40 Passive-Aggressive Notes At Work That Turn Petty Into Performance Art

Every office has that one coworker who only communicates through printed signs. Fridge theft, dirty dishes, unflushed toilets, and missing mugs, these passive-aggressive notes capture the daily annoyances of office life.

They’re funny, petty, and painfully relatable, proving nothing says “teamwork” like a bold-font reminder to clean the microwave. Here are the wildest passive-aggressive notes people have encountered at work.

1. “The Note I Left My Coworker On Friday”

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2. “Passive Aggressive Office Notes That Are So Good You Can’t Even Be Mad”

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3. “Workplace Passive Aggression 101”

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4. “Passive Aggressive Note At This Diner”

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5. “Came To Work Today And Saw This Note On The Bathroom Door”

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6. “Someone At My Work Is A Realist”

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7. “My Coworkers Passive Aggressive Message On His Lunch”

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8. “Quite A Threat From My Coworker”

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9. “Hope You Guys Can Relish This Note”

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10. “My Mom Is Absolutely Done With People Stealing Food In Her Office”

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11. “Always Remember”

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12. “Passive Aggressive Office Refrigerator Technique”

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13. “My Co-Worker Left An Angry Note About Her Food Being Stolen. Clearly She Missed Something”

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14. “The Office Fridge Today”

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15. “Funniest Response To Passive Aggressive Notes”

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16. “The People In My Office Just Couldn’t Help Themselves”

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17. “A Sign That Someone At My Work Put Up After People Kept Microwaving Fish”

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18. “Please Check If You Flushed”

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19. “Office Tensions”

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20. “Steve”

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21. “Did An Onsite Proofreading Job Today And Lold At This Fine Example Of An Office Kitchen”

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22. “Funny Passive Aggressive Posters Or Notes You’ve Seen Whilst In Hospital”

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23. “Dishes”

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24. “Our Office Candy Guy Left Us A Note”

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25. “Post No Flyers”

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26. “I Am Not Your Mother”

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27. “Co-Workers Keep Stealing My Creamer. Hopefully This Chart Helps”

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28. “Make Things Better”

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29. “This Note On The Fridge At Work”

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30. “Strictest Rule In Office About Returning To Work After Lockdown”

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31. “Passive Aggressive Note Posted In The Office Bathroom”

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32. “Proudly A Passive Aggressive Workplace”

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33. “Passive Aggressive Note Regarding Mugs In The Office”

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34. “This Note In The Bathroom At Work”

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35. “Found This In The Office Kitchen This Morning”

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36. “Well, It Was Sticky”

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37. “Office Recycling”

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38. “Great Passive Aggressive Signage At Work”

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39. “The Company I Used To Work For Would Regularly Post Passive-Aggressive Signs In The Bathroom Regarding How Much Toilet Paper We Could Use Or Cleaning Up After Ourselves By The Sink, But Their Most Recent Sign Is The Worst By Far”

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40. “I Work With My Dad. He Has His Peeves With A Couple Of Our Warehouse Guys. I Always Say Never Get On My Dad’s Bad Side. You’ll Never Be Able To Redeem Yourself”

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