People Divulge The Exact Moment They Realized Their Workplace Was Toxic
January 12 | 2021
Leaving a stable job is a weighty choice. Good salary, benefits, friendships with co-workers, and room for upward growth are all factors that may entice someone to stay put.
<p>But sometimes those positive elements can cloud a person's vision.</p><p>In fact, there may be a slew of factors that make the job absolutely miserable, and they're all being silenced by a person's focus on the positives. </p><p>But then, in a single instant, the cons outshine the pros: a manager does something stupid or unfair, "legal" begins to seem like an optional concept to the higher ups, or somebody in the office is just plain inappropriate. </p><p>Suddenly, there is clarity. The only drawback? Realizing that maybe the person should've listened to their gut a little sooner. </p><p>Expwar asked, <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kr5li2/when_was_the_moment_you_realized_your_workplace/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">"When was the moment you realized your workplace was toxic?"</a><br></p>
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A Constellation of Toxic Variables
<p>"I had a job where my girlfriend's Mother was my boss, so I guess the moment I realized my workplace was toxic was when my girlfriend cheated on me and then my girlfriend's Mom hired the guy she cheated on me with."</p><p>"In hindsight, probably more than just the workplace was toxic."</p><p>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kr5li2/when_was_the_moment_you_realized_your_workplace/gi7pjez?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">the-cschnepf</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_36" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Mafia Ethics
<p>"When someone was called into the manager's office, then returned to box up their desk and leave. When I asked the manager if she was okay, I was told, 'We don't talk about people after they leave.'"</p><p>"If someone quit or was fired, they were just never mentioned again. It was creepy AF."</p><p>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kr5li2/when_was_the_moment_you_realized_your_workplace/gi7mltv?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">solar-shock</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_2" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Power HungerĀ
<p>"They fired a new father the day before Christmas eve because he missed a month of work due to his wife getting very sick after giving birth, he didn't try to get medical leave or anything because he was worried about his wife and taking care of his newborn."</p><p>"Second one was when I sat in on a leadership meeting, I worked at the time as almost a bridge between two sides of the company and all the leaders did was gossip about their employees and talk about who they wished they could get rid of, and who annoyed them."</p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_3" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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<p><br>"One of them was a new leader and they were friends with these people a month ago."</p><p>"The meeting was about how to improve morale on the floor and the end result was a competition for a 25 gift card to the company store that is nothing but company apparel that no one wants anyway... it didn't work."</p><p>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kr5li2/when_was_the_moment_you_realized_your_workplace/gi7p9g5?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Earthwick</a></p>
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Look at Your Shoes, Look at Your Shoes
<p>"When our boss got into a screaming match with one of the managers (his daughter) in the middle of the office."</p><p>"I'd just started there 3 weeks ago and it was absolutely mind boggling to watch. I looked around at my coworkers and everyone was just looking away, doing their best to stay quiet and not look at either of them."</p><p>"Person at the desk next to mine saw my shocked face and whispered 'they do this a lot. Just ignore it.'"</p><p>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kr5li2/when_was_the_moment_you_realized_your_workplace/gi7yvje?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">thrown12212020</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_5" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Incentives All Out of WhackĀ
<p>"One of my job's metrics for how our performance is graded by is 'on time departure.' We get so many points if we're within -10, -5, 0, 5 or 10 min from scheduled."</p><p>"People try to cheat by tampering with the clocks and that's a punishable offense."</p><p>"I was good at leaving early or on time most of the times. Got a call one day to warn me that I was under investigation because I had the most points in the company."</p><p>"They assumed that I was cheating, that's when I knew I had to go. I wasn't going to start being late to avoid repercussions."</p><p>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kr5li2/when_was_the_moment_you_realized_your_workplace/gi7wysz?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">wearsAtrenchcoat</a></p>Skipping TownĀ
