep from getting fired or punching these idiots.. Because with these people you aren't allowed to get mad or show any emotion against them or then you become the bad guy. Which I have done in the past and been written up. Never punched one but I have called them out on their BS so badly that we were nose to nose getting ready to square off..

So here are some examples of how I used to deal with certain things, and how to passively agressively deal with it:

Crazy Worker: "This urgent, you have to finish it by the end of the day"
LL's Initial Reply would have been: "Wait in line, join the club. Lack of planning on your part doesn't constitute an emergency on my part"
LL's Passive Aggressive Reply instead: "Of all people around here I know you understand my job better than anyone else. So when I tell you I am swamped I know that you, better than anyone, will understand my dilemma that I won't have time to do all of it by the end of the day. I can't tell you how much I appreciate your understanding of my situation ".

Crazy Worker: "I never got your Email that said X,Y,Z"
LL's Initial Reply would have been: "Sure you didn't, and I am Bugs Bunny. Manage your Email better next time"
LL 's Passive Aggressive Reply instead: "You know, I am positive I sent that on 11/1/2016 because it's in my Sent Items but a couple other people also said they were having Email issues, so the system must not have sent it to you. I will resend it now"

Crazy Worker: "I tried calling you and you didn't answer your phone"
LL's Initial Reply would have been: "I was taking a sh|t so fvck off. Next time I will take a pic of it for you"
LL's Passive Agressive Reply: "I am so sorry I missed you. I know you really need my help desperately on this but I was in a meeting" (with myself, taking a ****)


Anyone know any other good passive aggressive techniques to share? In a bad workplace, I am really starting to believe that this is the ticket.. (Along with cover your azz, cover your azz, cover your zzz, different topic.. )

 

[Roober]

I don't do passive aggressiveness. When I do, I try to correct it. It is not good behavior to have...

 

[logicallefty]

I don't do passive aggressiveness. When I do, I try to correct it. It is not good behavior to have...

Trust me, in most of life I agree that it's a bad idea to be passive aggressive... But in my situation, it seems like the solution I have been looking for for a while now; how to cope with these people on a daily basis. Let me explain my workplace a different way: Imagine if you had to work with 15 clones of Hillary Clinton, and there is nobody to complain to because the people who you would normally reach out to for help are all Hillary Clinton clones too?

 

[SkrooU]

ehhh, those aren't passive aggressive; they're just smart a$$. Passive aggressive would be saying you'll resend it and then not doing it. Then when they ask if you resent it, you say you did, and that you'll resend it again. And just keep going with it. Then eventually send it.

I occasionally get weird with my subordinates or my own boss and peers when I'm stressed. Sometimes I'll just totally change the subject on them. For instance, if they say, "Becky is bothering me today. She's giving me dirty looks and I'm tired of her not doing her fair share of the work." Then I'll say. I don't want to make you feel uncomfortable but I have to say that you look awesome in that shirt.I'm really in the mood for some chocolate ice cream? What's your favorite flavor?
This seems to work well for me. People don't know how to respond to it.
If I get a message saying "You didn't call me like you were supposed to". Then I'll message back and say, "Bob, well how in the hell are you?. Long time no see. Don't be such a stranger from now on. You know you're very important to me. Go ahead and give me a call sometime".