Are You Passive Aggressive?
Thursday, May 29th, 2008You know - I don’t usually offer my opinion on something when it really bothers me. I’ll share it with those that are really close to me, but I don’t like causing drama. I’m a drama diffuser. Drama is obnoxious, but it happens. And I don’t want to support the cause. Therefore, I often keep my ill-willed thoughts and feelings close to home. Sometimes it’s because I know it’s not right of me to feel the way I do, and other times it’s because speaking up isn’t worth the backlash it will garner from the people around me.
However, there is something that does really bother me. And it bothers me enough for me to tell you. It’s when people are extremely passive aggressive. We all act this way from time to time - but it’s when it becomes consistent that it bothers me most. It’s comparable to using Facebook to ‘be friends’. You’re not really friends just because you know one another on Facebook. Being passive aggressive is extremely similar in that just because you left a rude note about not leaving the toilet seat down for the ladies, it doesn’t mean you are communicating. It just means you left a rude note. Come talk to me and we’ll hash it out. That seems like the mature thing to do.
Oddly, I have no real reason for writing this post at this time (if I did, wouldn’t THAT be passive aggressive?) - other than that I came across passiveaggressivenotes.com. It’s hilarious. It’s a collection of images of passive aggressive notes that people have written, and it includes commentary for each post. Just another useless, yet entertaining website to keep you busy, and an excuse for me to rant and be negative because I dont’ get those feelings out often enough.
