Let’s be honest: we’ve all got, or at least have had, annoying colleagues who you’d rather not deal with.
Whether they totally ignore the brief you’ve given them and choose to do things their way – much to your annoyance – or they won’t stop emailing you, chasing you prematurely for something you promised would be sent by the end of the day, there’s no denying that sometimes you want to go crazy on the keyboard and take all your anger out on them in an email.
But we all know that’s not the professional thing to do, so Yasar Ahmed has shared ways you can “professionally say f**k you”.
He said that he sees the “smartest people use these at work all the time and avoid getting in trouble,” and he works in HR and has done it for 15 years.
He explained that you could “say something in a corporate tongue” instead of resorting to being unprofessional.
The “short, sharp and deadly” word to shut down annoying colleagues, Yasar shared, is “noted”. There is “no follow-up required” from the person you’re emailing either, so it’s a win-win situation.
Another thing you can type is: “Thanks for your input, I’ll take it from here,” which Yasar says translates to “You’ve done enough; sit down”.
The third thing you can use to convey your annoyance via email is: “If that’s how you’d like to proceed, I’ll document accordingly”. He joked that this means you’ve “lawyered them without a lawyer”.
Number four is: “Let’s agree to disagree and escalate if needed”. Yasar joked that this is “corporate for ‘this conversation is over, and if you wanna try me, then try me’.”
He finished the video by saying: “None of these raise your voice, none of these get you fired. All of these say exactly what you mean. Professional doesn’t mean passive. It just means calculated”.
In the comments, someone joked that people would be walking around work saying “noted” at one another.
“I needed this information so badly,” one woman shared, who was trying to be more diplomatic and polite while in the workplace.
Another penned: “I’ve got resting b***h face which helps almost everything getting ‘noted’.” Yasar replied with crying with laughter face emojis.
Somebody said that their favourite way to show they’re annoyed is to use “regards” at the end of an email rather than ‘best wishes’ or ‘kind regards’.
A TikTok user commented: “Ooh I’m gonna use that ‘thanks for your input’ one from now on. It’s perfect and it works for my work environment as well”.
Another said that “Let’s agree to disagree” was one that they would be using in their job role to remain professional and diplomatic.
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