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The original was posted on /r/maliciouscompliance by /u/PaintingNervous1340 on 2024-08-15 14:59:53+00:00.
When I was a young technical writer, I worked for a small software company that was kind of winding down. Our administrator left or was let go, I can’t remember but in any case, she was not there any longer.
At the next development meeting, they asked me to take minutes. I’m a writer, right? (and a woman so maybe that had something to do with it…?)
Anyway, minute taking was not in my job description but I agreed to do it.
I had learned “weaponized incompetence” from my brothers who used to do chores so poorly that they would be reassigned to me.
During the meeting, I wrote down every dumb joke and stupid comment the developers made. I included everything in the meeting minutes which were distributed to the whole company.
Fallout: they never asked me to take minutes again.