In the military, soldiers are supposed to follow all directives without question.

This man narrates how management told them to make a report more detailed. He may have made it a little bit too detailed.

So, instead of a one-pager, he created a 40-page report.

Because of this, his chief was ordered to read “The Riot Act” to him.

And he did… exactly what he was told to do.

Read the story below for all the details.

MC^2

I was in the navy at a joint command.

Management decided I needed to go into more detail on one of my regular reports.

This is coming from my chief.

He said it was coming from the division officer.

This man created a 40-page report out of a one-pager.

So, I turned what was a one-page report into a 40-page report.

Yes, I did comply with orders.

Yes, I did do exactly what I was told.

His chief called him into his office.

A day later, my chief pulled me into his office and said:

“By directive from our superiors I’m to quote ‘read you The Riot Act’.”

And then proceeded to turn a page over on his desk that only had three words on it:

“The Riot Act.”

The chief read “The Riot Act” aloud to him.

He read it aloud.

Then gave me a pen to sign the bottom of the form acknowledging my receipt of “The Riot Act.”

Seems like I wasn’t the only one who disliked the order.

But, orders are orders!

Eventually, they learned what the complete instructions were.

Direction came a little later, specifying what details the officer actually wanted.

Turns out, there was a legitimate reason for ask.

And it wasn’t just for page length.

The officer just failed to communicate what the reason was.

Whoops!

Haha! That was funny. Let’s check out the comments of other people on Reddit.

Well done (with an attached quotation), says this person.

This user shares their personal thoughts.

Another personal opinion from this person.

This person is impressed that they both complied with the commands.

Finally, people are loving it.

When you and your boss are on the same wavelength…

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