Sometimes it's not about what you say. It's how you say it. There are people whose passive-aggressive remarks are so creative, so petty, so next level, you can't help but respect their words. Even if you're on the receiving end.
Yes, passive-aggressive behavior can be a symptom of several mental disorders, but it's not considered to be a distinct mental health condition. Even though this type of behavior can affect a person's ability to create and maintain healthy relationships and can cause problems at work, there are ways to manage it so that it doesn't have a negative impact on someone's quality of life.
So let's hope the folks who ended up on this list are managing it just fine!
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At first I thought, oh, those pants will have weird creases...and then I saw the shadow. 11/10 executioner level creative
I can't have been awake the first time I saw this post - I completely missed the shadow!
Load More Replies...Yvonne Thomas, Ph.D., a Los Angeles-based psychologist, whose specialties include relationships, told Bored Panda that passive-aggressive behavior is behavior that communicates how a person is feeling, but not in a clear or direct way. "As a result, the recipient of this behavior often may be confused or miss the real reason the person being passive-aggressive is acting or talking a certain way," Thomas explained.
As you can see in the pictures, people exhibit passive-aggressive behavior in a number of different ways. According to Thomas, they can do so through words and/or actions, and examples include slamming things, getting overly defensive, yelling, getting overly emotional, having a negative tone or words, etc. all for seemingly no reason.
Are there fines overseas if someone is caught not picking up after their dog like here in the US?
There are, but they're rarely enforced. Minor things like that are usually left on the back burner in favour of bigger things.
Load More Replies...Brilliantly said!!!! More of this sign needs to be everywhere!!! People are bloody disrespectful leaving dog s**t everywhere!
What if you're not into Yoga at all? What else would entice people to bend to clean up after? You could hang up the sign at the bottom of the trea and put a picture of a camera on it. Lol.
Nice, hey maybe it will trigger a thought process and someone will actually quit.
If uncontrolled, passive-aggressive behavior can have grave consequences to relationships between people in families, romances, and even in the workplace. So why is this destructive behavior so common?
"A person can be passive-aggressive for a variety of reasons," Thomas said. "Some of these include having a fear of confrontation or conflict, not knowing how to express oneself with direct communication, having difficulty or being unable to identify what one is feeling, having self-doubt or ambivalence about what one is thinking or feeling, not wanting to emotionally hurt the other person with the direct message, etc."
My blueberry bush disappeared... not sure the thief would know to put it in acidic/ericaceous earth.
Load More Replies...I caught a woman digging up plants from my front garden. I offered to help her with a few really good plants and gave her a fuchsia and some snow-in-the-mountain. ( Snow-in-the-mountain is a very invasive weed and it's nearly impossible to get rid of it.)
I was once parked at a local hardware store. A lady exited the front door after having made her purchases. She then walked over to a flower pot at the entrance that contained beautiful petunias, reached down and yanked a handful up by the roots. She shook the plants vigorously, leaving a trail of soil, put them in her car, then drove away. Just imagine what else these people do!
Over the course of six weeks we had every single plant removed from our front garden. We had a good idea who was responsible but couldn't prove it.
This actually happened to us. My mom and I spent the whole afternoon prepping and planting pansies on our sidewalk to make it nice. Next day, they were all gone. It felt horrible.
This passive aggressive car sticker...
OK, I legit need this sticker. I dislike driving in general, and that's one of the reasons why.
I don't know if this would work where you are, but it works in New England (US). Aim for every single pothole in the road, and swerve at the last second. Once they bottom out in 3-4 potholes, they back off.
Load More Replies...No this is a good one, like if you’re able to read this sticker then you’re too close
Well that's perfect right? It's supposed to be directed against tailgaters.
Load More Replies...There's actually sticker my mum wants that says The closer you get the slower I drive.
I don't have the sticker, but I do get slower the closer they get
Load More Replies...One of my friends has a decal that says, “if you’re gonna ride my ass, at least pull my hair” on her car. You can guess by this that she has a great sense of humor and gives no effs.
That's funny! One of my friends had a license plate frame that said "if you're gonna be this far up my ass, at least buy me dinner first."
Load More Replies...Our car say's "space its really out there" we got it from the Kennedy space station, most people get the hint...
I don't drive anymore, but 20 years ago I was driving to work, and there was a bright yellow sports car, right close behind me. I drove very carefully, kept checking my mirror, and got to work. The sports car followed me right into the staff car park, because it was driven by one of the managers in my office.
Some experts suggest that the roots of passive-aggressive behavior may lie in a person's upbringing. For example, if someone was raised in an environment where the direct expression of emotions was discouraged or not allowed, they may feel that they cannot express their real feelings more openly, so they may instead find ways to passively channel their anger or frustration.
