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The original was posted on /r/maliciouscompliance by /u/geekynpooch on 2024-02-06 16:36:59.
Short and basic story but it gives me a lot of happiness
Back in college my supervisor at work always pointed out flaws with what I did
If she asked me to restock item A and I noticed that item B also required a restock, I would find her or a shift lead and ask about it. Turns out it bothered her and distracted her a lot when I did that because it prevented her from talking the ear off customers (we had a million complaints about a talkative manager who wouldn't let the customers go).
So one day I had enough, not wanting to be written up (again) for taking initiative I decided to do exactly what she asked. It was Halloween season and for some reason the candy shipment for one specific item was delayed. It was a favourite so we were losing money everyday it wasn't in stock... (You might be able to guess where this is going)
I noticed that the candy had arrived but she had not noticed the same or had missed the message she got about it so it wasn't restocked. No one else really cared. It stayed that way for 2 days until she asked me about it and i told her it's been 2 days.
I got an earful but she couldn't do anything to me. I resigned a month later as i was got an internship in my industry and i later heard that this affected get promotion (one of many factors but I still count it as a win)
Edited: Updated a spelling mistake