malicious compliance Archives

May 2, 2025 at 1:22 pm

Company’s Building Security Required Employees To Swipe Their Badge When Leaving Work, But One Employee Discovered A Simple Way To Avoid Getting Locked Out Without Swiping

businessman's hand swiping badge on badge reader

Swipe twice – no problem!

May 2, 2025 at 12:15 pm

Young Programmer Endured Lots Of Abuse At His Job, But When His Boss Cut His Pay By Half He Left Without Giving Notice And Watched Them Go Under

Bad developer, bad boss, bad person.

May 2, 2025 at 11:15 am

Boss Berated Worker For Stocking Halloween Candy The “Wrong” Way, So They Followed Orders Exactly And Let Sales Plummet

Unopened packages of Halloween Candy including Reeses and Whoppers.

The manager should’ve listened.

May 2, 2025 at 7:48 am

Retired CEO Shares What She Did When People Assumed She Must Be Male

It’s about respect.

May 2, 2025 at 5:49 am

Mom Told Her Kids Not To Play A Road Trip Game Called Punchbuggy Anymore, But One Of Her Kids Found A Loophole

boy and girl sitting in the back of a car laughing

Kids do malicious compliance differently.

May 2, 2025 at 3:46 am

HOA Board Misused Their Power For Too Long, So A Group Of Homeowners Forced Them Out And Restored Community To Their Neighborhood

The homeowners turned a petty playground into a real community.

May 2, 2025 at 1:41 am

College Dean Ordered Staff To Shut Down Server Cooling Systems To Save Money, But Now Every Art Student’s Final Project Is Lost And The Servers Are Cooked

Servers with wires connecting to other devices

What a blessing and a curse.

May 2, 2025 at 12:47 am

Bank Management Sent Someone To Shadow The Team At Another Office, But One Of The Employees Made This Guy’s Day Extra Difficult

I’m sure that guy regretted shadowing him!

May 1, 2025 at 11:15 pm

A Micromanager Came In And Demanded The Team Use A New Time Tracking Tool, But When These Programmers Followed Orders Perfectly, The Micromanager Had To Admit Defeat

When will micromanagers learn?

May 1, 2025 at 10:55 pm

Mother Set Ground Rules To Prevent Son From Getting His Feet Wet, But The Toddler Found A Hilarious Loophole The Mother Didn’t Expect

She gave him a set of rules and a loophole wide enough to splash right into!

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Company’s Building Security Required Employees To Swipe Their Badge When Leaving Work, But One Employee Discovered A Simple Way To Avoid Getting Locked Out Without Swiping

Young Programmer Endured Lots Of Abuse At His Job, But When His Boss Cut His Pay By Half He Left Without Giving Notice And Watched Them Go Under

Boss Berated Worker For Stocking Halloween Candy The “Wrong” Way, So They Followed Orders Exactly And Let Sales Plummet

Retired CEO Shares What She Did When People Assumed She Must Be Male

Mom Told Her Kids Not To Play A Road Trip Game Called Punchbuggy Anymore, But One Of Her Kids Found A Loophole

HOA Board Misused Their Power For Too Long, So A Group Of Homeowners Forced Them Out And Restored Community To Their Neighborhood

College Dean Ordered Staff To Shut Down Server Cooling Systems To Save Money, But Now Every Art Student’s Final Project Is Lost And The Servers Are Cooked

Bank Management Sent Someone To Shadow The Team At Another Office, But One Of The Employees Made This Guy’s Day Extra Difficult

A Micromanager Came In And Demanded The Team Use A New Time Tracking Tool, But When These Programmers Followed Orders Perfectly, The Micromanager Had To Admit Defeat

Mother Set Ground Rules To Prevent Son From Getting His Feet Wet, But The Toddler Found A Hilarious Loophole The Mother Didn’t Expect

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Her Nanny Was Asked To Keep An Eye On A Car, So When It Got Stolen, She Got Blamed And Fired

They Agreed to “Shower Notification Texts” to Share Hot Water—Then Received Messages Tracking Their Daily Hygiene Schedule

He Refused To Ring Her Up After Closing, So She Found Out When He Worked And Started Targeting Every Shift

Her Landlord’s Behavior Is Stressing Her Out — Now She’s Considering Telling Him Exactly How She Feels

Her Little Brother Asked Her To Pick Up Their Older Brother From The Airport — Their Dad Overheard Her Answer And Got Upset

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One Tenant Filled Her House With Murals, But When The Landlord Ended Her Stay, She Chose To Repaint Before Walking Away

Company’s Building Security Required Employees To Swipe Their Badge When Leaving Work, But One Employee Discovered A Simple Way To Avoid Getting Locked Out Without Swiping

Painters Used A Homeowner’s Water Spigot To Power Wash Her Townhouse Before Painting, And She’s Not Happy About It

She Demanded a Full Breakdown of Why Her Drive-Thru Order Came to Exactly $19.73—Then Stared in Silence When the Worker Neutralized Her Outrage with a Single Word

She Left Her Shopping Cart Unattended For Almost An Hour, Then Got Upset When The Employee Assumed It Was Abandoned And Restocked Everything