Best passive aggressive/petty moments..

[LittleMissUnreasonable]

The other day I was trying to park in one of those private run car parks where there are no designated spaces. There was only one quite awkward space left and there was another car behind me who was practically sat on my tail trying to get this awkward spot. I decided to reverse out and find another car park but this tailgating car was not letting me go go as they were so hell-bent on getting this space and were trying to go around me. I just thought screw it and drove into the spot as I had nowhere to go. You could practically see the red mist coming from the driver's ears as they had to reverse and find another car park 😤

Another consistent one is that we have a manager who will without fail walk up to a small group of colleagues with a query and direct it to the men, completely ignoring the women. So now, even if I know the answer and the male colleague doesn't, I will just get on with my work and not intervene. It's funny to see the manager flapping around trying to work out the answer when he could have just asked...you know...a woman😱

Agree with @EinsteinaGogo How would you like someone to do that to you? That's just plain aggressive not passive aggressive

If my OH annoys me during the day, which is rare, I'll talk to him about it and see if we can resolve things. Unless I think the annoyance is more to do with me and my mood, in which case I just let it go. I can't imagine ever wanting to kick him, let alone when he's asleep and vulnerable.

Many of these responses are aggressive rather than passive aggressive. Nothing passive about kicking your partner or punching someone who's annoyed you.

Learn to communicate clearly rather than play these mind games or exact revenge.

My one (writting upthread)was definitely passive aggressive but I only resorted to that after my colleague refused to accept clear and logical communication.

The thread is passive aggressive OR petty actions. Punching someone in the face is neither, but waking someone up because they annoyed you earlier is petty.

waking someone up because they annoyed you earlier is petty.

Not if you wake them up by kicking them it isn't. That's just aggressive.

Yep! I'm amazed your post is still showing though, as she seems to have reported anyone who has contradicted her.

I'm not sure it counts as PA or petty, however I once had a job where I was bullied by a colleague. It transpires that she interviewed for my role also...

During my first week, when we were alone together in the office she hissed at me that I would need her help but wasn't going to get it and during my 6 months in the role, she would ignore me and do whatever she could to sabotage my work.

She was however daft enough to accept the offer of a cuppa when I was making one. What she didn't know was that when I made her tea, I would always add a little bit of the dirty water from the washing up bowl in the kitchen to her cup.

😳

The present thing is probably my only PA tendency that I can recall...if I don't like a parent (and this will only if they've been a knob!) I always gift either playdoh, something with glitter in it or slime on birthday's.

Ahhh yes - glitter, the craft herpes - once you have it, you are never getting rid of it!

Woman I work with is a right bitch. And an incredibly self-absorbed one at that. We all have false ideas about what it’s like to have kids before we have them and get a swift dose of reality when we actually do, but she really takes the cake.

All her eye rolling when worried mums have had to dash off or call in on account of sick or injured kids, all her ideas about how much women should or shouldn’t work when they have kids, the nasty comments about women’s bodies after pregnancy etc etc. Obviously a clear pattern here as I’ve never heard a peep about the menfolk.

Well, it’s her time to shine. Now she’s pregnant. Hope she’s ready… 🙂

Oh, and before the thread police come for me I realise my post isn’t passive aggressive, but I am indulging in a number of petty thoughts about said colleague.