malicious compliance

'I booked 6 hours of overtime': Worker complies with supervisor's request to park bike in designated spot, leading to 6 hours overtime

Eleonora Bader

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'I was never asked to buy donuts again': New employee constantly bothered about needing to buy donuts for everyone in the office, maliciously complies

Ben Weiss

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'I guess you're going to need a to-go box?': Guy exploits "no takeout" Taco Tuesday dine-in loophole

Brad Dickson

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'I've already filed the divorce papers': Husband wants wife to make him sushi, she divorces him, then learns just to make him jealous

Ben Weiss

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‘You won't be paid, but need to stay here anyway’: Team of physicians are told by boss ‘not leave the clinic’ during unpaid work hours

Eleonora Bader

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'He answered that I was not qualified, nor smart enough to do this job': Employee denied promotion, maliciously complies and causes store to close down

Ben Weiss

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'I couldn't train them': New hires don't take printing job seriously, printer room shuts down, company loses over $20,000

Eleonora Bader

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'[My] friend wraps what’s left of Karen’s hair in a towel': Customer insists hairdresser style her hair, is infuriated when her hairdressers' warnings come true

Remy Millisky

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'I told you to give me a different room': Front desk worker maliciously complies with rude guest's room request

Brad Dickson

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'There was one line [guests] should never cross': Hotel guests discover they won't be served after acting entitled toward customer service reps

Remy Millisky

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'I had the plague': Sick teacher forced to come into work after calling out sick; admin thought they called her bluff but were horrified by her arrival

Jesse Kessenheimer

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Boss Loses €5,000 After He Tells His Quality Control Officer to Lower Standards to Boost Productivity; Catches Backlash From All Major Clients

Jesse Kessenheimer

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'I pulled up the screenshot': Boss tries to blame poor executive choices on his software engineer; gets ousted when their CEO discovers who actually lost their biggest client

Jesse Kessenheimer

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'I won't sign, come back later': Deputy project manager rejects requests and ignores emails, costs company $250k

Remy Millisky

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‘I got offered my old job back with another $1.50/hr thrown in’: Bartender quits on the spot when his approved vacation time gets revoked, management begs him to come back

Jesse Kessenheimer

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'My employer wouldn't approve $4 above our rate': Company forces traveling employee to book a cheaper hotel, not realizing it'll cost them over $300/day in overtime hours

Jesse Kessenheimer

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