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The original was posted on /r/maliciouscompliance by /u/pupillary on 2025-09-06 19:15:53+00:00.
Big box retail. I'm in a different store than usual. I've traveled an hour and a half to get there. Right away I notice the place has two big overflowing trash cans. I bag everything up to take to the back...the place where employees only are allowed. I do not wear my name tag when I walk through the store with trash because I have noticed that when customers see anyone wearing a badge, they run up on you to ask where stuff is. Again, I'm in a different store in a different town. I don't know where anything is in this place and customers really don't like to hear that, so I leave the badge in my desk and carry the two bags of trash plus cardboard boxes folded up and tucked under my arm.
As soon as I get to the back, not one but two employees descend on me informing me that I cannot be in the back without my badge. Rather than justify my presence, I just smiled and said "you know what, you're right!" I let go of both bags, dropping them where I stood. I pulled all the folded cardboard from under my arm and handed it over. Ever notice that if you hand something to someone, they usually take it? Well, he took it and as far as I was concerned, it was his. I stepped away from the trash bags I was not authorized to carry and kept walking as they frantically called out to me to not leave the trash behind. Too late, I'm gone.
On second thought, maybe this should go to AITA?