malicious compliance

'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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'He is bug eyed and asked me how many tickets I was planning on submitting': Data analyst is denied access to their database, sends IT team help desk tickets for each of their 400+ clients

Remy Millisky

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'The landlord is very upset': Landlord insists engineer tenant fix their own appliances without realizing how much the tenant is billing him

Remy Millisky

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'They have sent out 5 different reps to see us...to be greeted by me dressed in a chicken suit': Workplace bands together to stop telemarketers with creative tactics

Remy Millisky

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'I can't take notes on my computer? Fine, I’ll use a typewriter': Teacher enforces strict no laptop policy, student maliciously complies

Ben Weiss

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'[Don't] charge senseless, greedy fees': Landlord charges tenants $10/month to pay rent online; thrifty tenant mails a paper check instead, forcing the landlord to go to the bank every month

Jesse Kessenheimer

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'It took them a full MONTH to catch onto us': Students find loophole in lateness policy and show up three hours late with minimal punishment

Ben Weiss

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