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Malicious Compliance

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People conforming to the letter, but not the spirit, of a request.

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The original was posted on /r/maliciouscompliance by /u/alcewll on 2025-05-18 23:44:02+00:00.


I (18F) work part-time at a small grocery store. One of the full-timers (let’s call him Dave) is lazy as hell. Leaves carts everywhere, skips facing shelves, dumps all his tasks on others. Every time I politely asked him to finish something he was supposed to do, he’d just go:

“If you don’t like how I do things, do it yourself.”

So I did.

For two weeks straight, I did everything. I organized the backroom, cleaned his section, finished his carts, stocked for him. Quietly, no complaints. Management noticed and pulled me into the office.

They said they were impressed and asked if I wanted more hours and responsibility. Dave? Got moved to carts full-time and isn’t allowed behind the register anymore.

Guess I’m doing it myself now. With a raise. :)

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