{"id":41151,"date":"2021-08-26T14:02:29","date_gmt":"2021-08-26T08:32:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/districtchronicles.com\/office-workers-passive-aggressive-notes-to-colleagues-about-making-tea-go-viral\/"},"modified":"2021-08-26T14:02:50","modified_gmt":"2021-08-26T08:32:50","slug":"office-workers-passive-aggressive-notes-to-colleagues-about-making-tea-go-viral","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/districtchronicles.com\/office-workers-passive-aggressive-notes-to-colleagues-about-making-tea-go-viral\/","title":{"rendered":"Office worker\u2019s passive aggressive notes to colleagues about making tea go viral"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"main\">\n<p>An argument between office workers about tea-making etiquette, conducted by passive-aggressive notes, has gone viral because it is as British as it sounds.<\/p>\n<p>The notes, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/CasualUK\/comments\/pamj9s\/shots_fired_in_the_office_kitchen\/\" target=\"_blank\">which were posted on a Reddit<\/a> forum called \u2018Casual UK\u2019, show a conversation between the two unknown workers, arguing about whether people should refill the kettle or not after making a cuppa.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"reddit-embed\" src=\"https:\/\/www.redditmedia.com\/r\/CasualUK\/comments\/pamj9s\/shots_fired_in_the_office_kitchen\/?ref_source=embed&amp;ref=share&amp;embed=true\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups\" style=\"border: none;\" height=\"527\" width=\"640\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>One shows an image of Rex, the dinosaur from Toy Story, saying that he had short arms so couldn\u2019t refill the kettle when it is empty. It adds: \u201cWhat\u2019s your excuse?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPlease fill the kettle up when you\u2019ve finished with it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The reply, written above an image of a cup with a smiley face, goes: \u201cHasn\u2019t T-Rex heard of conserving energy by only boiling enough water for what is required?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAlso, a decent cup of tea requires freshly boiled water not multiple boiled water.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo wonder he\u2019s a dinosaur.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The photo of the notes were uploaded to the social media platform, with the caption: \u201cShots fired in the office kitchen\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Reacting to it, one person said: \u201cIn the big scheme of things if that\u2019s the biggest issue then it\u2019s a pretty well-administered kitchen.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBefore most other kitchen communities get to kettle filling they\u2019ve fallen on bin filling, dirty cups, soggy tea bags, general cleanliness and milk buying rotas.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNow you just gotta decide whether you want all-out war or a bit of smug education.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And another added: \u201cI\u2019ve never heard of people asking for a kettle to be left filled. Surely it takes two seconds to fill up with the correct amount you need rather than boiling a kettle that\u2019s full to the brim for one cup?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy driving instructor once complained that his son never filled the kettle at home\u201d wrote a third. \u201cI said, \u2018what\u2019s the issue it\u2019s not hard to fill a kettle\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe responded \u2018exactly\u2019 thinking that I had agreed with him. If it\u2019s easy to fill a kettle then why are complaining about it being empty and you needing to fill it?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A fourth person said: \u201cAnd they wonder why some folk now prefer to work from home.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And a fifth claimed: \u201cThe freshly boiled thing has been debunked as a myth.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An argument between office workers about tea-making etiquette, conducted by passive-aggressive notes, has gone viral because it is as British as it sounds. 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