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Thread: What are some passive-aggressive power plays you do at the office to get the edge?

post 1471265501 11-15-2016, 12:55 PM
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post 1471265811 11-15-2016, 12:59 PM
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getting a reservation at Dorsia and a new business card should do the trick!



and if any of those other fkers at your work try to do the same, just go full aggressive on them while listening to huey lewis and the blues




hopefully your co-workers are not as stupid as paul allen!
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post 1471267601 11-15-2016, 01:11 PM
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Originally Posted By sm1ke⏩
Double-sided tape all of the things. Phone handsets, staplers, keyboards and mice.

Surprised this hasn't been mentioned yet, but ALT+CTRL+Arrow key to flip/rotate a coworker's screen. Only works if the computer isn't locked though. Funny to watch them google how to fix it while their head is cocked 90 degrees to the side.
You ******* I just tried this out on my computer. Took me forever to fix bc I have three monitors and had to figure out how to reset them lmao.
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post 1471267961 11-15-2016, 01:13 PM
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The petty bitchy stuff ITT is what makes an office job so chitty. This is bitchy secretary/HR sloot levels of lame, srs.
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post 1471268031 11-15-2016, 01:14 PM
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Everyone who contributed to this thread needs to off themselves.
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post 1471269931 11-15-2016, 01:27 PM
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Anytime you have to do something out of the norm that you're going to dread ie. long company meetings, presentations, etc. just show up with a bit of Jack in your shaker bottle and have a little bit of fun with it.
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post 1471270631 11-15-2016, 01:33 PM
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At the end of the day I go from office to office and back into the warehouse, here is what I do:


If I know the person or know what they're working on, I ask for an update. BRB now they think they're reporting to me.

If I don't know the person, I shoot the sh*t for 1 or 2 sentances, then ask them what they're working on and how it's coming along.

Back in the warehouse, I'll walk around and just check things out. As I leave I tell the warehouse manager the place looks solid.
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post 1471271111 11-15-2016, 01:37 PM
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post 1471276371 11-15-2016, 02:20 PM
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Originally Posted By JohnTS1⏩
Everyone who contributed to this thread needs to off themselves.
Slow your roll there, champ, I'm just in it for the lulz.
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post 1471277401 11-15-2016, 02:28 PM
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Become really friendly with management (to the point where they will talk sh!t about other employees to you without even thinking about it). Usually this starts with cultivating a friendship, and then subtle eyerolls whenever someone you don't like gets brought up. Sometimes I'd even be like "No, letmehandlethat". It's basically me taking on more work by implying that the other person will inevitably f*ck something up. This is 2 birds with 1 stone. There's enough plausible deniability that if anyone digs into it, you can just say "I just wanted something else to work on".

Brb when there's a ticketing system, I rarely put any effort and detail into my updates, but if I fix someone else's mess I'll be sure to write a detailed report on what fixed it, and when I can, I'll ask a question only management and above can answer and escalate it to them so they see my accomplishment on someone else's issue.

Brb I build my own wiki at every job I have so all my knowledge is in 1 centralized place (other than my head). Whenever someone sees me accessing the jackpot, and asks if I can give them access, I tell them no.

Brb I BCC the entire dep't on an email chain once I know I haven't ****ed something up, but when there's a problem, no one knows. I follow up with a little "Sorry, I forgot to CC the dept"

Brb making my own hi-res images for email signatures of my certifications since a) I know others in my dept didn't have them b) would make the customers feel like they were dealing with a "higher up" when they got me vs. someone else.

Brb calling straight to customers voicemails when doing a followup, and asking them to call us back if there's still an issue. - would only do this when I knew they were serial complainers/something was still wrong. I'd do this right before I clocked out for the day so it was almost a certainty someone else would be taking over the problem.

I can go on forever, luckily I quit this job and now work at the most stress free/non P.A. place ever.
post 1471277511 11-15-2016, 02:28 PM
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Originally Posted By Codo⏩
At the end of the day I go from office to office and back into the warehouse, here is what I do:


If I know the person or know what they're working on, I ask for an update. BRB now they think they're reporting to me.

If I don't know the person, I shoot the sh*t for 1 or 2 sentances, then ask them what they're working on and how it's coming along.

Back in the warehouse, I'll walk around and just check things out. As I leave I tell the warehouse manager the place looks solid.
I don't know why but this makes me laugh
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post 1471282581 11-15-2016, 03:10 PM
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Originally Posted By fratharder⏩
LOL, some really good ones in this thread.

Here are a few that I do:

- Dial in on a conference call that you were invited to, but do not announce that you're on. Stay quiet and listen. Wait until someone makes some underhanded comment about you not being on, and then announce that you've been on the whole time.

- When someone writes a long detailed email, give a one word response.

- When someone messages you on the office messenger, immediately go to Busy or DND.

- Reply "Tentative" for all meeting invites.
oh lawd.. all of these rustle my jimmies.. describes my company so well
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post 1471293611 11-15-2016, 04:46 PM
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Show up a couple minutes late to 1:1 meetings with your boss to indicate a reversal of roles. Brb I'm in charge now.
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post 1471294441 11-15-2016, 04:53 PM
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Originally Posted By Sanguivorant⏩
Hopefully I don't have to deal with *******s like you in the workplace.
Got some bad news brah...
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post 1471300961 11-15-2016, 05:52 PM
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In relation to the advice ITT
post 1471305511 11-15-2016, 06:26 PM
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Originally Posted By RICHSTRONG⏩
I just look busy and irritated all the time

I'm guilty of this one
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Never worked in an office but...

- When your boss / coworker calls you, never answer on the first (or second) call. And then call them back. Never answer their calls. You call them. They don't call you.
- Never repeat yourself if you can. If someone asks for a repeat just tell them to get the info from someone else who was listening.

This is more of a psychology one but:

If you ask someone a rhetorical question that results in a potentially "awkward" silence, stare them down and make them the one in the hotseat and feel like they need to say something. Use a facial expression too to establish dominance. Bosses do this chit all the time.
post 1471738601 11-18-2016, 07:52 PM
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