malicious compliance

'I can do this in my head': Teacher makes student show his work, tells him it should take up the whole page, cue malicious compliance

Ben Weiss

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'HOA came down to our house to personally ask us to remove the sign': Family devises clever HOA workaround to avoid 24-hour sign rule

Remy Millisky

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'You don't want to SEE these anymore? No problem!': Supervisor tells employee to stop being late, employee relays his words verbatim to HR and now no one ever gets reported late

Elna McHilderson

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'After a week with no electronics, it finally happened': Father takes son's electronics, only to have the punishment backfire on him

Remy Millisky

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'I didn't come in early': Shrewd supervisor gets back at employer by working scheduled hours

Brad Dickson

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'Get back to work': Employer sends employee on errands during their lunch, won't let them eat on the clock

Brad Dickson

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‘No more overtime; Ok, boss': Machines overheat and shut down after demanding supervisor instructs delivery driver to ‘stop taking overtime’, leading to over $10,000 in damages

Eleonora Bader

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'I got it in writing': Manager demands BBQ cook clock-out early to cut their hours, their kitchen goes uncleaned and work goes unfinished

Brad Dickson

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'I should get a bump in pay too': Boss pays new hire 20% more, denies employee the same rate, employee gets a better job elsewhere

Ben Weiss

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‘You can't have breakfast until I say so’: Overworked hotel worker singles out guest who demands breakfast ‘on time’, allowing everyone else to eat breakfast early

Eleonora Bader

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'The lady of the house simply will not permit it': Movers tasked with impractical sofa bed delivery, use their own contract to avoid carrying it up stairs

Remy Millisky

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'[HOA] said that sunflowers are not allowed': Guy enlists lawyer's help to get even with HOA, maliciously complies with contract by planting corn

Ben Weiss

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'With a smile [my boss told] me, "I see what you did there"': Manager and employee team up to stick it to large company's HR, gets paid extra in overtime

Elna McHilderson

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'I will update you every possible moment': Squadron of interns bombard senior doctor with dozens of phone calls after he calls them 'lazy'

Remy Millisky

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'I may not have questioned the process… If I had gotten a bit of respect': Civil engineer spends 3 hours on redundant paperwork, asks HR about computerizing and gets entire filing department cut

Elna McHilderson

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'I stopped doing their work for them': Company experiences huge losses when developer stops doing her coworker's work for them, exposing them

Brad Dickson

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