Top bullshit message I have ever received would probably be:
'I wasn't asking 🙂'.
The fuck is this shit?
Are you trying to reprimand me, as indicated by the first part of the message, or be my fucking friend?
Best part - the message was sent by someone who had no authority to demand anything from me at the time, which I had to point out to the guy.

I would assume just passive aggression between co workers

had a boss give me those smileys. got triggered by them after for a few months after the job lol

@jestdotty The guy clearly tried telling me 'Do it', but appearing polite about it.

Since I was assigned to another project, my time belonged to another PM, as such I told the guy that either he procures the permission of my direct supervisor or I'm doing nothing for him.

This might've been the original message that made me hate emoji, though.

@retoor I'd be mad at you... but clearly you haven't read the rant, as the comment is !relevant, so...

At least it has a happy twist ending, but why these people put those emojis on an order I can't understand

@retoor Hey 4-eye bot, considered getting your lenses cleaned cause they're full of shit ;P

@BordedDev Yup, I don't get it, either. The idea is probably to appear sympathetic / non-threatening / 'my soft skillzzz are superb', but in the end, I'd say it has the opposite effect of just pissing people off.

@D-4got10-01 Yeah, if you're going to be an ass at least be a whole ass and own it

I feel so much rage from such a small sentence fragment. If I were to receive a message like that, I’d probably have to take a walk for a bit to cool down because I would definitely not be able to professionally respond without taking a minute or two.

As the person in our slack instance with probably the most custom emojis, I use emojis a lot in order to convey tone and meaning. But that fucking smile emoji grates on me. And using it that way is smug as hell.

I’m sorry that happened to you.

@AmyShackles That particular combination of an order && an emoji is infuriating, indeed.

A close second that grinds my gears is when people tell you to do something, then they finish w/ 'Please && thank you'.

People who do that seem to think that they're being polite. Sadly, the effect is actually reversed in that situation && it's way better to just leave it unmentioned at that point.

No courtesy of asking means no courtesy of any action🙂.

Fully ignore the conversation from that point on.

@D-4got10-01 there is nothing appearing polite about it. It's what you use with your children that aren't listening. He's treating you like a child throwing a tantrum. That is about as aggressive as it gets.