<p>"We reached a point where we regularly had to wait to cash our paychecks. We basically were told we had to get orders completed and paid for, in order for the account to have enough money to pay us."</p><p>"During this time, the boss went on a vacation which was <em>just great</em> for morale."</p><p>"My manager had to take a day off, effectively putting me in charge for the day. I texted my manager, 'What should I do if the IRS shows up? lol.' 2 hours later an IRS agent did stop in looking for my boss."</p><p>"I found a new job not long after."</p><p>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kr5li2/when_was_the_moment_you_realized_your_workplace/gi80dp5?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">ghost-0427</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_6" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Left Out in the WildĀ
<p>"I once got asked if a wanted a different position, away from coding, into project management. I said, okay, if you help me set it up and give some guidance."</p><p>"The next week I got a project, through a binder being placed on my desk and the words, this is your project, good luck. Before I could react, they were out the door."</p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_7" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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<p><br>"I had a hard time getting projects started, worked on common sense and some help from coworkers taking pity on me. I made a checklist for software deployments, for instance, but when I told in a rare department meeting that I made such a checklist, I was told sternly not to waste time on stuff I couldn't charge customers with."</p><p>"After the confusing meeting, several coworkers asked me for a copy of the useful list... It still took me some 2 years of working 60+ hours a week, to make my way out the door. (And got a 65% raise starting the next job.)"</p><p>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kr5li2/when_was_the_moment_you_realized_your_workplace/gi7to1m?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">gozba</a></p>
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"Hurtful For This Man to Hear..."
<p>"A couple of female coworkers went to the HR manager to file a complaint about sexism in the workplace, related to the same guy."</p><p>"They got told by the HR manager and their boss that the company wasn't gonna do anything about it, because it would be very hurtful for this man to hear that his behaviour was wrong..."</p><p>"Later when some anonymous survey showed that employees were really not as happy as they(company) were claiming on social media, and people even felt discriminated against in the workplace..."</p><p>"...they brushed it under the carpet saying people were just too stressed when they filled in the survey, like that is not a problem on its own."</p><p>"Many more of these kinds of things, but that's defo when I realised I had to get out."</p><p>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kr5li2/when_was_the_moment_you_realized_your_workplace/gi7woii?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">uselessacount4ever</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_8" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Terminally Mixed Messages
<p>"In college I had a part time job at a big retailer selling appliances. They would generally have a promo of either 0% financing or free delivery, one or the other but not both."</p><p>"That being said, there was a workaround where we could still give people both, and multiple members of our management team told us that if that was the only way to get the sale to do it."</p><p>"2 months later they fired half the department for doing what we were told to do. I quit right after that."</p><p>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kr5li2/when_was_the_moment_you_realized_your_workplace/gi7vy12?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">Marijuanavich</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_9" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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NOT Your Fixer
<p>"When a boss told me to go to the port to bribe the officials there to release several containers of materials for the hotel we were building."</p><p>"I did not (and neither did that chickensh**)."</p><p>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kr5li2/when_was_the_moment_you_realized_your_workplace/gi7ph9j?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">BillionTonsHyperbole</a></p><div id="taboola-mid-article-1x1" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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You would not believe the amount of people that poop inappropriately at work.
