malicious compliance

'I wasn't playing games': Oil rig worker calls their boss's bluff and quits when they're denied the chance to go home and visit their family

Brad Dickson

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‘Not an opportunity to make a quick buck’: Mother-in-law tries to charge her pregnant daughter $400+ for cleaning the house, while she was at the hospital giving birth

Jesse Kessenheimer

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'I [...] thought it would be more fun to comply': Supervisor insists on making employees submit requests for mandatory training programs, employee maliciously complies

Ben Weiss

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'My dash cam was running the entire time': Family tries to pull scam after car accident they caused but guy has a dash cam

Brad Dickson

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'Someone leaked a copy of our report': School superintendent resigns after teachers' outrageous plan draws attention to his leadership

Remy Millisky

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'My bill was a third of what it would have been': Diner gets cheaper bill after sticking it to the 'Mean Girl' waitresses who were picking on the new guy

Elna McHilderson

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'Do whatever you need to do': Car dealership maliciously complies with maintenance order, inflates prices, then learns they have to foot the bill

Ben Weiss

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'He was fuming, but I didn't care': Resident gains extra yard space and hundreds of dollars in neighborly dispute

Eleonora Bader

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'I hung up and ignored all calls from my boss': Restaurant boss asks employee to walk five miles in below zero temperatures, critiques their 'work ethic'

Remy Millisky

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'[I] picked a day they would be at work so not to ruin the "surprise"': Couple with ten dogs insists neighbors need to replace their fence, neighbors give them a fence that 'resembles the Berlin Wall'

Remy Millisky

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'I didn't cook anything': Husband complains about wife's cooking smell, she maliciously complies and refuses to cook him dinner anymore

Ben Weiss

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'I had to revoke your status': Karen demands manager run master keycard through system, manager revokes her access entirely

Eleonora Bader

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'I show the company the same level of compassion they showed me': Clock-watching manager refuses to make exception for employee's ailing father, employee gets five years worth of pay back

Remy Millisky

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‘I did as I was directed’: Camp bus driver leaves 40 blue-collar employees standing in the rain after a 12-hour shift

Eleonora Bader

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'I don't need your help': Guy disregards event credential worker, falls victim to his own hubris and gets to wait

Brad Dickson

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'I'm not taking an hour off. I'm leaving. For good': Boss constantly tells employee she could be 'fired for no cause,' employee plots their escape plan

Remy Millisky

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