malicious compliance Archives

March 28, 2025 at 7:49 am

Company’s Owner Refused To Pay Him The Percentage Of Profits That Was Agreed Upon, So An Employee Simply Didn’t Bring Up The Money And Kept It For Himself

If true, this is a major win for this guy.

March 28, 2025 at 7:20 am

Substitute Teacher Yelled At The Class And Said If You Don’t Like It You Can Leave, So One Student Took Her Literally And Walked Out

Hey, she said it was ok.

March 28, 2025 at 6:21 am

Upset Customer Decided To Pay Her Bill Using Pennies, So The Shop Owner Accepted Multiple Large Bags Of Pennies And Told Her To Wait While He Counted Them All Up

She got what she wanted, why is she upset?

March 27, 2025 at 6:49 pm

New Manager Changed The Procedure At A Bakery, So One Baker Complied Even Though She Knew It Would Lead To A Massive Amount Of Waste

Baker holding a tray of pastries and arranging them on the shelves

Don’t fix what’s not broken.

March 27, 2025 at 6:21 pm

Building Manager Scolds Garbage Truck Driver For Bumping A Gutter While Collecting Trash, So He Made Sure It Never Happened Again

white garbage truck at the middle of the road

One’s patience can be others’ frustrations.

March 27, 2025 at 5:21 pm

His Parents Had A Rule That He Could Only Get A Phone When His Brother Needed A New One, So This Teenage Boy Found A Creative Way To Follow This Rule

He technically followed the rules.

March 27, 2025 at 4:23 pm

Clever Customer Found A Way To Use His Store Credit Now Rather Than His Next Visit, So The Employee Gladly Complied Instead Of Losing A Sale

Sales employee assisting the customer choose a product in the store

When it comes to retail, sometimes you just have to let the customer win.

March 27, 2025 at 2:20 am

Man’s Boss Told Him He Couldn’t Work From Home Because He Went Idle In the Chat Too Often, So He Wrote A Script To Keep Him Online All Day

He also knows this: it’s better to work smart than hard.

March 26, 2025 at 9:21 am

After Canceling Their Company Cars, This Team Of Engineers Followed The New Travel Policy Perfectly. It Ended Up Costing The Company 12 Times More Than It Would Have To Keep The Cars.

The finance department should have thought this through.

March 26, 2025 at 7:21 am

After Failing To Pay This Mechanic What He Was Owed, This Business Owner Told Him That If He Doesn’t Like It, He Can Sue Him, So He Did

A bad woman ruined a great business.

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Company’s Owner Refused To Pay Him The Percentage Of Profits That Was Agreed Upon, So An Employee Simply Didn’t Bring Up The Money And Kept It For Himself

Substitute Teacher Yelled At The Class And Said If You Don’t Like It You Can Leave, So One Student Took Her Literally And Walked Out

Upset Customer Decided To Pay Her Bill Using Pennies, So The Shop Owner Accepted Multiple Large Bags Of Pennies And Told Her To Wait While He Counted Them All Up

New Manager Changed The Procedure At A Bakery, So One Baker Complied Even Though She Knew It Would Lead To A Massive Amount Of Waste

Building Manager Scolds Garbage Truck Driver For Bumping A Gutter While Collecting Trash, So He Made Sure It Never Happened Again

His Parents Had A Rule That He Could Only Get A Phone When His Brother Needed A New One, So This Teenage Boy Found A Creative Way To Follow This Rule

Clever Customer Found A Way To Use His Store Credit Now Rather Than His Next Visit, So The Employee Gladly Complied Instead Of Losing A Sale

Man’s Boss Told Him He Couldn’t Work From Home Because He Went Idle In the Chat Too Often, So He Wrote A Script To Keep Him Online All Day

After Canceling Their Company Cars, This Team Of Engineers Followed The New Travel Policy Perfectly. It Ended Up Costing The Company 12 Times More Than It Would Have To Keep The Cars.

After Failing To Pay This Mechanic What He Was Owed, This Business Owner Told Him That If He Doesn’t Like It, He Can Sue Him, So He Did

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