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The original was posted on /r/maliciouscompliance by /u/Great_Palpatine on 2025-03-20 07:32:27+00:00.
I used to work in a medical facility in a military camp where the guy in charge wanted updates on every small thing, no matter how minor.
His reasoning was that it was his medical centre, so he needs to know whatever's going on.
Context: there were always at least two medical staff on duty overnight and on weekends. The medical facility was fully staffed on weekdays.
He requested the on-duty medical staff send him updates by text, and got really pissed when there were no updates.
Ok. Message received loud and clear.
When I was on duty, he was very well informed.
I'm taking over duty? Update.
Sending someone to the hospital? Update. This is possibly the only legitimate use of the update. However, we could be sending someone to the hospital or to a bigger camp at night, and this could be multiple people. You want an update every time something happens? You got it. Sending one update per person, in the middle of the night!
Dealing with some administrative duties at our camp's headquarters? Update for each time I had to go and perform this administrative duty. Again, multiple updates in the early morning and late evening.
Getting off duty? Update.
The fallout: Over the course of the first weekend (Friday - Monday) when I was on duty, the man was updated multiple times. On Monday when he returned, he implemented a new rule: updates only when there are major casualties (e.g. requiring CPR), and when "important duties or incidences occur". He left the interpretation of whatever is "important" up to us.