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January 3, 2026 at 7:46 pm

Technician Covered The Work Of Four People, But His Supervisor Refused To Approve Overtime. So He Left Early As Instructed And A Critical Failure Hit With No One Qualified To Fix It.

Man with a headset listening to his boss tell him why overtime is not approved

That was a big win!

September 25, 2025 at 2:35 pm

Employee Tried To Tell A Customer That She Needed To Get A Repair Tech To Look At Her Refrigerator, But She Wouldn’t Listen To Them

Listening doesn’t seem to be a very common skill these days…

May 31, 2025 at 7:24 pm

Landlord Replaces The A/C Unit In One Townhome, But The Next Door Neighbor Complains That It’s Too Noisy

They have every right to use their air conditioning.

May 11, 2025 at 11:55 pm

New Facility Manager Put Up A Lock But Didn’t Share The Code With An Employee Who Needed It, So The Employee Played By The Rules And Called Every Time He Needed Access

Not trusting the on-call engineer means getting inconvenienced at the any time of the day!

December 4, 2024 at 2:22 pm

Customer Insisted That He Could Finish Installing The Internet Setup Himself, But The Technician Ended Up Having To Come Back 3 Days Later

Source: Reddit/Malicious Compliance/Pexels/Sergei Starostin

I bet the customer’s wife told him to stay away during the second visit!

December 3, 2024 at 11:21 am

Homeowner Closed The Attic Door To Save On Cooling Costs While Cable Guy Was Working, But It Was So Hot That So He Cut The AC To Homeowner’s Bedroom To Get Revenge

Source: Canva/DragonImages, Reddit/PettyRevenge

Treat others how you want to be treated,.

November 6, 2024 at 7:25 am

Technician’s Boss Lied About His Performance, So He Quit And Found Another Job That Put Him In A Position To Enact Revenge

Karma almost always wins in the end.

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Technician Covered The Work Of Four People, But His Supervisor Refused To Approve Overtime. So He Left Early As Instructed And A Critical Failure Hit With No One Qualified To Fix It.

Employee Tried To Tell A Customer That She Needed To Get A Repair Tech To Look At Her Refrigerator, But She Wouldn’t Listen To Them

Landlord Replaces The A/C Unit In One Townhome, But The Next Door Neighbor Complains That It’s Too Noisy

New Facility Manager Put Up A Lock But Didn’t Share The Code With An Employee Who Needed It, So The Employee Played By The Rules And Called Every Time He Needed Access

Customer Insisted That He Could Finish Installing The Internet Setup Himself, But The Technician Ended Up Having To Come Back 3 Days Later

Homeowner Closed The Attic Door To Save On Cooling Costs While Cable Guy Was Working, But It Was So Hot That So He Cut The AC To Homeowner’s Bedroom To Get Revenge

Technician’s Boss Lied About His Performance, So He Quit And Found Another Job That Put Him In A Position To Enact Revenge

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