<p>These stories come from the belly of the beast, where reports of truly bizarre behavior at work are voiced and documented, to become oral tradition on a Reddit thread. </p><p>Insane Human Resources issues like these give the sense that because work is the very last place to act inappropriately, people go to great lengths to do so on the sly. And those attempts at subtly make things even stranger. </p><p>Strange living arrangements, ceiling tile secrets, and misplaced sexual energy are apparently not uncommon complaints to the HR Department. </p><p>Dankuser2020 asked, <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/gdwxlw/people_who_work_in_human_resources_what_is_the/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">"People who work in Human Resources, what is the weirdest sh*t you have seen?"</a></p>
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Finger Pointing (No. 2 Version)
<p>"Call center employee calls HR to complain about their supervisor: 'He's abusive... he won't even let me leave my desk.' Supervisor calls HR to complain about employee: 'Can you please tell ____ that she's allowed to leave her desk. Oh my god... she's shi**ing in her trashcan!' "</p><p>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/gdwxlw/people_who_work_in_human_resources_what_is_the/fpkdyzk?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">JayArlington</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_36" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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'Unravel"
<p>"Caught a site manager with like 50+ pairs of panties hidden all over his office in Ziploc bags, a multitude of sex toys, and over 100k in cash stuffed in ceiling tiles. Took awhile to unravel all of that." -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/gdwxlw/people_who_work_in_human_resources_what_is_the/fpkcphz?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">kimurasftw</a></p><p style="margin-left: 20px;">"So what did you do with the $75K?" -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/gdwxlw/people_who_work_in_human_resources_what_is_the/fpl4zqt?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">Stunt_the_Runt</a></p><p style="margin-left: 20px;">"Who would leave their Ziploc bags? Those things are expensive as f*ck." -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/gdwxlw/people_who_work_in_human_resources_what_is_the/fplv2tl?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">Hammer_Jackson</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_2" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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The Perfect Crime
<p>"Guy came in to the interview in sweatpants and a hoodie, and said he didn't need the job because of how much money he was making illegally, but he wanted to have a job so the IRS didn't get suspicious."</p><p>"Weirdest part is I don't live in America, I very much doubt the IRS cares about Canadian tax returns."</p><p>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/gdwxlw/people_who_work_in_human_resources_what_is_the/fpkapxg?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">Canuckleball</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_3" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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A Legal Nightmare
<p>"The family of the guy who passed away came to speak to us (it was in a factory environment). To get pension docs etc. We sent them away with a to do list."</p><p>"1 hour later reception pinged us saying Mr Xs family was here. Strange. The documents take a few days to get."</p><p>"Nope. New family."</p><p>"Yup. The guy had 2 different families, who were about to have a fun surprise."</p><p>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/gdwxlw/people_who_work_in_human_resources_what_is_the/fpkhs7p?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">meg_w1111</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_4" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Nick of Time
<p>"My dad works in HR. He just told me about a day when they had to layoff about half of the company. It was crazy and there were a whole lot of moving parts that day."</p><p>"Unfortunately, in all the craziness, no one remembered to tell this one new hire that sadly the position he was hired for was no longer affordable."</p><p>"So he came in to the office only to see everyone clearing out their desks and leaving. And then...he got laid off. An hour into his first day."</p><p>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/gdwxlw/people_who_work_in_human_resources_what_is_the/fpkb9wr?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">Stopman</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_5" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Glorious Lunch Breaks
<p>"Two people had cut a hole in the wall between their offices. They pushed their filing cabinets to hide the hole on both sides. Cleaning staff was asked to deep clean the offices one day and they found the hole."</p><p>"Both parties involved were married, not to each other. They were having sex through the wall."</p><p>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/gdwxlw/people_who_work_in_human_resources_what_is_the/fpkfbgs?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">Diamonddeamons</a></p>Just Trying to Get Ahead
<p>"The maintenance guy had been living up above the ceiling of the building. He had built a little cubby living area with electricity and a small fridge and everything." -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/gdwxlw/people_who_work_in_human_resources_what_is_the/fpk4h2q?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">StaceysDad</a></p><p style="margin-left: 20px;">"I respect that hustle so hard."</p><p style="margin-left: 20px;">"Imagine how far ahead you could get in life if you didn't have to pay rent/utilities for just 1 year. I could afford a reasonable down payment on a house and stop this rent hell feedback loop." -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/gdwxlw/people_who_work_in_human_resources_what_is_the/fpknrj1?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">Neat_On_The_Rocks</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_6" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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What Luck!
