malicious compliance Archives

April 13, 2025 at 7:23 am

Train Passenger Has Figured Out A Way To Cut Down On Travel Costs By Amping Up His Travel Time And Getting Refunded For The Delays

Come on ride the train, and ride it… with major delays?

April 13, 2025 at 5:22 am

Air Force Officer Had A Lot Of Hands On Experience, And Even Though He Wasn’t Highly-Ranked, He Still Schooled A Newbie With More Stripes

Pulling rank only works if you know what you’re doing.

April 12, 2025 at 8:21 am

Airplane Passenger Always Asked For A Free Upgrade To Business Class, So An Airline Employee Did Everything She Could To Make Him Sit In Economy

If the business man had been polite, he would have gotten the seat he wanted!

April 12, 2025 at 7:49 am

Horrible New Manager Mistreated Her Employees And Refused To Work, So Employees Quit On A Very Busy Day And The Restaurant Spiraled Out Of Control

Restaurant employee taking orders in an apron

Big managers deserve to have employees that quit.

April 12, 2025 at 7:21 am

Pencil Pusher Boss Asked An Employee To Write Longer Comments To Explain The Work He Did, So He Wrote An Entire Novel To Satisfy The New Minimum Word Count

Man working on a desk in checkered shirt

His boss clearly wasn’t looking at the comments!

April 12, 2025 at 6:21 am

Warehouse Inspector Needed An Assistant To Get His Job Done, But His Manager Refused. So He Decided To Only Do The Work On His Job Description And Nothing More.

Man standing in a warehouse looking tired

He really proved his point!

April 12, 2025 at 3:21 am

Slacker Student Didn’t Help On The Group Project, But Insists On Presenting It Alone. So His Teammate Let’s Him Fail Miserably, But Then Goes Onto Impress The Professors.

Man giving a presentation in front of the class

He handled this perfectly!

April 10, 2025 at 10:15 am

Condo Owner Tried To Work With His Bank To Sell His Apartment, But Their Refusal Cost Them Tens Of Thousands In The End

Banks can make bad decisions too.

April 10, 2025 at 9:23 am

Bank Customer Was Being Charged Almost $6 For A Service That He Rarely Uses, So He Outsmarted The System To Avoid Losing Money

Man holding a phone in one hand and a bill statement in anotehr hand

There’s always a way to outsmart annoying rules.

April 10, 2025 at 8:21 am

Man Kept Getting Annoying Automated Calls From His Bank, So He Found The Perfect Way To Shut Them Down

Man on the phone feeling upset with what he is hearing

The “End” button is a also a button after all.

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Train Passenger Has Figured Out A Way To Cut Down On Travel Costs By Amping Up His Travel Time And Getting Refunded For The Delays

Air Force Officer Had A Lot Of Hands On Experience, And Even Though He Wasn’t Highly-Ranked, He Still Schooled A Newbie With More Stripes

Airplane Passenger Always Asked For A Free Upgrade To Business Class, So An Airline Employee Did Everything She Could To Make Him Sit In Economy

Horrible New Manager Mistreated Her Employees And Refused To Work, So Employees Quit On A Very Busy Day And The Restaurant Spiraled Out Of Control

Pencil Pusher Boss Asked An Employee To Write Longer Comments To Explain The Work He Did, So He Wrote An Entire Novel To Satisfy The New Minimum Word Count

Warehouse Inspector Needed An Assistant To Get His Job Done, But His Manager Refused. So He Decided To Only Do The Work On His Job Description And Nothing More.

Slacker Student Didn’t Help On The Group Project, But Insists On Presenting It Alone. So His Teammate Let’s Him Fail Miserably, But Then Goes Onto Impress The Professors.

Condo Owner Tried To Work With His Bank To Sell His Apartment, But Their Refusal Cost Them Tens Of Thousands In The End

Bank Customer Was Being Charged Almost $6 For A Service That He Rarely Uses, So He Outsmarted The System To Avoid Losing Money

Man Kept Getting Annoying Automated Calls From His Bank, So He Found The Perfect Way To Shut Them Down

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Gifting Business Relied On “Voluntary” Late Hours During The Holidays, But Workers Faced Social Consequences For Saying No

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Her Daughter’s School Keeps Reaching Out About Overwhelm and Struggles — She Thinks It’s Not Her Problem to Fix

Man Was Asked To Fix A School PA System That Kept Making Noise, But He Eventually Cut The Cables And Cost The School $14,000

He Forced Her to Miss Her 8th-Grade Washington D.C. Trip for a Reunion—Then Realized She Spent the Entire Event Staring at a Wall

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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

Train Passenger Has Figured Out A Way To Cut Down On Travel Costs By Amping Up His Travel Time And Getting Refunded For The Delays

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

Man Kept Getting His Raise Delayed By Management, So He Took A Better-Paying Job When The Opportunity Came