But situational characteristics can also have an impact on passive-aggressive behavior. When you are in a situation where displays of aggression are not socially acceptable, such as dealing with business partners or certain family members, you might be more inclined to respond in a covert way when someone makes you angry.
Also, as Thomas pointed out, being assertive and emotionally open at the same time can be hard. When standing up for yourself is difficult or even scary, passive-aggression might seem like an easier way to deal with your emotions without having to confront the source of your anger.
I have no idea who Winston Wolf is (cool name though...) But this is great...
My neighbour let his home out to 2 male students. Every night was party night but Fridays and Saturdays were nightmarishly horrible. After the Police were involved in the wee small hours of Boxing Day, they didn’t stay too long afterwards. And my neighbour wondered why I wanted to kill him. Then he discovered how much they’d trashed his house. Ha, bloody ha!
I am British. They are American. No British person uses American spelling .American; MOM British: MUM. American: REALIZE British REALISE; American: NEIGHBORS. British: NEIGHBOURS .
Load More Replies...My gym is pretty passive-aggressive
Oof! A lot of males insecure in their masculinity are suddenly returning their weights.
For whomever put that sign up that means: mission accomplished
Load More Replies...As a woman I don't find it remotely insulting. Because the kind of guys who don't return their weights are the same kind of guys with severely insecure masculinity. This only targets them
Load More Replies...I like that it's a dig at insecure men, but there's no need to demean women.
It's playing into the idea that the women that work there are weak but even they can put it back .
Load More Replies...Yes, we women love when we're used as the inferior gender to try to shame other men.
Load More Replies...Nice one, now they’re all thinking while lifting “I gotta put the weights back, I gotta put the weights back”
It sounds self-explanatory, but in order to defuse passive-aggression, you have recognize it. Sulking, backhanded compliments, procrastination, withdrawal, and refusal to communicate are all tell-tale signs of passive-aggression.
"Although each situation varies, a good response to someone who is being passive-aggressive to you is to be clear and direct in a non-confrontational, calm way with that person," Thomas said. "First, point out your confusion if that person is upset about something that involves you. Let them know that his or her words or actions seem out-of-proportion and out-of-place to the given situation and that you would like him or her to tell you directly if there is something upsetting him or her related to you. Hopefully, this will either make that person aware of their passive-aggressive behavior and take steps to decrease or stop behaving in those ways and/or make it easier to share what they really are upset about."
However, if they mean no harm and you're OK with their attitude—maybe their light-hearted, poetic passive-aggression even cracks you up—share it with the Internet. We appreciate a good one-liner when we see one.
How is this passive-aggressive? this is pretty straight forward, and polite.
My roommate put this on our fridge
It disrespects and trivializes his great accomplishment.
Load More Replies...We just moved into a townhouse with a 2 car garage and my roommate doesn't quite leave me enough room to park (My car is the silver one). I came home around 2:30 and was not having it so I pulled up as close as I could to her so I could fit. I had the same amount of room on the driver side. I don't know if I could do that again so I thought I would share before this gets downvoted to usersub hell.
Solution to the problem. One of you reverse in. That way you both can access your vehicles more easily.
I woke up to find a message from my SO...
As someone in a gay (male) relationship I can only say .. yes, absolutely!
Load More Replies...When you have a hairy husband and you look at buying a vacuum cleaner for pet hair even though you don't have any pets. Every shower looks like a hamster trying to escape down the plug hole after they have finished.
I think of it much like living on the beach and expecting that there will be sand in my things...Not to mention he puts up with my long hairs ending up in random places! lol Just invest in the pet vac like you said! :)
Load More Replies...I think next time I’m going to leave a sign that says: Any hair\beard clippings left will go into a voodoo doll of you that will be rendered BALD.
My dad would always line the sink with newspaper when he shaved or trimmed his beard. Made for easy clean up!
Unfortunately I am the culprit here, I shed like a husky. I DO clean it though. (Also not a beard, just a female with with thick ass hair)
What sort of a total asshat minds the state of someone ELSE's lawn FFS?
Stupid holier-than-thou HOA guy that has no life, so he's trying his best to be elected president of said HOA.?
Load More Replies...Sigh, in one of my FB groups there was this guy superproud that his lawn didn't have any, nor "other weeds, not even a clover" and it was always "short clipped" i suggested him to just pour concrete and paint it green, so he only had to mop it every once a week. He wasn't amused.
Dandelions are wonderful!! Happy little flowers, good for the soil, helps bees, and edible! Why would anyone honestly write this not to mention that its not even their yard?
