How to reply to a passive aggressive coworker
The situation
A colleague dropped a snide comment in Slack that reads polite on the surface but is clearly a jab. You want to name it calmly without escalating.
What they sent
Wow, must be nice to have time to redo the whole spec while the rest of us actually ship.
How to reply
That reads sharper than I think you meant. The rewrite was scoped with product on Monday — happy to walk you through the diff if it's blocking you.
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