BONUS - Professional Insults 101: The Office Shade You Can Get Away With

A viral thread is teaching the internet how to throw office-friendly shade, and The Jubal Show breaks down the funniest, most passive-aggressive lines that sound polite… but definitely aren’t. From email jabs to meeting-room venom disguised as “professionalism,” this segment dives into the subtle ways coworkers insult each other without ever raising their voices.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
How often do you want to insult a coworker but
just don't know how to do it?

Speaker 2 (00:04):
It's a double show.

Speaker 1 (00:05):
Well, you're in luck because a thread is going viral
of subtle but professional ways to insult a coworker who
disagrees with you. And we'll go over it next so
you can be prepared to be low key rude in
your next meeting right after this. It's a double show,
you know how it is. It's a double show. You're
in a meeting and one of your coworkers disagrees with you,

(00:28):
and it takes every ounce of patience you have to
not throw a pin at them and call them an
incompetent little twit.

Speaker 2 (00:34):
You can't do that.

Speaker 1 (00:35):
No, it's not professional to do that. And that's why
a thread is going viral of people sharing the subtle
but professional insults to use when you disagree with the coworker.

Speaker 2 (00:44):
Oh, we love go.

Speaker 1 (00:45):
Over that right now, so you can be prepared for
your next meeting today. But here are some subtle ways
to insult a coworker who doesn't agree with you. Also,
you can see if somebody's doing it to you, so
you know he's being insulted. Good point, here's one of
the top ones. I can see your point even if
I'm not totally sold.

Speaker 2 (01:04):
Translation, you're an idiot. Try again.

Speaker 1 (01:07):
They say this works because it sounds respectful, but it's
actually the verbal equivalent of squinting at a bad painting
and going hmm.

Speaker 3 (01:18):
You're trying really hard to understand it, but you just don't.

Speaker 1 (01:21):
Yeah, we're going over a list of subtle ways you
can insult a coworker who disagrees with you that are
still professional. Per my previous email, that's my favorite one.
Oh yeah, I like using that one a lot.

Speaker 3 (01:33):
I always feel bad using it because I know it's
like a jab, but I was taught to do okay
and then just period, Like if someone has something to
tell you, you just end okay, period.

Speaker 2 (01:42):
And it like stings like a bee.

Speaker 4 (01:44):
Somebody taught you that. Yeah, that's ultimate passive aggressive. What's like,
I'm not even going to acknowledge what you said. I'm
just gonna say okay, and then you're like, oh.

Speaker 2 (01:52):
She's mad.

Speaker 1 (01:53):
Yeah, they say that per my previous email works because
it's the og of passive aggressive jabs. It's corporate for
can you not, and universally loathed for that reason.

Speaker 2 (02:04):
It's also like, how did you miss it the first time?

Speaker 1 (02:06):
Here's another subtle way that you can insult one of
your coworkers who disagrees with you and still keep her professional.
Let's keep her finding until it finally clicks. That just
sounds rude. Let's just go back and work on that
a little bit. Le's usually means you until it finally
just kind of something makes sense about it, you know,
until it finally clicks. I say it works because it

(02:28):
implies the idea has potential if we change everything about it.

Speaker 2 (02:32):
Yeah, is it.

Speaker 3 (02:33):
Bad that the idea that has potential kind of gives
me hope? It's like, oh, my idea has potential.

Speaker 4 (02:37):
Well, it's not bad. That's the way to like digest it.
You can't get me because I'm always going to find
the brighter side.

Speaker 1 (02:42):
Yeah, there's another one of the top ways to subtly
insult a coworker and still keep her professional, according to
this list. I'm sure there's value here, even if it's subtle.
That just sounds that sounds rude. I'm sure there's value here.
I just can't find it anywhere. There's be some value though, somewhere, right,
I don't know why.

Speaker 4 (03:02):
I picture Chad saying this, like some tall guy named
Chad who really wants to give you like hope.

Speaker 2 (03:09):
I don't know why his name is Chad. I'm sorry
if your name is Chad.

Speaker 1 (03:12):
Another one of the top subtle ways to insult a
coworker and still keep her professional. I see you're passionate
about this, and that's it. I can tell that you're
passionate about this. I'm told this a lot.

Speaker 2 (03:25):
Okay, well, they can tell you're passionate about it. Are
the ones that tell me this? They don't want to
keep going with it?

Speaker 1 (03:30):
I see that it says it works because it complements
intensity while low key questioning their sanity like applauding a raccoon?

Speaker 2 (03:39):
Do commit that tracks? Is there a reason why we
have to be professional at work?

Speaker 3 (03:43):
Like why can't you just be like, hey, in my
last email, did you not read it?

Speaker 4 (03:46):
Well, if everybody's fighting, then you don't really get your
job done. And really, productivity equals money. So yeah, being
passive aggressive? Does that ever help anyone?

Speaker 3 (03:55):
Like, have you'll ever said anything any of these in
any situation and it actually come out?

Speaker 2 (03:59):
Okay? No, If I have, it's just to be rude.
That's it. Yeah, just to be rude.

Speaker 1 (04:04):
Here's another one of the top ways to be subtly
rude to a coworker who disagrees with you with while
still keeping it professional. Let's keep all options on the
table for now. How many times you heard that in
a meeting? A lot? Yeah?

Speaker 2 (04:16):
How many times have you said that in a meeting?

Speaker 1 (04:18):
That's a great idea, But let's just keep everything out
there right now and not go with that one idea
I can't commit. And here is for into this list,
the top subtle professional insult you can use when you
disagree with the coworker. I appreciate your enthusiasm, even if
the details don't quite add up.

Speaker 2 (04:37):
How I think that's kind of nice.

Speaker 4 (04:39):
How is that nice? Well, I do appreciate your enthusiasm.
The details aren't there yet, but I think we're getting somewhere.
Like that's the part, you know, I hear that.

Speaker 1 (04:47):
Yeah, it's cool that you're really excited that you try.

Speaker 2 (04:52):
Like I can see that you're very happy about that. Also,
you tried, you didn't get it done. C My mom
always said, all you gotta do is try your best
and that's enough.

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