The only thing you should do with dandelions is put a bee hotel close by and have your own hostelry for our buzzy friends. A Bee & Bee!
I hate that obsession with clean lawns! If I'd have a lawn, it would be full of dandelions, lawn daisies, speedwells and other small flowers
You'd love my lawn! I don't think there's grass anywhere! (1/4 acre and a large verge)
Load More Replies...Fluffy is not amused at the thought of someone suggesting the eradication of his favorite snacks from the yard. Also, he would like to state that the bit of mustard green on his head is a fashion statement, and not the result of him being a messy eater. Fluffy-608...1b3fc9.jpg
My rabbit agree with "Fluffy the fluffliest dandelion eater ever"! And with his sense of fashion! And mr or mrs "Fakelifelesslawn" better not try to make war against plantain or she will turn into the Monty Python rabbit and send her new friend "Fluffly the dragon" burn their house while she cut them head off. Don't mess with their food!
Load More Replies...At the end of every summer, I walk around my yard kicking the dandelions that have gone to seed. This year, there's a bumper crop in every lawn in my neighborhood. Grass is a useless crop that degrades the soil of nutrients. Dandelions are cheerful and beneficial insects love them.
Me and my daughter do the same thing. It's fun plus I happen to like dandelions.
Load More Replies...Oooh, I like that. Totally goes with my general "get off my lawn" mood.
One of former neighbor’s network ID was “Move Your F*****g Car Enrique.”
One of our apartment neighbors has a wifi network called pick up your dog poo
The passive aggressive sign at I place I'm visiting.
Yes, last week our health department released info that gastro was back on the rise, cos people were relying on sanitiser instead of soap and water.
Load More Replies...Ain’t it sad though that you have to put signs up to remind grown ass people about stuff like this??!!
Some people STILL need to consider washing their hands even during a global virus panic
Oh is this a reality..so many who never wash their hands after... gross people..
And use soap. And don't touch anything, including the faucet after you wash. Use a paper towel to protect your newly cleaned hands. ~ Somebody's mother.
i wouldn't even consider this passive aggresiveness, it's just logic....
British passive aggressiveness at it's best
We had a problem on our farm with people leaving gates open. These had serious consequences like cattle moving onto roads (very dangerous), or bulls entering camps where stud cows were kept
On my dad's farm there's a sign that says.. If you don't wanna seal your fate close the gate
Have you ever known of a female leaving the seat up? Apparently you have never fallen into the commode in the middle of the night - due to the fact that you left the lights off to be POLITE?
Load More Replies...It annoys me when you see people working in a store on the cash register/till and a customer is on the phone and treating the staff like dog dirt on their shoe.
It 's the other side that goads me. When you're in a queue to waiting to be served and the cashier is having a full blown conversation with another customer about anything and everything but what the customer is buying. Especially if I'm in a rush.
Load More Replies...I’ve had this done to me lots of times at the check out process at a Dr’s office, I would go around the desk and tend to the person waiting behind them to see if they need anything before leaving , actually the person on the cell doesn’t even get upset if anything embarrassed
I used to answer the office phone while the patient was talking to me and book an appointment or two before returning my attention to them. I had a few patients complain about me being rude. The office manager always had my back and would tell them I only do that to patients who talk on their cellphones while checking in. She’d say it was a healthy dose of their own medicine.
Load More Replies...I recently went into a very small market type supermarket and my phone began to ring as I was checking out. I don't answer my phone when I am in this type of situation so I just let it ring. The woman serving me actually said "I'm so sorry I looked at you strangely, you are the first person I have served in two years who didn't answer their phone, I thought you may not have heard it" Are people really that bloody rude to speak on the phone when being served? I live in Australia and, from my experience, it is considered quite rude to speak on your phone while being served... but obviously not?
This should ne so obvious. If some calls I decline the call. If someone's already on the phone with me they are warned that I am in a queue and as soon as it's almost my turn to pay I tell them to wait and cashier has always 100% of my attention. Even as cashier myself I hated people treating me like air and throwing (!) their money on the table. The least you could do when phoning while paying is nod your effing head to me to say "Hi."....
