New online tool helps fed-up workers deal with colleagues' irritating workplace habits

dailystar.co.uk:

passive aggressive sign generator” allows disgruntled staff to select from a range of ready-made signs to stick up around their office to communicate their disdain.

And if their grumble is more niche, users can input a specific message to ward off irritating colleagues, and ensure they are heard loud and clear.The online tool was created by The Workplace Depot, after a poll of 2,000 workers found arduous IT issues, smelly toilets, and rotten food in the fridge are the biggest office gripes.Many also loathe the lack of natural light, colleagues sucking up to the boss, and people rambling on about their weekend plans – even though others don’t care.But nearly two in five (39%) have been quick to make their feelings known, by either leaving a passive-aggressive note or sending an office-wide email.The last people leaving and not locking up properly, cigarette butts scattered outside, and a mess in the communal lunch areas, are the top reasons why workers feel compelled to call out their peers.And one in three (32%) have done so due to their colleague's poor parking.But while half reported their messages were successful in stopping what they deem to be poor office etiquette, 44% claimed the problems still persisted.A spokesman for the industrial supplies provider said: “Offices can often be a funny old environment when social norms don’t always translate into those four walls where we spend much of our lives.“And when forced to encounter a multitude of small bothers on an almost daily basis, it is no surprise it drives many to snap.“The way many choose to express their displeasure is in the quintessentially British form of the painfully polite passive-aggressive note or email.“Yet, these will always have a serious undertone.