<p>"I used to work at a staffing agency that placed people at manufacturing positions. Everyone had to be drug tested at the office as part of the orientation."</p><p>"One guy failed his drug test at the lab. He came back to the office claiming that it wasn't his fault."</p><p>"He explained that he he was riding in a car and he stuck his head of the the window. Then, when the car passed under a bridge, someone threw a bunch of cocaine off the bridge, it hit him in the face, and he accidentally inhaled it."</p><p>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/gdwxlw/people_who_work_in_human_resources_what_is_the/fpk5u92?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">dailysunshineKO</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_7" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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A Digital Classroom of Sorts, I Suppose
<p>"One of the candidates I was interviewing via Skype had a porn site up and open during a shared screen trial (to see how well he can use the digital classroom)."</p><p>"I had to remind him I can see his screen he goes, 'Oh yeah, sorry.' Next, instead of just closing it from the corner of his partially hidden window, he clicks open the window in full view and THEN closes it."</p><p>"That was nice."</p><p>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/gdwxlw/people_who_work_in_human_resources_what_is_the/fpk687v?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">SoBreezy74</a></p><div data-conversation-spotlight style="min-height:90px"></div>
Gotta Keep it Fresh
<p>"Guy that carried a cooler every day was wiping sh!t on random walls and desks. It was his sh*t in his cooler. We thought it was his lunch. He got caught when he wiped it on the front desk directly in sight of the camera."</p><p>"Another guy had a colostomy bag that he refused to empty when it got full. You would find these trails of liquid poo randomly and we had to throw out four chairs that he ruined. He was fired quickly and tried to claim discrimination because he was a veteran."</p><p>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/gdwxlw/people_who_work_in_human_resources_what_is_the/fpk5kwb?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">cincyfan04</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_8" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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People Are Sharing The Corporate Catchphrases That We All Know Mean A Whole Lot More Than What's On The Surface
January 31 | 2020
A Twitter user kicked a hornet's nest with a question that keyed on the site where some of modern life's most biting, passive aggressive behavior goes down:
THE WORK EMAIL.
But unlike a swarm of poisonous insects, this "hornet's nest" is downright hilarious and wildly relatable to so many people.
<p>Twitter user delia paunescu (@deliap) is the hero of the day. She's clearly been working with plenty of office life's most wishy-washy divas lately. </p><p class="shortcode-media shortcode-media-twitter_embed">
</p><div id="f9f68" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="R6FCHI1580508322"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1222550811802247173" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">i've recently become obsessed with all the insane corporate ways we say normal things to each other.
"Iām a littleā¦ https://t.co/HKWzdrTJVF</div> ā delia paunescu (@delia paunescu)<a href="https://twitter.com/delia_p/statuses/1222550811802247173">1580313802.0</a></blockquote></div>
<p></p><p>Apparently plenty of other people have at least noticed the very unique vernacular of corporate life, as just over 21,000 replies proves. </p><p>Or perhaps "noticed" doesn't quite get at the heart of these repliers' emotions. Perhaps "seethed" is better. </p><p><strong>Or maybe "interpreted with horror" is more accurate.</strong> </p><p class="shortcode-media shortcode-media-rebelmouse-image">
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</p><p>After all, this passive aggression isn't about dishes in the apartment. Healthcare benefits, Paid Family Leave and Casual Friday's are on the line here, people. </p><p><strong>This oneāthe fake apology with a left hookāis a classic.</strong></p><p class="shortcode-media shortcode-media-twitter_embed">
</p><div id="5fde6" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="QNTLQP1580508322"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1222601206490636290" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">@delia_p @mattdpearce āIām sorry; I think my email/statement probably wasnāt clear. Hopefully this helpsā = youāreā¦ https://t.co/gjFl0adD0I</div> ā Naima Cochrane (@Naima Cochrane)<a href="https://twitter.com/naima/statuses/1222601206490636290">1580325817.0</a></blockquote></div>
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</p><div id="58d2d" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="1ADBXY1580508323"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1222557011826491392" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">@delia_p Maybe not insufferable but I absolutely love how āper my last emailā is code for ādo you even know how to fāing read?ā</div> ā Briana McDougall (@Briana McDougall)<a href="https://twitter.com/briana9/statuses/1222557011826491392">1580315280.0</a></blockquote></div>