Load More Replies...I saw a similar sign that said something like "We respect your privacy so we will not serve you until you have finished your conversation" I know that personally I would prefer to have the customer's undivided attention while I am serving them.
ugh, THIS! when I was waiting tables, I had a woman sit down whilst on her phone. I refused to go over to the table until she was finished. Next thing I know she's waving me down to complain about not being waited on yet. While she was STILL on the phone call. So i guess I was the rude one? lmao
UGH. My sister has called me while at the grocery store more than once. I just tell her I'll call her in a bit. She ALWAYS gives me some snarky version of , "Oh - you can't talk & shop at the same time?" Why yes I can, you little bitch, I simply CHOOSE NOT TO because I think it's rude to my fellow shoppers. (I literally almost recommended a certain cream to a woman discussing her YEAST INFECTION for all to hear.)
oh this used to bother me. I worked in a box office and every now and again someone would come in and use their cell phone. Sometimes that was a quick call to confirm a date, and that was less annoying then rescheduling a date later...but I recall a woman who came in while on a conversation, and left on the same conversation. I had to manage her transaction in between chatting. Like...you came in in person to deal with a person...and spent the whole time on the phone with someone?!
My dad found my passive aggressive note that I wrote to the tooth fairy. It was better than I remember.
My daughter (now in her 40s) still has the note from the tooth fairy that excused tf from leaving money, because tf had been in a crash with a grumpy gnome, but would be there tomorrow night. Actually mummy had no change.
The TF, should have given a Huge not of apology and blames the Easter Bunny, and given Triple the tips.
I did my PhD at University College, Oxford and could quite happily have thanked none of the fellows, or my supervisor, and given grateful thanks to the really nice porters in the lodge.
Ohoo...that will torture the mind of not just one person, I'm sure...nice move!
That's the dedication in "The Oxford book of Oxford" by Jan Morris, not a PhD thesis.
Passive aggressive roommate preparing for valentines day.
I think just the act of leaving a note instead of saying it directly to someone's face is the passive bit.
Load More Replies...Omg, I just had a flashback when my 4 kids and brother in law was a teenager all under one roof, still going to therapy
Just do the dishes already: if your roommates have to resort to this, you're probably a slob.
Yeah, I thought the same. However, there really are some not bad ones out there, but they come with actual gadgets, like smart watches, and such.
Load More Replies...Truthfully have had to shut down fitness apps that insisted that I should be able to jump up and do half hour runs right in the middle of customer support calls.
Duolingo does this to me... and since I am very sensitive, I always feel bad and practice my Japanese
My wife is a little passive aggressive.
True, but you just know they will claim it as harassment or delivery of biohazard or something.
Load More Replies...Lived in South Seattle and we had a prowler that would go around and rifle through the back of trucks for things to steal at our apartment complex. We had a tonneau cover on our truck, so we took my infant sons soiled diapers and put them under the tonneau in plastic bags...during a hot summer day. When we came home, tonneau was unsnapped, one bag was opened. Our truck was never touched after that.
And it smelled like soiled diapers for the next three years.
Load More Replies...I once returned dog poop to my neighbor. I did not use a bag, I used a shovel.
Uncle and aunt once lived in a semi detached and had 4 very well behaved dogs. Not noisy, not aggressive dogs either. Their neighbours just disliked dogs. Got to the stage where neighbours made threats at which point all dog poo was hurled by shovel into said neighbours garden. One dog was a Great Dane and did copious amounts of poo.
Hahaha... but if you don't explain it, then how will the priest give you advice on what to do instead of what you did and how you did it?
Confession is nothing to do with advice or helping you to reform. It's more of a business transaction- you tell them what you did and they tell you how to pay it off.
Load More Replies...Father, forgive me for I have sinned. I have a tendency to go on these long convoluted stories when confessing my sins.
You could go to bible class and torpedo them with your life’s stories. I have verybad reputation doing just that. Works like a charm. 😬
Load More Replies...Yeah, just sins and offenses, we're not here to make friends but to repent gosh darn it!
OK, get to the point yeah so you murdered someone say three rosemaries and you are good .. NEXT!!!!
List 'em, repent of 'em, and ponder on why whilst doing forty-thousand HailMarys. (Yep. Raised Catholic. BTW, true remorse kicks in right around the thirtieth Hail Mary, b/c kneelers are not really comfy, and knees ache, and you get the point. Less sin = less prayer in penance = an ability to walk like a normal person! Yes, this is how I thought at age 8.)
'Forgive me father, for I have - ' 'Say three hail marys and f**k off' NEXT!'
Not necessarily the server's fault, could be the kitchen that messed up. Unless you want your server picking apart your burger/sandwich to check, just let them the mistake and send it back. AND IF IT'S A FOOD ALLERGY ISSUE LET THEM KNOW. My ex-husband has to let ppl know he's allergic to fish so his food is cooked in a separate area (yes he's that allergic and yes tech fish and meat are supposed to be cooked in separate grills but not all places follow protocol)
Ouch. Bet the waiter or waitress went home and thought about this all night 😂
My bestie would've loved this - but she's dust now, so guess it's irrelevant.
