Call her FPAABG (Future Passive Aggressive and Bitter Girl)
Millions of people suffer from the affliction known as passive aggressiveness. If you don’t know what this means, consider how you would react to a situation like the one above. If you would go ape nuts on the guy above and attack him, you aren’t passive aggressive. If you would smile, walk away and plot your revenge by writing a nasty letter to his parents, you are passive aggressive. Being a person that has never been in a fight (well, one that was done face to face anyways), and one that doesn’t like confrontation, I have always been a passive aggressive person. An example:
I got to work one day and my coaster was missing (some call it a mousepad, but whatever). I was irritated and bitter of course, so I did some really genius investigating. I walked over to someone’s desk and realized that they had my mouse pad. I remembered the day before that she was asking about getting one to my boss. Putting two and two together like the genius that I am, I realized the coupe had been done behind my back. Most people would have confronted the boss and just asked if they had taken the mouse pad. This is how I handled it. I complained to a sympathetic co-worker. Then, I sent an email saying, “Could I order a new mousepad? I think I lost mine.” Immediate response. “I actually took it for our new co-worker. You can have mine and I will order a new one.” Coaster found.
I’m sure it would be much more fun to confront that person head and get the satisfaction and results that way, but to a PA, nothing is more cool than doing things the subtle, bitter, snarky, spy-like way. We are the James Bond of confrontation(the sneaky part, not the blowing things up part.)
So for the picture of the week, I present to you Future Passive Aggressive and Bitter Girl.
Arrgghhh
Present Passive Aggressive Bitter Ben
Related articles
- Passive Aggressive Relationships (woman2womaninc.com)
- Standing up for yourself. (needtoletgo.wordpress.com)
- Effective Communication Is Neither Too Passive Nor Too Aggressive (atlantablackstar.com)
Ben's Bitter Blog 
Pingback: Defending sincerity (and the art of passive aggressive finger-pointing) | power of language blog: partnering with reality by JR Fibonacci
Thanks for letting me camp out in your blog for a little while today. I had a great time and tried to leave my campsite as good as when I arrived. I’ll be back in a couple of weeks!
LikeLike
There is always room here for more bitter people. Feel free to leave a mess if you want because it will just make me more bitter!
LikeLike
Pingback: Bitter GIF of the Week | Ben's Bitter Blog
I think you handled that quite well to be honest. You get what you need and no hot shot gets pissed off and starts spouting guido nonsense.
I don’t think you wanna come at a bro, and I don’t think you want to get cut by Bon Qui Qui either.
These situations are precarious.
LikeLike
The Bon Qui Qui is pretty scary, I agree. Especially because I have no idea what it is. Is that the mob?
LikeLike
…. Youtube. Right now.
MadTV, Bon Qui Qui.
ARGHHHHH
LikeLike
Thank the heavens for You Tube. Good thing that thing was an April Fools Joke yesterday.
LikeLike
I oscillate between the two. At work sometimes I’ll be in your face about it and other times passive aggressive (especially in emails). Switch it up I say, keep them guessing. Haha
LikeLike
Yep as long as they never see what is coming.
LikeLike
Bahaha – love all this! Mousepad as coaster, AND that awesome gif. Nicely done, Ben. Nicely done.
LikeLike
I thought everyone used mousepads as coaster. Amiright?
LikeLike
No, but I’m now educated. Hooray-you’re awesome!
LikeLike
I’m pretty sure I’ve never taught anyone anything. There’s always a first for everything.
LikeLike
Well. I love it. I learned something today. But in one more minute it will be tomorrow so be ready to step it up : )
LikeLike
Stepping up isn’t what I do. I shrink when the pressure comes.
LikeLike
coaster lol
LikeLike
Mousepad, whatever.
LikeLike
I use mine as a coaster too. Protects my cheap Walmart desk.
LikeLike
Why should we spoil the mouse, when water or whatever is in the cup is much more important.
LikeLike
Man does not require mouse to exist
LikeLike
Nor does woman.
LikeLike
Exactly
LikeLike
My mother lives in the world of passive/aggressiveness and it drives me to be bitter!! hahaha
LikeLike
Then I am afraid I would make you bitter too.
LikeLike
😦
LikeLike
Your avatar looks so sad.
LikeLike
Terribly sorry to bother you and interupt your bitterness, but I thought you should know that I have nominated you for The Sunshine Award http://kirstenhwhyte.wordpress.com/2013/03/28/the-sunshine-a…nd-nominations/
LikeLike
How dare you give me a Sunshine award! It is melting away my bitterness…..Just kidding, that will never happen. Thanks for the award. Look for it on my award page where I will praise your blog and undermine my own.
LikeLike
Poor little girl. She looks so discouraged as she gives up and walks away!
LikeLike
She will get her revenge when she gets older. Then her father will regret ever doing that to her.
LikeLike
Hopefully someone will get that one on film! 😉
LikeLike
It’s just a matter of time until she explodes and hopefully someone wil capture it.