<p></p><p><strong>How does one gently remind a superior that they do, in fact, exist?</strong></p><p class="shortcode-media shortcode-media-twitter_embed">
</p><div id="1bb7d" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="2X3AG61580508323"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1222566113114017793" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">@delia_p āI wanted to follow upā - you forgot didnāt you? Didnāt you? Am I a joke to you?!</div> ā Jamie Keller (@Jamie Keller)<a href="https://twitter.com/Jamie7Keller/statuses/1222566113114017793">1580317450.0</a></blockquote></div>
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</p><div id="956f7" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="MTMHXZ1580508323"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1222567812951969798" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">@delia_p āAs previously discussedā = I didnāt put in writing last time because I thought you were an adult.</div> ā Mitch Dinkins (@Mitch Dinkins)<a href="https://twitter.com/MitchDinkins/statuses/1222567812951969798">1580317855.0</a></blockquote></div>
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</p><div id="cd6b8" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="5KEZBU1580508323"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1222566523962740736" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">@delia_p "Thank you for your feedback! I'll be sure to keep it in mind!" <- your criticism is completely irrelevantā¦ https://t.co/ABhnDZoolb</div> ā FerretXilla (@FerretXilla)<a href="https://twitter.com/FerretXilla/statuses/1222566523962740736">1580317548.0</a></blockquote></div>
<p></p><p><strong>Never good when your boss begins an email with a sentence containing no verbs. </strong></p><p class="shortcode-media shortcode-media-twitter_embed">
</p><div id="6b304" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="J3YB2F1580508323"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1222565132020174849" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">@delia_p "A few things"
!!!!!!! You done it now !!!!</div> ā Leah (@Leah)<a href="https://twitter.com/Uglywriter/statuses/1222565132020174849">1580317216.0</a></blockquote></div>
<p></p><p><strong>And, for some gentle office drama resolution...</strong></p><p class="shortcode-media shortcode-media-twitter_embed">
</p><div id="71299" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="DY76TI1580508323"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1222568823355793410" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">@delia_p I have nightmares about hearing "Team, let's make sure we're all aligned."</div> ā Samantha Rosen (@Samantha Rosen)<a href="https://twitter.com/samantharosen_/statuses/1222568823355793410">1580318096.0</a></blockquote></div>
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</p><div id="f0b61" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="DF6SQY1580508323"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1222586097173061632" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">@delia_p āWeāll table that for nowā and āletās sidebarā are fun ways to get shut down in a group chat</div> ā Aoife āFeā Baker š¦šÆš§ š (@Aoife āFeā Baker š¦šÆš§ š)<a href="https://twitter.com/vivaciousvandal/statuses/1222586097173061632">1580322214.0</a></blockquote></div>
<p></p><p><strong>Well this one is just plain aggressive.</strong></p><p class="shortcode-media shortcode-media-twitter_embed">
</p><div id="05e3f" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="71P3KE1580508323"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1222587986677620737" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">"This should be more of a listening session for you" is the nicest way I've ever been told to shut the hell up. https://t.co/3UkoNzTOdG</div> ā Jackson Lanzing writes weird. (@Jackson Lanzing writes weird.)<a href="https://twitter.com/JacksonLanzing/statuses/1222587986677620737">1580322665.0</a></blockquote></div>
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</p><div id="b992b" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="61PGJP1580508324"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1222596494416465920" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">"i was under the impression that ..." which is my professional way of saying that you are not only wrong, but additā¦ https://t.co/ND06AoLXkJ</div> ā kylie šø (@kylie šø)<a href="https://twitter.com/kyliesomasis/statuses/1222596494416465920">1580324693.0</a></blockquote></div>
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</p><div id="37e02" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="G2N90N1580508324"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1222566609946075137" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">@delia_p @UrsulaV Stealing from somewhere but itās true: āI hope this helps!ā=never ask me for anything ever again</div> ā Lala Escargot, collector of curses š (@Lala Escargot, collector of curses š)<a href="https://twitter.com/guitarpsichord/statuses/1222566609946075137">1580317568.0</a></blockquote></div>
