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The original was posted on /r/maliciouscompliance by /u/Ben_In_Utah on 2024-02-10 18:13:03.
As a bit of background, when my wife and I had our first child, my wife's Grandpa paid thousands to buy our son a lifetime membership in a political organization (we are in the USA) whose values do not match my wife and I. We were frustrated but didnt say anything because her Grandpa lived alone and was toward the end of his life.
When my son was a toddler, I lost my job. This was in the middle of the recession and jobs were hard to come by, particularly for recent college grads with no experience.
The next 10 months were difficult. I often went to bed crying at the rejection after rejection. It was at a particularly low point that my son received a letter in the mail from this political organization that he is a part of. It talked about how they needed "every penny (he) can spare" to help this group in their fight. They needed "(his) best" My sadness turned to anger. And I wanted to call them up and lose my mind.
Instead, i decided to maliciously comply. My toddler son had no money but he could scribble on a piece of paper! He scribbled in various colors on a piece of paper. I wrote a note on the back saying that when you hit up a toddler for money, this is the best he could do and I sarcastically told them I hoped it helped in their fight.
I put it in the envelope they had enclosed, attached that envelope to a rock so that they had to pay extra postage, and sent it back. It makes me happy to think they lost money on hitting him up.