malicious compliance

‘I spent all Christmas on it’: Junior lawyer spends holidays working for incompetent boss, leading to 100s of hours of overtime

Eleonora Bader

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'"If it's not in writing, it didn't happen" goes both ways': Micromanager boss wants to know why employee wasn't working during their in-person meeting, employee starts writing everything down

Remy Millisky

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'It’s so good to see him still fuming about it after months': Pierced employee out-logics manager and gets to continue wearing her piercings at work

Elna McHilderson

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'[I] told them I would not be returning to work': Young worker told by boss to accept job reassignment or find a new one, chooses the latter option

Brad Dickson

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'Quit arguing, if you say another word you’re fired': Boss instructs employee to drive 8 ton backhoe down the highway at 15 miles per hour

Remy Millisky

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'Landlord tries to keep [my] security deposit... um, no': Landlord tells tenants to 'park anywhere you want,' then fines them $1500

Remy Millisky

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'He panicked when I told him': Gas station attendant allows insistent customer to pump his own gas, customer ruins his boss's tractor

Remy Millisky

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'[My chargeback] valued at more than the parking ticket': Woman wrongly ticketed by local parking enforcement is resolved to make them pay, submits chargeback for her original parking fee

Brad Dickson

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‘Strike when the time is right’: Factory's lawyer plays long-game, outsmarting new company's big shot attorneys and their claim to pipe color ‘green’ by finding a clause in their own contract

Eleonora Bader

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'Ten thousand pennies... And she'd just committed to carrying them': Client asks repair shop workers "Do you know who I am?" and insists on paying large bill with change

Remy Millisky

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'Once on board, she keeps it secret': Flight attendant shows entitled passengers a movie of her choosing to halt their requests

Remy Millisky

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'Life is not a YouTube tutorial': Tradesman gets vindicated when DIY neighbor devalues his professional skill and totally ruins a welding project

Jesse Kessenheimer

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'Sorry Amanda, I'm just following orders': Video store employee leaves boss stuck in elevator after she forbids him from leaving the floor "under any circumstances"

Remy Millisky

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'They had to find a replacement ASAP': Security guard fired but still expected to work remaining scheduled shifts

Brad Dickson

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'Ok boss. Whatever you say': Boss says "No overtime" and costs company big when the entire production line shuts down

Brad Dickson

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'Her jaw actually dropped': Serviceman gets one over on gym that was refusing to cancel his membership

Brad Dickson

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