Maybe, but don't forget California suffers from fires from time to time and need the water.
ME: How close are you to flipping your s**t on an inconsiderate neighbour? THEM: This close.
One of my neighbors always parked so poor she needed two spots. Until I was able to park in front of her and so close to her car she had to get a few feet backward before driving off. Boom, problem solved. Now she only needs one space.
Once someone parked their car actually touching mine. I wrote n large letters on a sheet of sketching paper & left on their windshield: The right to park your car ends where my car begins.
Now you just need another neighbour to park in front of him in the same way. Perfect.
my mom did it to our neighbors, and when they let their dog sh*t on our yard, we saw them look through one of our windows with a guilty look. busted.
Load More Replies...that would have been just aggressive if they had not written the note first. Do you know why the word "through" was rewritten?
Load More Replies...I collected (in closed plastic bags) all of my three cats crap out of their litter box for one month then at night delivered it spread out in the hedges down the street in the lawyer's house that lets his dog crap on my lawn.
My husband wrapped up our neighbor's poop from her German Shepard and left it in her mailbox.
I HAVE done something similar - I taped the poop in a see-thru plastic bag to their front doors. The rest of the neighbors were totally on My side.
My mother in law got tired of asking the lady in back of her to stop letting her dog poop in her back yard, right under where she hung her clothes up to dry. So my mother in law pick the next pile up and put it on top of the neighbor’s clean basket of laundry. BTW everyone hung their clothes out.
Yes! They could’ve added that this person would be Number One on their suspect list if there’s ever a fire in the building’s laundry room—-and they will give both full name and apartment number to the police and fire investigators.
Load More Replies...I find cleaning the lint screen/filter thingy on my dryer really satisfying for some reason. xD
I once had to put up a sign up on the microwave at work to say” please be considerate of the next person using the microwave and clean up after yourself or simply just put a napkin over your food”I was so heated that day I was hangry and had to spend 15 minutes of my lunch time to clean it
If the dryer is leaving pubs in the lint screen, maybe you should think in buying a new washing machine...
She should put the nightstand on the other side of the bed. Maybe the person sleeping next to the wall is having troubles from having such a horrible sleeping situation. And it impacts the relationship. Nobody’s bed needs to be shoved against the wall like that.
I don't think that's even a bed. It looks like a mattress that's been shoved into one corner of the room and covered in bedsheets. I agree with that being enough to really negatively impact their relationship.
Load More Replies...I like seeing the art ( graffiti ,) on the freight trains. Gives you a mini art show while you are waiting.
Load More Replies...Dear Graffiti Artists, Come back when you are at Banksy level. Sincerly, Management.
Ha, sucks to get schooled by a freaking condominium building. I can just hear the business major Chad who composed this sign reading it in his bro-y voice. Sigh. New Portland sux
Passive aggressive evangelizing
"Closely" - if you're going to be a smart-ass at least used correct English; it'll enhance your image. Or not.
Passive aggressive grammarian says "Are you following Jesus this closely?" vs "Are you following this close to Jesus?"
This is what happens when people submit passive-aggressive office memos where I work.
I hate it when people are wrong and when they get called out they choose to be jerks
That is bloody petty on the slob who normally can’t be arsed, i’m with the OP on this one
No wonder people prefer working from home. Who needs this agro every day?
Had a cute one stolen from my porch in 1974. Ever since I have been cautious putting anything the slightest bit attractive out front. Curse you 1974 porch thief.
My wife made me a passive aggressive flow chart to use every time I get hungry
If he's that much of an inconsiderate, messy ass that he never cleans up after himself, I think his wife wasn't nearly as savage as she could've been.
Guess like many, she's sick of being treated like the home help! 💜
I'm laughing because I just sent birthday greetings to a wonderful young woman whose husband (brilliant, talented, personable, funny) is named Robbie.
My hubz needs a flow chart for cleaning up the kitchen after he cooks.
Too much effort! I would put them in the bag and throw them to the lazy person's room!!
uhhhhh.... my husband.... amazing at sooooooooo many things, except cleaning up after himself....
I used to leave little notes on things like dirty socks on the floor. They'd say, "I'm not concerned with these socks getting into the hamper because I know mom will pick them up and put them in for me so I don't show up next week saying I'm out of clean socks."
I was in the restroom at work having meal break when a colleague came in and made toast, took a knife out of the drawer , buttered his toast, licked the knife clean and put in back in the drawer and walked out the room his toast on a plate. I put the while contents of cutlery drawer in the sink with hot water and washing up liquid , went out and told supervisor, . He refused to speak to culprit stating it would be bullying them!
