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The original was posted on /r/maliciouscompliance by /u/sinful-sucker on 2025-06-03 03:18:16+00:00.
I worked for a micromanager who lived for email chains. He wanted every single task documented, no matter how minor. One day, he sent me a snarky message after I forgot to "CC the right people" on a short update:
"In the future, make sure your emails are more detailed. I need to see everything in writing."
Okay, boss. Challenge accepted.
For the next two weeks, I documented every single thing.
“Opened Excel spreadsheet titled 'Q2 Budget Draft v6_FINAL_FINAL'. No edits made.”
"Replied to John's email, said 'Thanks.'"
"Spoke to Sarah in hallway about printer paper. Resolved."
“Finished typing this email. Re-read three times.”
Each email was multiple paragraphs long, filled with pointless details. I CC’d him on everything, even Slack screenshots of conversations he wasn’t in.
By day three, he asked me to “dial it back a bit.”
By day five, he told me I didn’t need to CC him on “every breath I take.”
By the end of the week, he asked if we could just go back to how things were before.
Sure thing, boss. All in writing, of course.