LikeLike
I have enjoyed following your blog! I have nominated you for the Liebster Award. Visit my blog for the details. ~Del Boy
LikeLike
I actually like your blog. Mine is pretty bad. I don’t want to question your decision making based on this one decison, but man you made at least one bad decision. Go think it over and make better decisions in the future. – Your mom or dad or whoever tells you that you should know better
LikeLike
LOL. Not PA here, but enjoyed reading bensbitterblog.You are a bitt-of-a lunatic. I mean that in a good way! If I didn’t thank you for the like on my blog…..Thank you.
LikeLike
I am definitely a lunatic and thanks for saying so. I am glad that you noticed.
LikeLike
As it turns out, PA is also not a philosophy of defense in football:
http://thephonyon.wordpress.com/2013/01/08/football-fan-informed-that-passive-aggressive-is-not-a-football-strategy/
LikeLike
PA is a game much better than football anyways.
LikeLike
For the record, we have been ignoring your reply.
LikeLike
Ah, another passive aggressive. We match indirect jabs at each other at dawn!
LikeLike
Love it — and all the comments. I have LOTS of thoughts on PA, but I think I need to save it for a good, meaty blog post 🙂
LikeLike
Can’t wait to hear it. I guess it is kind of a thing now.
LikeLike
Oh gosh. I put two and two together, and realized I must be a PA, too. I can’t stand confrontation. I am terrified of it!
LikeLike
I put two and two together and got 5. Right? Ugh I’m so bad at math!
LikeLike
Beware of the quiet ones….we’re cagey
LikeLike
Yes, yes we are. Don’t mess with us.
LikeLike
My housemate is PA. I needed MANY years to understand whats going on. Than a few more years to find a reamedy! 🙂 I admitt PA is veeery effectiv until the point it comes back. Sometimes it gets an automatism, than the “PA owner” starts to suffer his habbit …. take good care on you* ……*evil grin*
LikeLike
Stinking housemates, always making ou learn how to deal with them. I enjoy making people bitter, so it is a good hobby for me.
LikeLike
that is the greatest picture. you are always teaching me things. i never looked up passive agressive.i don’t have to:you tell me…i walk away too. and don’t speak for 7 years or forever.
LikeLike
Yes, exactly. When you walk away it is your way of saying I’m pissed at you, while the person you are pissed at, probably doesn’t even know you are, unless they are equally as passive aggressive as you are.
LikeLike
that’s true. once i was told you didn’t speak to me for 3 years and i didn’t know why…i’ll tell you now…
not you bitter ben.lol if it wasn’t for you i wouldn’t know anything.
LikeLike
That is the exact first time someone has ever admitted to learning something from me.
LikeLike
it will not be the exact last time.
LikeLike
In a work environment, I think PA is rewarded and desired versus balls to the walls real man behavior.
Unless your work environment is on the Dothraki sea, in which case you should have thrown your weapons down and smothered them with their own mouse pad.
Or something.
LikeLike
First of all, no one knows where the Dothraki Sea is and second, I prefer the PA behavior because it causes feelings to get hurt and resentment and bitterness that confronting man to man doesn’t do.
LikeLike
First of all, at lesat one person knows where the Dothraki sea is, and second, i already wrote a very insinuating letters to many editors about you today. I hope you’re happy.
LikeLike
I guess your party of 1 knows where it is. As far as editors, what are you talking about? You need someone to check my spelling? How about you? At lesat* I can spell some things.
*that is the way you spelled it at lesat.
LikeLike
Well, you can spell SOME things correctly, yes, but many others… no, no you don’t.
I’m so glad you finally brought this up, it’s been sad to see.
/passive aggressive to make you bitterer
LikeLike
What are you trying to say? That I have spelled a word wrong? Of course I have. So what editors are you sending my stuff to? Time Magazine? That would be fine, I guess. They’ll do I guess.
LikeLike
Game of Thrones.
Hell yeah.
LikeLike
I’m the King of the Bitter Thrones.
LikeLike
I love being passive aggressive but at the appropriate time…when they least expect it!
LikeLike
Being passive aggressive is pretty awesome. Especially when people’s feelings get hurt.
LikeLike
Doing it by email was the best part.
LikeLike
Email is the weapon of choice for the PA.
LikeLike
I always take the passive aggressive route. When I’m not being sassy about it, that is. I fact, the desk calendar I have at work? Passive aggressive notes. Look it up, you’ll love it.
LikeLike
Can you order that online? I want one. Now! Perhaps I will get the company to order one for me as, hey I need a calendar to know the date right?
LikeLike
I tell everyone who embarks on a cruise or visits a Caribbean island during the winter that I am so happy for them! Have a wonderful time! Meanwhile I seethe and hope they get some rain. Is that PA? Or just being a jerk?
LikeLike
Being a jerk. Passive aggressive involves indirectly destroying their vacation, by getting the power to go out their whole vacation.
LikeLike
Or…you could have dumped coffee on the new person’s head and said, “Since you already have my coaster, I figured you’d want some coffee to go with it!”
LikeLike
Ahhh, but that wouldn’t be the spylike, sneaky, passive aggressive way that I do things. Stewing in the corner plotting revenge is much more my style.
LikeLike
Completely agree! Though it infuriates me that I’m in a house full of other passive aggresives. Well, except for G$, he’ll just slap the crap out of you.
LikeLike
Passive aggressives rule the world, silently, and sarcastically.
LikeLike