I saw one that said 'If you pee everywhere when it's right in front of you and less than a few inches away then it's too small. Take a seat and protect your shoes'
This is my pet peeve of the century, as I’m dancing around to pee, probably a bladder infection in process, all while cleaning the toilet seat
Saw a sign on a bathroom door once. "If you sprinkle when you tickle, please be neat and wipe the seat."
Anything but listening to women, though! Their parts might fall off if they actually listened to women.
Load More Replies...The lack of empathy some people suffer from is stunning. Would it hurt them to just trust women on that matter?
Next news: Apple study confirms that its last five iPhones are all the same, just the number and the price go up every year.
M*n find out that what woman say is true and should be heard WHAAAAA
What editor decided this was print worthy? or intelligent? or not absolutely stupid?
Well honestly there’s a lot of guys and some women who think cramps are fake or are being hugely exaggerated.
Load More Replies...I Need Some Of These
Yeah, it’s more “harshly incredibly aggressive”
Load More Replies...Just keep a tin of sardines handy and pour then into the air intake for the ventilation.......as a nice long reminder
My brother-in-law is paralyzed and when anyone that is not handicapped and parks in a handicapped space, he and his handicapped friends will spray paint their car.
I am sorry to hear about your brother, people that park in handicap places are cruel and selfish.
Load More Replies...My father worked at the local newspaper and had some cards printed (before everyone had a printer at home) that read about "If you f*ck like you park you'll never get one in".
I used to have cards that said, "The line should go on the outside of the car. It's not for centering."
I didn't even see the colored in triangle. 🤦♂️Confused the hell out of me.
*As a mom* Wow! that's a really low 'V', go put something else on or maybe a blouse underneath.
I woulda done "Why'd You Only Call Me When You're High?"
Load More Replies...Holy hell, I used that song on Facebook recently for the same reason.
I forced a project manager to come to my office to experience why I couldn't work with the noise and vibrations of a bridge removal occurring right outside my window. It was like a war zone 10 hours a day.
passive agressive gas station
It's an educational message! Later on when you can't see the screen and ARE wearing sunglasses, you might remember to remove them.
Load More Replies...If they’re wearing their sunglasses, they won’t be able to read to take them off in order to read the sign. LOL
As far as I know, no one left Garbage. They have an album coming out in June. Also, "Thanks for the Rats" would be a great tribute band name.
For the person who created this sign, thank you for the proper grammar!
I just had to see if the site existed. Sad to say, it does not.
Load More Replies...*fake cheerful voice* Just use Simply Guitar and you'll get better in 40 hours!
*** Sure, Timny. Like starting with 3 asterisks.... & ending wirh 3 exclamation marks !!!
i dosent matter if he can't use punctuation as long as you can read it a**hole
Load More Replies...Tis an unpunctuated sign Very popular in some parts of the world I m think n
Based on the size of sign I believe that the oxford comma would not fit w/out the sign becoming too crowded to read.
My name is Emplyes Mustwashhands. No it's not. Okay, it's Max. Max what? Max ImumOccupanci250
lol. me and my dad would be rich if we did this. the amount of people making u turns in our drive way is insane.
Load More Replies...Why is this an issue? I never understood why it bothers some people. Will your driveway get used up?
Yeah, my parents used to leave near the end of a dead-end road that used to be a sizable through-road to get to the other side of town. This was back in the day of maps, and many maps still showed that the road was there. A dozen or more cars a day would turn around in their driveway, including many commercial trucks. after a few years, the end of their driveway was crumbling while the rest of it was fine. They ended up replacing the end of the driveway with heavy-duty reinforced concrete. It cost a lot of money, but prevented any more problems. They complained to the city, and they put up a "dead-end" sign near the end of the road, but many people either didn't see it, or just ignored it.
Load More Replies...This is just wrong like they have never donw that wtf is wrong with them
Can relate to that. Live on a crescent here and the lazy 'people' can't be bothered to drive the extra 30 seconds, instead they drive over the lowered pavement and use the driveway to turn around. The problem is the driveway is short and our cars get hit and the people drive off and fitting a gate isn't an option.
should be glad they don't use your lawn instead of the DRIVEWAY PARKWAY
That's just LAME... what's wrong with people doing that? Didn't affect him/her in the slightest.
Anybody else notice it is almost always the men in an office who expect to be picked up after? Having a uterus does not make me your maid.