<p></p><p><strong>This one here provides some passive aggression in real time.</strong> </p><p class="shortcode-media shortcode-media-twitter_embed">
</p><div id="26c76" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="R1Y0IX1580508324"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1222570454403162114" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">@delia_p @UrsulaV Two from this very morning:
āThanks for looping me inā = You shouldāve come to me 27 emails agoā¦ https://t.co/6neeDnW3qM</div> ā Hipster Viking Amy (@Hipster Viking Amy)<a href="https://twitter.com/lasrina/statuses/1222570454403162114">1580318485.0</a></blockquote></div>
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</p><div id="8e038" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="0PLOXL1580508324"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1222615459457126400" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">@delia_p "Just to clarify" = I'm gonna ask this question again, simpler this time, so you can see exactly how stupiā¦ https://t.co/LxqAu7ByZx</div> ā Charlie Bressler (@Charlie Bressler)<a href="https://twitter.com/ghost_Mk1/statuses/1222615459457126400">1580329215.0</a></blockquote></div>
<p></p><p><strong>Quite sure the dynamics of email introductions will elude everyone forever...</strong> </p><p class="shortcode-media shortcode-media-twitter_embed">
</p><div id="61bf1" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="E9R95E1580508324"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1222610431476256769" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">@delia_p "While I understand your urgency..."
=
"Procrastination on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part."</div> ā BƤrĆ A. Williams (@BƤrĆ A. Williams)<a href="https://twitter.com/BariAWilliams/statuses/1222610431476256769">1580328016.0</a></blockquote></div>
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</p><div id="52750" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="14NJT21580508324"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1222620267417088004" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">@delia_p 'In the future, please correspond directly with (..) on this issue' = Do not, I repeat, do not message meā¦ https://t.co/dx1dqgKFRW</div> ā Chevron Summers (@Chevron Summers)<a href="https://twitter.com/DPMCanty/statuses/1222620267417088004">1580330361.0</a></blockquote></div>
<p></p><p><strong>High marks to this one for using the word "minions."</strong></p><p class="shortcode-media shortcode-media-twitter_embed">
</p><div id="9a9fc" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="62QFJM1580508324"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1222614899072937986" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">@delia_p āGive the details to my associate.ā
Read: Youāre too insignificant for my time, but just important enoā¦ https://t.co/k8GbnkN2W5</div> ā Jack Lynx (@Jack Lynx)<a href="https://twitter.com/LuvFuzzyBunnies/statuses/1222614899072937986">1580329081.0</a></blockquote></div>
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</p><div id="054f9" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="0DAEQ41580508324"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1222652067581480965" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">@delia_p "Has the policy changed recently?"=
I know the policy, and maybe you should try reading it.</div> ā Tepid Librarian (@Tepid Librarian)<a href="https://twitter.com/AmandaCateFiver/statuses/1222652067581480965">1580337943.0</a></blockquote></div>
<p></p><p><strong>The long con...</strong></p><p class="shortcode-media shortcode-media-twitter_embed">
</p><div id="c91b6" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="NQX4Q41580508325"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1222933776935731200" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">@delia_p āWhat I would say is....ā = I am in fact about to give you my opinion on something, but first Iāll prefaceā¦ https://t.co/749bEd2Gee</div> ā Martin Wahl (@Martin Wahl)<a href="https://twitter.com/redsoxnutt/statuses/1222933776935731200">1580405108.0</a></blockquote></div>
<p></p><p><strong>It feels relevant to close with this scene from the 2007 film </strong><em><strong>Charlie Wilson's War.</strong></em><br></p><p>Besides the insane hair and glasses, note how Philip Seymour Hoffman's character has zero interest whatsoever in email niceties. </p><p class="shortcode-media shortcode-media-youtube">
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</p><p>Direct confrontation is important for reducing office conflict. But no one is recommending you throw a chair through a glass window. </p><p>Maybe a phone call or a face to face would do the job?</p>
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