malicious compliance

'But you’re advertising it': Customer requests holiday drink from coffee shop, barista refuses to make it because 'it's after Christmas'

Remy Millisky

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'It's amazing what can be done when the CEO gets involved': Frustrated customer floods company execs with emails to get them to fix their computer

Remy Millisky

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'I never offered any solutions to that company again': Egotistical boss overrules software developer's plan with their own, leading to their quiet quitting

Brad Dickson

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'No OT without manager approval': Worker uses OT policy to his advantage, leaves mid-shift once he hits 40 hours to go to the movies

Ben Weiss

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‘I answer him in 30 seconds… One hour OT’: Tech employee fed up with antiquated 9-to-5 uses it to his advantage and costs the company way more

Elna McHilderson

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'They still haven't found the non-existent box': Storage facility charges guy for imaginary box, he makes them find it

Brad Dickson

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'I went on foot': Fast food worker without a car sent home to shave, takes his time

Brad Dickson

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'We're just following his procedure, right?': New manager does away with his team's system, employees maliciously comply knowing productivity will decline

Ben Weiss

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'She started piling on more work on me... I was happy to comply': Passive-aggressive manager tries to get her employee to quit, instead the company pays their worker more

Remy Millisky

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'He had to send out an email to the team recalling the rule': Team manager insists late employees need to bring breakfast for their entire team, employee humbles him with expensive meal purchase

Remy Millisky

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'He put the 3 minute rice in the pan and left [for] 1 hour': Entitled man-child nearly burns down the college dorm kitchen, learns the hard way how to cook

Jesse Kessenheimer

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'I went on a long monologue': Innocent driver endures endless interrogation at a traffic stop, decides to waste the officer's time in return

Jesse Kessenheimer

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'I'll make the quesadillas exactly as ordered, but you pay the dry cleaners': Cheap manager changes restaurant recipes, gets covered in molten cheese in front of his corporate bosses

Remy Millisky

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'You can't continue working from home because you go idle in chat too often': Remote worker devises plan to avoid going into the office by tricking their bosses

Remy Millisky

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'Enjoy not being able to use your money': Savage bank teller gets revenge on an unruly customer by following procedure to the T and blocking his account after being accosted over the phone

Jesse Kessenheimer

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'I got my landlord arrested': Tenant gets property managers arrested for auto theft when they errantly tow his vehicle

Brad Dickson

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