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The original was posted on /r/maliciouscompliance by /u/flintygooch on 2025-05-28 22:36:03+00:00.
Hello friends! I am new to this subreddit and community but was delighted to find myself here. Allow me to share my story:
About a decade prior, I was working as a manager for Gamestop (yup, that one). At the time, I decided to take a leap of faith and dye my hair blue. It looked great! I loved it, my colleagues loved it, customers loved it, and everything was hunky dory.
Cue the arrival of a customer survey, and a POSITIVE one at that: "The blue-haired dudette is awesome!" Let that sink in.
The next day, my district manager is in (he rarely stopped by, maybe once every two months) and pulled me aside for a chat: he'd seen the survey, and his response was an ultimatum to dye my hair back to a "normal" color by end of week or face repercussions.
Not only was I flabbergasted at this (I mean, come on, it's fucking GAMESTOP of all places, in the 2010s, where the nerds reign supreme and having blue hair could only help business), but I was determine to one-up him. Back in those days, I dabbled in cosplay, and because of this had an arsenal of wigs at my disposal. So, I proceeded to show up to work for the next month alternating between three wigs: a short brown bob, a long and kind of matted blonde one, and a wavy red one.
My supervisor was fucking furious, but because the colors were "natural" there was nothing he could do about it. Continued this until I decided my blue hair days were behind me.
Here's a hoorah to anyone else who has had the luxury of reveling in the sweet, sweet victory of malicious compliance.