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The original was posted on /r/maliciouscompliance by /u/Lopsided_Exam_1213 on 2025-06-13 12:22:29+00:00.
I'm a nurse. Our floor recently got a new manager who wanted everything done “by the book”, no matter how inefficient.
One day, she sent an email saying we needed written approval before making any changes to a patient’s care plan, even minor ones like switching out a gauze size or adjusting a bed alarm setting. Verbal approvals weren’t enough anymore.
Okay then.
That night, during my shift, I emailed her for written approval for everything. Swapping gauze? Emailed. Moving a patient closer to the bathroom to reduce fall risk? Emailed. Turning off an unnecessary monitor beeping every five seconds? Emailed.
By morning, she had 42 emails from me.
She tried to scold me for clogging her inbox. I just smiled and said, “You asked for written approvals. I didn’t want to be non-compliant.”
Policy changed by that afternoon.