How To Write A Passive Aggressive Note
From the archive: published Jul 9, 2010, 16 years ago. Details may have changed since.
- Address the intended recipient as if you had no clue who they might be.
- Use anthropomorphism.
- State the obvious.
- Suggest highly improbable consequences.
- Suggest a solution to the problem in the way that patronizes the reader.
- Deflect your thoughts to a secondary source.
- Use overly dramatic punctuation.
- Place note in a completely inappropriate place.