Workplace celebrations are supposed to boost morale, not nickel-and-dime the employees actually keeping the business running.

So when a shift supervisor was repeatedly pressured to fund cover for her boss’ embarrassing tips, she snapped after being asked to cough up even more cash.

What followed proved that even small change can spark big payback.

Keep reading for the full story.

Cheapskate Boss

I worked as a shift supervisor in a department of about 60 employees.

Every year there is a designated week to celebrate our profession.

But this really wasn’t much of a celebration, at least for this employee.

Every year the department director volun-told the shift supervisors that we were all chipping in to buy pizza for the department to help celebrate.

The first annoyance was that I worked night shift, so she would order the pizza and give me a check to pay for it. This was after we had all contributed whatever amount she determined to be our individual share.

Her boss’ tip practically made her shudder, so she found herself reaching into her own pockets to cover.

Every year, she would order about six pizzas for the shift and include a $2 tip for the driver.

Naturally, I was mortified, and I’d end up kicking in my own money for a reasonable tip.

When I brought it up to her, she looked at me blankly and said she never tipped more than $2 for delivery.

Eventually, her boss’ stinginess got even harder to take.

The final straw was the last year she worked there.

She had figured out the pizza bill and determined we all owed $15.75.

Pizza day came and went, with me, of course, chipping in another $10 out of pocket toward the tip.

Of course, this still wasn’t enough for this boss.

I opened my work email and saw that she sent all the shift supervisors a message: she had miscalculated the pizza bill, so we all needed to pay her another $1.65.

Otherwise it wouldn’t be fair, as she would be paying in more than we had.

At first I saw red. Then I dreamed up my revenge.

As I said, I worked nights.

This employee finally decided if her boss really needed her exact change, then she would have to work for it.

So the next night, I spent quite a bit of time flicking 165 pennies under her office door.

Then I emailed her to let her know I’d left the money in her office.

Never heard another word, but I’m sure she crawled around and picked every penny up.

People like this don’t deserve to be in charge.

What did Reddit think?

Employees should have never been expected to spend their own money.

This commenter thought of a way to make this malicious compliance even more malicious.

This woman doesn’t sound like a good boss at all.

It’s possible this boss was even more immoral than originally thought.

The boss got her exact change, and the employee got her exact revenge.

If you liked that post, check out this post about a rude customer who got exactly what they wanted in their pizza.