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my (17f) manager had me leave the new girl waiting tables on her own, so I took her at her word.

'A customer called in and complained': Lazy restaurant managers refuse to help teen workers with lunch rush, get customer complaints

I altered my uniform to comply with the dress code in my employee handbook.

'I altered my uniform to comply': Worker takes advantage of stupid belt loop-hole loophole

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Knock money off my paycheck for grammar mistakes? Let me point out all the mistakes on my bosses work.

'I received a decrease in my pay': Employee gets pay docked for grammar mistakes, gets revenge on boss

Company saves cost by taking away company cars. | As we were project engineers we had a very particular set of skills for knowing how to follow rules to the letter and how to do so in a manner that benefitted the company or project or individuals.

'Expenses [...] were more than they were for the previous 12 months combined': Company takes away company cars in an attempt to save money, malicious compliance ensues

New Manager Enforces Ridiculous Uniform Rules On Female Employees, Cue Malicious Compliance

New Manager Enforces Ridiculous Uniform Rules On Female Employees, Cue Malicious Compliance

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Dyed my hair blue so boss would stop blaming me for hair in customer's food

'I dyed my hair blue': Boss repeatedly blames woman for hair in food, so she dyes it

You want a smile policy? Let's make sure we're in compliance. |I worked at a casino years back as a slot host. We helped people with their machines, answered questions, paid jackpots, and were a huge customer impact point. It was a really fun job, despite the awful customers, and many years later I'm still friends with my old co-workers.

Casino implements 'Smiling Policy,' employees incessantly report each-other to overload system.

Can't justify paying me? No problem.

'Never mess with my money': Technicians band together against corporate for 'glorious malicious compliance'

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When someone asks you to write Your Name so they can report you to corporate, DO THIS

'I'm going to report you!': Karen demands car rental guy write "your name" on a piece of paper so she can report him, he does exactly what she asked

Lawn Karen | An hour later Karen calls my company (me) to complain about the work done. Apparently “they” blew leaves into the corner of her property and left them. Well, that’s complete

'The leaves in question were already in the back corner': Lawn maintenance guy gets locked in left leaf battle with local Karen when she makes baseless complaints about alleged leaf leaving

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

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Neighbor cuts down homeowner's oak tree because of one overgrown branch, damaging homeowner's property in the process: 'If you kept your tree in check, this wouldn't have happened'

New hire shows up to an empty office with no one to train him, ends up collecting a paycheck for 7 months before someone notices

New hire shows up to an empty office with no one to train him, ends up collecting a paycheck for 7 months before someone notices

Neighbor chains off shared driveway from new homeowner, claims he's "securing [his] property", tells homeowner to knock and ask for permission to access: 'This driveway situation was not his first attempt at this kind of thing'

Neighbor chains off shared driveway from new homeowner, claims he's "securing [his] property", tells homeowner to knock and ask for permission to access: 'This driveway situation was not his first attempt at this kind of thing'

Professional chef disappoints friends after bringing store-bought dip for a potluck, explains that she's not the unpaid caterer: ‘I cook professionally for 50-60 hours a week… I just want to exist at a social event!'

Professional chef disappoints friends after bringing store-bought dip for a potluck, explains that she's not the unpaid caterer: ‘I cook professionally for 50-60 hours a week… I just want to exist at a social event!'

36-year-old new Dad texts list of rules for meeting his newborn baby: 'Please avoid... comparing him to other babies'

36-year-old new Dad texts list of rules for meeting his newborn baby: 'Please avoid... comparing him to other babies'

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