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Published 5 years ago by estherschindler with 1 Comments
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9 common passive-aggressive work emails and how to neutralize each of them to still get what you want

Passive-aggressive workplace emails might give you a headache. Fortunately, there are some key phrases you can use to neutralize passive-aggressive situations and still get what you want. Keep reading to see what they are.

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  • sashinator
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    "The goal of the passive-aggressive person is to get someone else to visibly act out the anger that they have been concealing,"

    Okay

    'Per my last email', 'Any update on this?', 'Please advise', 'Re-attaching for convenience'

    How are those phrases in particular helping anyone achieve a goal of getting someone to “visibly act out anger they have been concealing”?

    Also angry and concealing emotional state is technically exhibiting traits of passive aggressive behavior

    passive-aggressive

    adjective

    of or denoting a type of behaviour or personality characterized by indirect resistance to the demands of others and an avoidance of direct confrontation

    I mean, come on. If you receive an email asking for a follow-up on a discussion you had IRL and you perceive that request to be an act of hostility because you are concealing anger - is it really fair to say that the email is passive-aggressive rather than the recipient?

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