malicious compliance

‘Everyone knew it was ridiculous’: Preschool teacher reluctantly complies with boss's outrageous bathroom break schedule after a student wets themselves; gets justified when the entire school backs her up

Jesse Kessenheimer

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'Fifty years of malicious compliance': Man blames wife for late dinner, she decides to never drive again

Remy Millisky

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'I’m not clocked in yet': Coworker tries to use employee, boss takes coworker's side, employee maliciously complies

Ben Weiss

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'They had to stamp 50,000 catalogs by hand': Boss fired after he delays catalogues and costs company thousands

Remy Millisky

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'Close them completely': Manager demands bathrooms are closed while cleaned, chaos ensues

Brad Dickson

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'[He] doesn't understand the consequences': Boss demands IT worker shut down company emails all weekend, quickly regrets locking himself out

Remy Millisky

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'A tank crew pulling comm wire from the undercarriage': Lieutenant's dumb command gets maliciously complied with to disastrous results

Brad Dickson

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'Let me do my work, ok?': Lit professor forced to give more failing grades, maliciously complies to protect students

Ben Weiss

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'My boss leaves 11 voicemails': Truck driver gets back at boss who won't allow breaks

Remy Millisky

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'She was uncomfortable, she could barely perform the check': Employer mandates "bag checks," employee makes it interesting

Brad Dickson

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'He never asked me to do dishes again': Farmworker floods his boss's kitchen with soap bubbles to get out of house chores that are not in his job description

Jesse Kessenheimer

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'He had sunken down to his waist in mud': Sergeant gets swamped when he fails to listen to local recruit who knows the lay of the land

Brad Dickson

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'HR person was insanely incompetent': Student worker denied holiday pay by HR Karen, worker complies but finds clever loophole

Ben Weiss

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'"Have fun!" I said, as I clocked out': Hotel housekeeper 'sorts' linens exactly how boss directs them to

Remy Millisky

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‘Take the promotion or you’re fired': Carpenter gets even with boss who gives him an ultimatum, taking $45,000 worth of tools

Eleonora Bader

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'She didn't say we had to be seen': Employee rebels against her boss who forced her to turn her camera on during virtual meetings, maliciously complying by sitting out of frame

Jesse Kessenheimer

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