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Malicious Compliance

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The original was posted on /r/maliciouscompliance by /u/harleydavidsonjk on 2024-12-03 19:02:57+00:00.


I got my first job when I was 16, dodgy family run business, paid less than minimum wage but whatever. Anyway, there was one manager there who was the definition of “middle aged women hate the younger female coworkers”.

Let’s call her “Smudge” (her mascara application was dreadful). Smudge was one of those people who gave you the most harsh, vicious critiques but with a huge smile on her face. She wrote the book on passive aggressiveness and for some reason she was CONSTANTLY on my case. Even though I’d go above and beyond in my role for this shitty company. (for reference, i worked in an area where i just collected and cleaned dishes which had to be transported upstairs, restocked stuff etc).

Anyway, this one shift there was a huge rush and I had to run around collecting dirty dishes. The trays were so flimsy it felt like i was piling stuff on cling film. So i couldn’t stack as much as Smudge wanted me to (even though i was still way over stacking dishes). “My Name you need to be way more efficient and stack the cups and plates way more than this, this is just lazy” and pointed to my tray that was about to give way in my tiny 16 year old girl arms.

No problem! I got a new clean tray and went to the downstairs section which was still heaving with dishes even though I’d made several trips already. But orders are orders!

I piled 2 stacks of 10 ceramic plates, 4 thick round mugs, 4 tall slender mugs, and 7 tiny espresso mugs. The tray honestly felt like it was gonna break but efficiency is key so i used all my strength to lift it up and began walking up the stairs (littered in rubbish because nobody did their jobs).

What do you know? I trip on a wet wipe and couldn’t hold the weight of the tray so alll of those dishes fell and 10 plates smashed, 7 mugs got chipped but I had to keep pushing up the stairs because EFFICIENCY.

Told Smudge what happened and she panics and asks “Why did you stack that many???” “I was doing what you said”. Next day there was a meeting about not pushing past your limits.

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