5 Ways to Communicate With a Passive-Aggressive Person

Janet wore a smile from the nose down; her eyes bore daggers. If I offered a Friday afternoon off for having finished a big project early, she “wished” it had been last week when she and her husband were headed out of town for the football game.

When I ordered in pizza for everyone’s lunch to celebrate a staff anniversary, she had “hoped” for barbecue.

When I congratulated a three-person team on finishing a custom course our client had raved about, Janet dropped a note on my desk “just FYI...