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The original was posted on /r/maliciouscompliance by /u/Otherwise-Pirate6839 on 2025-06-06 20:28:50+00:00.
Many years ago when I lived with my parents, my mom decided to task my sister and me with additional chores around the house. Understandable. We were entering the pre-teen and teenage years so helping around the house is expected.
I got tasked with trash duty. Essentially empty out all the small trashbins into a larger one, and then take out that trashbag. All was well until one Saturday when my mom complained about why I hadn’t emptied the trashbins. I said I had, and she pointed to the one in her bathroom where a single bath tissue was in the bag. She demanded that the bags had to be empty and that next time it happened she would have me empty all the trashbags again. I asked “even if I’ve already done it and the bags are empty?” She said “yes, even if the bags are empty”. Duly noted.
A few weeks later, after I had emptied the bags, looks like my sister decided to use the bathroom and left some Qtips in the trashbin bag. Again, my mom burst out asking why I hadn’t emptied the bins and pointed to hers. So I got up and grabbed every single bin and took the bag.
She asked “why are you throwing away empty bags?” I replied: “because apparently I haven’t done my job well enough and per your instructions, I have to do it all over again even if the bags are empty”.
Needless to say, she loosened up afterward and bins were emptied as needed rather than at a set time; most of all, a single sheet or a Qtip wasn’t grounds for needing to take out the trash again.