malicious compliance Archives

April 9, 2025 at 4:22 am

Customer Was Asked To Visit The Bank If He Wanted To Fix A Minor Problem In His Account, But He Found A Clever Loophole To Get It Resolved Over The Phone

Woman working in the bank holding a landline phone

A little creativity can help you find loopholes.

April 8, 2025 at 12:21 am

Company Decides To Order New Work Phones, But One Employee Is So Eager To Get One That He Ends Up Being The Only Employee Without An Upgrade

He got what he asked for!

April 7, 2025 at 11:55 pm

Security Guard Is Told Not To Let Any Employees Enter The Hospital Through The Main Entrance, But The CEO Thought The Rules Didn’t Apply To Him

The CEO is not above the rules.

April 7, 2025 at 11:35 pm

Employees Used To Be Able To Wear Jeans On Fridays, But When One Boss Changed The Rules The Employees Banded Together To Rebel

smiling woman in brightly colored floral shirt holds a laptop

All non-customer facing jobs should have relaxed dress codes.

April 7, 2025 at 3:22 am

Accountant Realizes That Her Boss Is Eventually Going To Fire Her, But He Never Expected Her To Get Revenge Before She Quits Instead

The boss made some very bad decisions.

April 6, 2025 at 4:21 pm

Irate Customer Demanded That They Cancel His Account And Let Him Talk To The CEO, She Complied With The Request To Close His Account, And It Caused All His Stores To Go Offline

Steve seems like a horrible person.

April 6, 2025 at 3:21 am

Train Driver Got Annoying Instructions From Dispatch, So He Conducted Himself Right Back To The Depot And Left Behind Some Train Car Carnage

This train driver wouldn’t be derailed by pressure from dispatch.

April 5, 2025 at 9:49 pm

Boss Demanded That Employees Log Every Single Task They Do At Work, So This Person Complied And Produced 50+ Pages Of Log Files

A page on a notebook with a handwritten note that says "Today" and the numbers 1 to 4

The best way to prove a point is to follow instructions a little too well.

April 5, 2025 at 9:22 pm

Woman Was Scolded For Clocking Out Past Her Shift Despite Covering For A Late Employee, So Now She Leaves On Time And Leaves The Gym Unattended

Door sign that says "Sorry, we're closed"

This is what happens when you enforce a rule without thinking through the consequences.

April 5, 2025 at 1:49 am

Computer Engineer Was Asked To Do An Upgrade For Free, But Instead Of Giving It His Best He Frankensteined A Monster And Got His Payback

This engineer engineered his way to some smug satisfaction.

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Customer Was Asked To Visit The Bank If He Wanted To Fix A Minor Problem In His Account, But He Found A Clever Loophole To Get It Resolved Over The Phone

Company Decides To Order New Work Phones, But One Employee Is So Eager To Get One That He Ends Up Being The Only Employee Without An Upgrade

Security Guard Is Told Not To Let Any Employees Enter The Hospital Through The Main Entrance, But The CEO Thought The Rules Didn’t Apply To Him

Employees Used To Be Able To Wear Jeans On Fridays, But When One Boss Changed The Rules The Employees Banded Together To Rebel

Irate Customer Demanded That They Cancel His Account And Let Him Talk To The CEO, She Complied With The Request To Close His Account, And It Caused All His Stores To Go Offline

Train Driver Got Annoying Instructions From Dispatch, So He Conducted Himself Right Back To The Depot And Left Behind Some Train Car Carnage

Boss Demanded That Employees Log Every Single Task They Do At Work, So This Person Complied And Produced 50+ Pages Of Log Files

Woman Was Scolded For Clocking Out Past Her Shift Despite Covering For A Late Employee, So Now She Leaves On Time And Leaves The Gym Unattended

Computer Engineer Was Asked To Do An Upgrade For Free, But Instead Of Giving It His Best He Frankensteined A Monster And Got His Payback

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She Bought Her First Home Entirely on Her Own—But When She Refused to Let Her Mother Move In Without Being Asked, She Was Branded Ungrateful for Protecting Something She’d Worked So Hard For

He Drives Himself to School Every Morning, But Refuses to Give His Neighbor a Ride Along the Way—And Now He’s Facing Pressure From Both Families to Explain Why

Employee Tells Customer the Store Doesn’t Sell Sangria—So He Demands to Speak to a Manager

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