malicious compliance

New restaurant manager insists on following employees around, absurd rule backfires when bartender restocks one item at a time to teach her a lesson: 'Best way to defeat a micromanager'

Isabella Penn

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‘Let your subordinates do their job!': New army commander demands to see every single report made, so nightshift soldiers call her 50 times a night

Elna McHilderson

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IT worker told to stop wasting time helping their coworkers, IT tickets get out of control when all the small problems are no longer getting fixed: 'Everyone was quietly enjoying the fact that Boss's ridiculous policy had backfired spectacularly'

Brad Dickson

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Boss insists employees wear full uniform in 100-degree heat, security guard collapses and workplace gets robbed: 'My work gave me a bonus'

Isabella Penn

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Boss demands that everyone take lunch at exactly 12:00 PM, left handling an empty office when the time arrives: '12:00 hits. We all just… walk away. Phones ringing, customers mid-sentence---not our problem. Boss looked panicked, trying to handle it all.'

Brad Dickson

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'They kept messing it up': Employee refuses to come to work after boss insists on complicated shift schedules despite being warned it creates confusion, leading to a dispute

Bar Mor Hazut

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Neighbor declares homeowner's front yard to be a "community parking area," gets towed: 'As soon as she parked her car there again I immediately called a tow [truck]'

Brad Dickson

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Construction workers maliciously comply with expensive project plans: 'We followed the plans to the letter, just like you said'

Remy Millisky

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Manager scolds employee for leaving his desk to use the restroom, employee drives her crazy by messaging her constantly: 'I made sure to let her know every time I left my desk'

Ben Weiss

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New Corporate VP fires crucial team members, engineers maliciously comply with new policies, leading to financial mess: 'All the [employees] who were let go were rehired'

Ben Weiss

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Neighbor keeps taking guy's assigned spot in their apartment complex parking lot, parks him in just to watch him try to leave over the course of 5 minutes: 'Just close enough that he’d have to do a very awkward 17-point turn to get out'

Brad Dickson

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‘Lady wanted to charge me $20 for a box’: Broke college student shows a condescending courier how far they're willing to go for a free Amazon return, maliciously complying with their boxing policy to save $20

Jesse Kessenheimer

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'You want me to intentionally break a client's computer?': Entitled sales associate tries to push coworker into fooling customer

Remy Millisky

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Incompetent manager costs company 100x more by approving incorrect claim, tries to skirt blame but employee has proof of his written approval: ‘A few days later [he] gets the [fired]’

Elna McHilderson

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'Don't stop baking until I say stop': Assistant manager berates baker at bagel shop for not cooking fast enough, malicious compliance ensues

Ben Weiss

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Company forced to pay $6000 to fix tech issue after boss demands sole IT employee deletes his account on his last day at the job: ‘You asked me to do this’

Bar Mor Hazut

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