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'No shorts allowed in this heat? Sure!': Guy finds loophole in company's strict dress code policy, 'skirting' around the issue

BenWeiss

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'You're doing thousands of pounds worth of damage': School caretaker leaves hundreds of visitors waiting after being told he's not allowed to open the gate manually

Remy Millisky

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'Call me on my days off? Guess you're paying me': Energy employee gets even with boss who won't stop bugging them on their days off

Remy Millisky

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'I was tired of the unfairness of it all': Call center worker decreases their output by 80% after workplace changes pay incentives

Remy Millisky

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Micromanager’s criticism backfires as junior employee withdraws support, prompting boss’s desperate plea for help

SiennaIvy

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Landlord demands access to home to paint and sand, tenant makes them regret it with loud grating music: '[My] landlord tried to strong-arm me into letting him into the home'

Brad Dickson

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Admin worker complies with snarky Karen coworker's request to receive all documentation, overwhelms her with paperwork: '[I] ended up with a stack of over 1,500 pages'

BenWeiss

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'I see the tow truck arrive and leave with the CFO's very, very precious Corvette': Secretary decides to follow conflicting instructions between their two bosses

Remy Millisky

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'You wanna drown in paperwork? Be my guess!': Truck driver maliciously complies with new scanning policy, gives payroll a major headache

BenWeiss

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'He brought down the wrath of the fire inspector': Tenant gets back at landlord for insisting they get a pro to install a smoke detector

Remy Millisky

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'Answer each and every email with "got it"': Boss insists that employee change the "upsetting" tone of their emails

Remy Millisky

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''Turn my service off RIGHT NOW'... Ok': Customer service agent uses malicious compliance to force the hand of a money-grubbing customer, proving a point with one fell swoop

Jesse Kessenheimer

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Teacher gets back at principal for having to give a speech to the student body, ends up giving a 90-minute diatribe: 'You wanted me to do the speech, deal with it'

BenWeiss

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'If I catch that you were slacking off or lying, you are fired': Law partner demands summer associate to update him on whereabouts at all times, malicious compliance ensues

BenWeiss

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'[She] brought in three large boxes of files, each one containing evidence': Scorned employee gives the exit interview of a lifetime

Remy Millisky

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'Completing a night's work... was arrogant? Ok, fine': Railroad boss demands employee "play nice" by agreeing to nonsensical plan, employee decides to underperform

Remy Millisky

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