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You want me away from guests at all times so they don’t see me doing normal things? No problem!

'I was told it looks unprofessional': Front desk employee at hotel not allowed to use same bathroom as guests, cue malicious compliance

The customer explained that they wouldn’t pay, and understood now why it costs so much when “your staff aren’t working during the week and only working at the weekends so they can get double pay”

Angry client demands IT Guys work during week instead of weekend, ends up with the business disruption they were trying to avoid in the first place

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'Extra Black Olives': Another Pizza Related Malicious Compliance Story

Entitled Customers Demand Extra Black Olives on Their Pizza, Malicious Compliance Ensues

Boss demands fauxductivity

'I have been reprimanded for productivity issues': Employee gets shamed by company for being too efficient

Maternity wear | This happened several years ago. After onboarding a new job, I was told I could hire an assistant. The HR director, Kelly, handed me a stack of resumes, told me about a friend's daughter, and bumped "Kat" to the top of my interview list. Kat passed the tech test with high scores and interviewed well so, I hired her.

HR busybody demands pregnant assistant is reprimanded for maternity clothing... because the assistant's mother (HR's friend) doesn't approve of her boyfriend

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He had put a rule in place that nobody was allowed to recycle a broken laptop other than himself.

IT Supervisor "Dave" demands all to-be-recycled computers pass across his desk, ends up with a giant mountain broken computers

One day the field rep called because he didn’t like how we’d answered an email. Not that we hadn’t answered it, just that he didn’t like the manner in which it had been answered. After decades of dealing with this shipper, being micromanaged to that level was not something that we were interested in.

'You should fire us!.. Ok.': Freight company follows through on client's empty threat, calls their bluff and stops servicing them

Bossy Co-worker Screws Himself Out of a Promotion, Woman Gets Revenge Without Even Trying

Bossy Co-worker Screws Himself Out of a Promotion, Woman Gets Revenge Without Even Trying

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It is a really bad idea to make a government employee angry | Both of the police units showed up and I let them know what was going on. They were both appropriately agitated to have to waste their time and let not nice guy know that I was within in my authority to proceed with the investigation.

'He stated berating me': Jerk neighbor breaks code, gets served bureaucratic justice by disgruntled government employee

He complains there's bones in his daughters calzone, manager looks at me and I say "I confirmed twice she wanted chicken wings", and the dad says "you know what she meant, like chicken meat".

'The kitchen guys are actually chuckling while they put this thing together': Obstinate customer demands whole chicken wings in their calzone, worker complies, gets fired

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'Under his command the company need[ed] extra 2000 manhours when for over 10 years it never did': New boss sets stupid new rules for factory shut down, the predictable occurs

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10,000 steps a day or else!

Wife Demands That Her Husband Walk 10,000 Steps a Day At Work, Coworkers Come to His Support

They must be MY leaves on MY curb? As you wish.

'I spoke with my neighbors and acquired the rights to their leaves': Guy leaves gargantuan mountain of leaves after leaf collection company leafs through their rulebook then leaves his leaves and leaves

Shut the F*ck up get in the truck and do what you’re told! You got it. | Malicious compliance

'I jumped in my truck, called his boss, and went home': Jerk construction operator abuses wrong contractor, gets fired

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Boss told me I couldn't take a smoke break if I wasn't smoking

'I was 'smoking'': Guy tired of coworker's smoking breaks, devises his own way to "smoke" and fool the boss

Bank won’t let me withdraw all funds? Ok | I moved from Pennsylvania to Michigan a few years ago and only go home once a year or so. A few years back I transferred the vast majority of my bank account to Michigan, but they were giving me a hard time about closing the account and so I withdrew all funds except for

'They were giving me a hard time about closing the account': Bank tries to charge guy a fee to close account, he decides to drown them in perpetual transactions

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Employee quits after getting written up for being 2 minutes late after covering 3 people's jobs for 6 months: 'I got a formal write-up'

Employee quits after getting written up for being 2 minutes late after covering 3 people's jobs for 6 months: 'I got a formal write-up'

15-year-old brother stood up by older sister after exam, turns out she pocketed the Uber money their mother gave her to pick him up: 'Guess I'm walking the 3 miles again'

15-year-old brother stood up by older sister after exam, turns out she pocketed the Uber money their mother gave her to pick him up: 'Guess I'm walking the 3 miles again'

16-year-old boy quits job after parents spent 3 years giving money to his 5, 7, 8, and 10-year-old siblings: 'My parents are bad with money and they spoil my younger siblings'

16-year-old boy quits job after parents spent 3 years giving money to his 5, 7, 8, and 10-year-old siblings: 'My parents are bad with money and they spoil my younger siblings'

Parents get upset with 19-year-old au pair for refusing to share her own food with their children: 'I get [paid] $196 per week'

Parents get upset with 19-year-old au pair for refusing to share her own food with their children: 'I get [paid] $196 per week'

'Don’t want me start before 8:00? Fine!': Micromanaging boss refuses to let employee clock in before 8:00 AM, employee maliciously complies to prove a point

'Don’t want me start before 8:00? Fine!': Micromanaging boss refuses to let employee clock in before 8:00 AM, employee maliciously complies to prove a point

Overworked employee starts leaving right at 5pm making their boss think that they've suddenly got better at their job and have "stepped up their game": 'I got a raise after I started leaving exactly at 5pm'

Overworked employee starts leaving right at 5pm making their boss think that they've suddenly got better at their job and have "stepped up their game": 'I got a raise after I started leaving exactly at 5pm'

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