malicious compliance

'The exec told me... to run it': Supervisor makes critical mistake with 3-story-tall concrete mixer, makes a giant mess

Remy Millisky

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Micromanager demands employee rush through a major inventory check, employee outs her when $1K+ of inventory is missing from the books and scores a bonus as a result

Lana DeGaetano

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Repair technicians band together to maliciously comply with new manager's system, causing him to get fired: 'Productivity plummets'

Ben Weiss

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Neighbor parks in homeowner's front yard declaring it to be a "community parking area," gets towed :'She parked in my front yard'

Brad Dickson

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'I said no calculators during the exam!': 17-year-old student maliciously complies with strict math teacher's calculator rule, brings non-electronic calculator to the test

Ben Weiss

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'Two rebel teenagers won': 17-year-old seniors find loophole in school's lateness policy, consistently strolling in between two and three hours late

Ben Weiss

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Boss gets fed up with neighboring store's customers parking in his lot, he places boulders between the stores to block them, leading to a dispute with next-door owner: ‘A solid solution’

Bar Mor Hazut

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'I am not allowed to do anything': Retail worker faces down angry parents after colleague sells parents the wrong computer for kid's gaming ambitions, prevented from helping them by silly company policy

Brad Dickson

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'I'm not coming to meetings anymore': Employee clears his schedule through Thanksgiving to complete a 130-page self-review after a 'busy work boss' forces him to submit an 825 question evaluation

Jesse Kessenheimer

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'My dad’s beautiful brain started thinking': Karen neighbor insists HOA remove neighbor's boat from view, neighbor maliciously complies with her demands

Remy Millisky

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Customer service rep gets paid to play video games after management's misguided instructions leave them without any work: 'For 5 days, I sat in my spare bedroom/office playing video games, all while logged in'

Brad Dickson

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‘My union rep will be in touch’: Boss demands employee provide a doctor's note for every sick day but refuses to pay for it, employee gets the demand in writing, then files for grievance 

Bar Mor Hazut

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Boss demands software service rep stick to the script causing client catastrophe: 'My boss said, "Just follow the script"… so I did—all the way to a million-dollar client meltdown'

Brad Dickson

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'My neighbor freaked out... that he had to replace it:' Guy confronts neighbor after his fence collapses and tells him he'll tattle to the city if he doesn't get it fixed

Remy Millisky

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Micromanager's micromanaging turns sick employees' 'one day off into 5dayitis' after he requires medical notes for a single sick day

Jesse Kessenheimer

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'He congratulated me and we had a laugh': Wise-guy trolls a telemarketer by convincing them that he owns the White House, putting the cherry on top of a series of hilarious phone pranks

Jesse Kessenheimer

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