I can be a pretty passive aggressive person, mostly because I’m nicer that way. I can be direct, but prefer not to be because there’s zero filter.

for example, I had somebody attempting to get me fired at work because they didn’t like me. I attempted to get them reassigned to another project but they wouldn’t take the hint. so one evening I waited by their car and had a long discussion about how my job provides for my family and how important my family is to me. I asked them of they had family and if they would do anything to protect their family. they finally got the threats and decided to take the reassignment a few days later.

although it wasn’t completely direct, it was more of a hammer than a scalpel that I usually handle.