You are saying sales people are better than the low level office personnel, that’s hogwash and in the same breath because you are sales person making more money than the other office people you shouldn’t have to make coffee, that’s hogwash. I was in outside sales for thirty years and we all made coffee or brought in donuts. We were a team and we all pitched in. With your kind of attitude I don’t know how you can be in sales and be good at your job.
sofa cushion fort - the idea is to clean up after yourself, not to have to clean up after others. Perhaps the note should have read, "Your mother doesn't work here, clean up after yourself."
No, it's a way of saying; "I don't f*cking care who you are or what position you have, clean your sh*t yourself. Your mother doesn't work here."
Load More Replies......but then he kept learning (insert language) without you.
Load More Replies...I didn't sense the passive-aggressiveness when I was younger and I just felt bad.
A really passive aggressive license plate I saw today.
I see nothing funny, clever, passive, aggressive, passive-aggressive, or sensible here
Our boss send out an email and asked us to put up a sign in order to be more cautious about printing in color. Let the games begin
He can just change the settings as an admin and prohibit color printing, if it's that important. Or remove the cartridge.
Honestly though, the color toner capsules for this copier are only $50 each, with a 26,000 page yield. How tight is their budget that this is a major concern?
it might have to do with that one person who uses that really hard to read font color. Or the several people that change the color for every damn word, making things hard to read.
Load More Replies...This shirt from china is unintentionally passive aggressive
My teacher did this to me once...I don't think she likes me just because I am online
Doubt being online makes a difference..... Some teachers are just done, and simply need to retire
Load More Replies...Probably had a bunch of questions from students about the file that said "ungraded". Or students kept asking why their stuff isn't graded yet even while looking in the "ungraded" file
Load More Replies...A passive aggressive album poster by while she sleeps (UK metal band)
If their feet smell like ass I wonder what their ass smells like 🤔
I love HImmer Athletic. "Go jog of we hit you wit a mallet!"
Load More Replies...Ours says "Hot" then the display changes to "End"and then changes back to "Hot" etc etc..
My girlfriend buys passive-aggressive coffee filters
It's a commonly used coffee filter. Nothing special about it.
Load More Replies...First, FSC is the Enron of environmentalism, a shill that allows big companies to slap a label on a box to look good. Second, if she's really that worried about environmental impact of the paper, why not go with a filterless coffeemaker that doesn't use any? You can get a cheap one for less than this box costs ($38 on Amazon).
Poor son. I wouldn't be surprised if that's one of those Super-Christs banning their sons from their lives for being gay.
Or for being an Atheist. Sadly, it isn't that uncommon that people obsessed with their religion shove it into other people, often all the time.
Load More Replies...Hey, lady? I think I can hazard a pretty solid guess as to why your son isn't talking to you.
A father and his friend showed up at my kid's HS. He was trying to get his daughter to repent. They had electric bullhorn 6 foot signs, it was nuts. She ran, he still has not found her (She is ok and with adults that are not crazy from what I understand and is getting an attorney to be emancipated.
ummmmm, we don't know what he did. He could be taking drugs or something, who knows?
Load More Replies...Trying to teach my girlfriend how the thermostat works
Someone is graduating to being a proper "dad"... already teaching the 1st of many how the thermostat works
you sound like you have some experience with that
Load More Replies...I assume left is cold and right is warm? Why do you want to be cold? We invented houses and heating to be out of the cold.
Low heat = low bill = more money = more presents. High heat = high bill = less money = less presents.
Load More Replies...and not every mom would get four checks in the "being a mom" category
Load More Replies...Maybe Mom doesn’t cook? Dad or whoever might be the designated chef.
Load More Replies...I'm definitely going to be getting a similar note in the near future. My seven year old's maths homework is getting a bit much for me now....bit embarrassing. In my defense they changed the methods since I was a kid, and will only accept the new one. Also, l'm obviously not the sharpest tool in the box 😂
Hey, don't be too hard on yourself. New math is seriously different and tough to us old-schoolers!!
Load More Replies...You've clearly never eaten my mom's cooking. The whole family (including my girlfriend and teenage son) cooperate to keep her out of the kitchen.
Load More Replies...I like that there's only Excellent, Great, and Average, but no bad!
Doesn't it have a lock? I've never used the light as an indication of occupancy.
Oh the kind of people who leave the light on are also the kind of people who can't use a lock
Load More Replies...On the other side of the coin, this training can backfire. Ever been in a multi-stall public bathroom, in the middle of doing your “business”, and the other person who was there when you arrived finishes up and turns the light off as they leave? Those windowless rooms get really dark dark when the light’s off. And there you are, peeing and/or pooping in pitch black dark until someone else comes into the room. Of course, you wait until they’re in another stall before you leave. But you’ll never know whether they hear you leave, put two and two together, and think you must have some weird fetish about going potty in the dark.
