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Don’t want my help? Sure! Go ahead and get yourself fired

'Go ahead and get yourself fired': Movie theater worker tries to help out entitled coworker, he refuses, cue petty revenge

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'The games WORKED': Kid circumvents school firewall to play flash games by learning to develop websites

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'Where's my 40% coupon?': Karen demands multiple discounts on her order, manager steps in and sides with employee

‘You Cut My Paycheck, Watch What Happens’ : Company Misses Yearly $925 Million Target, Corporate Furloughs Employees to Cut Expenses, Leading To Malicious Compliance

‘You Cut My Paycheck, Watch What Happens’ : Company Misses Yearly $925 Million Target, Corporate Furloughs Employees to Cut Expenses, Leading To Malicious Compliance

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'I put his on vacation hold': Neighborhood trash battle results in unexpected vacation

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‘Don’t worry, I'll take care of it': Resident gets even with neighbor who demands he keeps grass clippings off landscape pavers

‘Don’t worry, I'll take care of it': Resident gets even with neighbor who demands he keeps grass clippings off landscape pavers

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Boss Says "No Overtime," Shocked When Worker Complies

'Yes, I will tweet exactly what you said': Social media manager agrees to author's idea

'Yes, I will tweet exactly what you said': Social media manager maliciously complies with author's demands

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'You won't get your hours': Boss demands workers call out sick before 6 AM, immediately regrets it

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'They must have been crying at the computer': Customer frantically withdraws their complaint when worker gets fired because of it

'I owned the domain name': Web designer creates website, pivots to MC after owner won't pay for services

'She refused to pay, and stopped answering my calls': Web designer creates website, pivots to malicious compliance after entitled owner won't pay the bill

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'Ten thousand pennies, plus the extra twenty-five dollars, weighs a lot': Owner plays a reverse uno to Karen customer's malicious compliance

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'Oh we aren't signing it': Tenants undergo monthly apartment inspections, they move out without informing management

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'I [had to] remind him that he confiscated [it]': Boss confiscates employee's phone, wonders why they're not answering it

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‘I fired him, just like you asked’: Customer begs manager to rehire worker who was fired per his request after delivering wrong $8 item

‘I fired him, just like you asked’: Customer begs manager to rehire worker who was fired per his request after delivering wrong $8 item

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'Sure thing boss': Insurance worker told to just do their job, makes sure customers are covered

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IT Helpdesk manager emails demanding staff arrive 15 minutes early to login and be ready to take calls "1 second before" their shift, staff comply and hang up on customers the second their shift ends: 'Sorry to interrupt you, my shift is over. Goodbye'

IT Helpdesk manager emails demanding staff arrive 15 minutes early to login and be ready to take calls "1 second before" their shift, staff comply and hang up on customers the second their shift ends: 'Sorry to interrupt you, my shift is over. Goodbye'

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'It all started when...': Pour a dash of these laughs into your morning coffee for extra energy (June 27, 2026)

Employee stops overworking as it hasn't brought any raises, workload increases for everybody else, boss notices how much he was doing when he stopped: 'He admitted I was doing work that should have been divided between at least two roles.'

Employee stops overworking as it hasn't brought any raises, workload increases for everybody else, boss notices how much he was doing when he stopped: 'He admitted I was doing work that should have been divided between at least two roles.'

Retail employer demands 24/7 GPS tracking on workers making $16/hour through a “workforce management” app on their personal phones, the employees refuse: ‘Why do they need my location at 11 PM, on weekends, or while I’m on vacation?’

Retail employer demands 24/7 GPS tracking on workers making $16/hour through a “workforce management” app on their personal phones, the employees refuse: ‘Why do they need my location at 11 PM, on weekends, or while I’m on vacation?’

Call center operator obliged to start 15 minutes before his shift to load the company's archaic software, told to work until 4:00 PM on the dot, he complies, ending a call right at the end of his shift: 'I am following expectations and written directions'

Call center operator obliged to start 15 minutes before his shift to load the company's archaic software, told to work until 4:00 PM on the dot, he complies, ending a call right at the end of his shift: 'I am following expectations and written directions'

Employee gets laid off without notice, and when he says he already has a new job, he gets asked if he was going to give proper notice: ‘You just told me my role is done by Friday, and you're asking me about proper notice.’

Employee gets laid off without notice, and when he says he already has a new job, he gets asked if he was going to give proper notice: ‘You just told me my role is done by Friday, and you're asking me about proper notice.’

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