Somebody asked for examples of ‘proper British passive aggression’ and these 23 examples were as gloriously petulant as you’d expect
12.
‘Woman in front of me at the supermarket till put one of the dividers down on the belt. Because I didn’t thank her for this selfless act of kindness, she tutted loudly and took it away again.’
–atomicsiren
13.
‘Nothing hits harder than dropping an x or two, from a loving sign off. From xxx to x. Take that!’
–CounterIntrepid6378
14.
‘Driving up my arse? Rear windscreen wiper fluid, that’ll show ’em.’
–Firm-Painting-9630
15.
‘Some dusty yoots were playing drill music through their phones at the back of the bus. I cued up a bit of Mr Blobby and played it at full volume until they packed it in.’
–txakori
16.
‘Holding open the door or letting someone pass and they don’t say thank you, give them the old ‘Don’t mention it, oh you didn’t’. First time I realised I’d turned into my dad when I said that in the car.’
–vlucy95
17.
‘I discovered there’s a font on Google Docs called ‘Bitter’, and now use it at work exclusively for any documents I have to create that I think are sodding pointless or ridiculous.
‘Will anyone notice or care? No. Does it bring me a level of satisfaction that is, quite frankly, off the charts? Absolutely.’
–Routine-Pair-7829
18.
‘One of my neighbours parks like a prick opposite my drive on the road so I bought an old Peugeot 3008 just to park it there. Now I’ve parked like a prick opposite my own driveway and he has to park 20m further away.’
–theonlyclem
19.
‘When I worked in a coffee shop I would fairly often get people who would bark an order at me with no pleasantries, meeting my cheery ‘Good morning’ with a surly reply of ‘Latte.’
‘In these cases I would make sure to ask them lots of extra unnecessary questions. What temperature would they like the milk heated to? What type of milk would they like? Would they like the cup pre-heated? Basically anything to drag the conversation on as long as possible.
‘All done with an innocent and slightly dim smile on my face. Manners cost nothing, but time is money, and I did rather enjoy wasting theirs.’
–Pornaltio
20.
‘I asked my British wife, what would her example would be. She came up with this gem: ‘Probably, when I wore my dad’s socks to show I am mad at him’.’
–BaconMaplePancakes
21.
‘I was emailing someone, noticed I misread her name and almost sent it to ‘Lauren’ rather than ‘Laura’. I made a conscious effort to change it because my name is commonly spelled wrong also (e.g. Julie/ Julia etc). She replied to my email calling me the wrong name… so she was then called Lauren.’
–StairwaytoPancakes
22.
‘A house near us is a corner plot with the pavement outside their front door circling round the side. They had an EV charger port put on the side of their house and then started fully parking on the pavement every evening while it charged.
‘Not matter how narrow the gap between their house and the car, I would walk between the two, with my dog instead of going around the car and walking on the road. Let the dog piss up their front wheel as well for good measure.’
–OkAdhesiveness166
To sum up…
23.
‘Only Brits could achieve this level of pettiness. It makes me proud.’
–_marimays
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