If only there was some other way of ascertaining whether a bathroom was in use - perhaps some kind of device that prevented a door from being opened, and revealed a sign that said something like "Engaged" or "In Use".
Our college had signs that said "If you are the last one to leave, please turn off the lights to save energy." While sitting in a stall in a women's restroom, I hear a girl enter..use the facilities and, as she leaves, turns off the light. The restroom also had no windows. Maybe we should add a line that says..."Make sure no one else is in here before turning off the light." You know how hard it is to wipe your a$$ and find your way to a sink in pitch black darkness.
It also attracts bugs, primarily ants, and may prompt management to stop providing sugar entirely. I mean, if you’re getting something for free that can very easily be taken away or charged for, then take care of it please. Management tends to punish everyone for one asshole slob’s selfishness—-who will not be very popular once outed. Solution? Just don’t be that person.
look at all that spilt sugar on the counter. makes the design look like churros.
Had neighbours complaining to the housing office that I was feeding the birds. Their reply "Of course she is. We give her the bird food. She is the only resident who agreed to have a humane trap for the pigeons that you complained about."
This one doesn't even make any sense. Why is someone sweeping up crumbs from outside?
Not really passive aggressive, in this situation you have to be blunt to save people from injury or worse
I mean, you could put that sign on every door and not be wrong. Except the part about the steps.
and waste a perfectly good opportunity to improve future generations?
Load More Replies...My boyfriend says I'm passive aggressive.
I gotta agree wit the third, next comment. I forgot eggs a few times them remembered so I got a 60 pack. Also pepper brought back a mega big thing of pepper. Yes I have a bad memory....
I'm going to go out on a limb and say since the card is from "Jen" the card is from her, not him. So why cant she buy her own pepper? Hmm?
Load More Replies...She is. And she bought the wrong kind of pepper. Pre-ground pepper is basically gray dust, she might as well not have bothered.
It doesn't even have to be an exotic pepper. Just get whole peppercorns and grind them as you need them. I bet she buys pre-ground coffee too. Or instant even.
Load More Replies...I never get this. If THIS is the preffered path to take by obviously everybody, maybe, juuuust maybe, this should be the one paved.
The paths that appear when people all take the same route are called desire lines, isn't that sweet? Anyway, one of our new parks a few years ago was left without any paths for a few months to see where people naturally wander, and then those areas were turned into official paths, which is a good idea I reckon.
Load More Replies...It would be better to delay pouring paved paths until you see where the traffic patterns are.
Apparently planners call the people who make these short cut paths meandethals.
My work has a "stay on pedestrian path" sign. There's a path going to the bus stop that's only dirt.
Pleaded the peeved people, practically palpitating. (from The Pest, John Cooper Clarke)
This is not the paved path that they want you to use, but the worn path from people just walking there. These 'desire lines' (as another commented said) are the ways that the most people prefer to walk. I really think that they should be the official paths, because that just makes sense.
Load More Replies...The university I went to did a redevelopment of a large courtyard. They did the whole thing in grass, then paved the paths where people walked
My guess is a thermostat. I had a coworker who just couldn't process how a thermostat worked. If they were cold they would turn it all the way up and then when they became too warm, turn it all the way down, they couldn't process that he furnace would cycle itself automatically to maintain a preset temperature.
Load More Replies...This seems trivial... could have said what settings. My lady likes larger font so I make all the fonts larger....
I had to put a sign up like this after being asked for the 5th time, for the sixth time though I had to put up a sign that said read the other sign
What is it with all of the negativity on BP these days? It seems like every day there's an article like "Here's a list of people who visited a different country and the things they hated about it," "Here's a list of people acting like jerks," or "Here's an opportunity to upvote someone talking about hating and sneering at things that give other people joy." It's tedious and ugly.
I know I’m gonna get downvoted for this, but you and all the people agreeing with you are hating on how much hate is on BP 🤣🤣🤣
Load More Replies...Aggression, in a passive way, ie no physical harm is done. Not sure why people are down voting you for an honest question.
Load More Replies...What is it with all of the negativity on BP these days? It seems like every day there's an article like "Here's a list of people who visited a different country and the things they hated about it," "Here's a list of people acting like jerks," or "Here's an opportunity to upvote someone talking about hating and sneering at things that give other people joy." It's tedious and ugly.
I know I’m gonna get downvoted for this, but you and all the people agreeing with you are hating on how much hate is on BP 🤣🤣🤣
Load More Replies...Aggression, in a passive way, ie no physical harm is done. Not sure why people are down voting you for an honest question.
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