• Gismonda@lemmy.world
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    17 hours ago

    Weird … I was told the exact same thing by my boss.

    So I stopped using emojis, and then she told me that my messages were “passive-aggressive” or “rude”

    And I told her that’s why people use emojis, to add the nuance that is missing because we aren’t communicating face-to-face 🤷‍♀️

    • Trailblazing Braille Taser@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      13 hours ago

      I worked with someone once who would write the most condescending chat messages and finish them off with a smiley face. I think he truly didn’t understand that the smiley made it worse. Regardless of the lack of social awareness, his superiority complex was annoying.

      • jballs@sh.itjust.works
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        12 hours ago

        It sounds like you just don’t understand how brilliant you coworker was. You should probably look into effective communication methods and/or go back to school. Maybe if you weren’t so closed minded, you could learn something. 🙂

        /s in case it wasn’t obvious

        • kofe@lemmy.world
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          3 hours ago

          Without the smiley face I’m annoyed enough… with it just gives me an image I want to punch 🫠