Boss Says "No Overtime," Shocked When Worker Complies

If you make a demand and expect people to follow it, don't be surprised when they do. That's the takeaway from this story that was shared to Reddit's r/MaliciousCompliance subreddit by this disgruntled worker, Redditor u/Local_admin_user. They shared their story to the popular subreddit to share their boss's hypocritical policy of both forbidding and expecting the workers to work overtime.   

Too many managers set expectations like this, setting the standard for the working relationship to work when it works for the company but not when it benefits the employee's interests. They'll stick to the "rules" hard and fast until it's convenient for them to suddenly ignore their existence. 

Read on for this story of malicious compliance. For more, check out this HR manager who power-tripped on an exiting employee who really didn't want to do their exit interview. The HR manager insisted andposted their story to Malicious Compliance, where readers roasted them.

'She needs a time out': Karen gets shut down by a 5-year-old

There is nothing more brutally cutting than the honest remarks of a child. Their lack of filter and a forming understanding of the world can bring forth some surprisingly perceptive comments that no adult would ever dare think—let alone utter out loud. These comments are usually directed at family or caretakers. They can sufficiently ruin days and demolish the egos of those people. That alone can be a lot to handle, but when they're directed toward complete strangers, it can be humiliating. That is unless, of course, that stranger is an entitled person who has made one too many assumptions and is currently in the process of berating you for an off-colored joke with your wife. 

When this Karen saw fit to put some total stranger in their place for a supposedly sexist joke, the couple's child quickly set the situation straight.

Read on for this story of an entitled person being put in their place. Next, check out this shop owner who played a reverse uno on a Karen's malicious compliance. 

Top 10 Worst Wedding Stories (May 15, 2023)

Now that it's May, it's wedding season, which means your weekends are probably booked and busy. While it's all fun and games to discuss the good ones, it's infinitely more fun to rank the worst weddings you've attended. Keep scrolling below for this collection of the top 10 worst wedding stories, compiled from this r/AskReddit thread. For more compilations like this, check out this collection of broke memes and fails!

'Yes, I will tweet exactly what you said': Social media manager maliciously complies with author's demands

Some clients aren't ever satisfied with the service they receive. Regardless of the industry you're in, some clients just can't be pleased — they'll always find something wrong with the product you deliver to them. Or worse, like with u/Gimlili's story shared to r/MaliciousCompliance, the client thinks they're better at your job than you!

Working in publishing with a job running the company's social media, this person said they encountered an author who was launching a non-fiction book. After creating a plan to tweet out different things at a scheduled time, the author disagreed with the way the OP wanted to tweet about the book. Not only did he disagree, he became a nightmare to work with, demanding that the OP post his tweets as is and as fast as possible. The OP was ready to teach this terrible client a lesson by using his own words against him. 

After that, check out the worst travel hack ever.

'Buy me a fridge, or I'll fine you': Resident pays neighbor $2,200 for new refrigerator in exchange for property line adjustment after he built a shed on neighbor's fence

Certain neighbors aren't especially keen on acting under your city's local zoning rules and regulations; often you find yourself in a bit of a pickle with people you have to see on a near-daily basis. This neighbor in particular built his shed that was supposed to be at least 10 ft from his OP's property line, right on his property line, a foot off his fence. OP approached this neighbor who had a ready excuse at the tip of his tongue, claiming that because of the slope of his yard and a drainage ditch, there was no other logical place to set up his shed.

Tough luck dude, as this isn't really OP's problem, right? But being a bit of a 'nice guy', he had his wife step in and do the negotiating. OP's wife was well aware of the local zoning rules, and used this knowledge to her advantage, stating that she could actually just call the zoning enforcement and get this dude fined. Instead, the more she thought about it, she realized she could 'sell' this land, AKA exchange the property line adjustment for something else she was in dire need of… a refrigerator. She did some quick calculations and realized she could get this neighbor to pay 3 times the value of the land she was prepared to 'sell' to him.

Scroll down to read what happened next. For more stories like this, here is a Karen who entered a petrol station and demanded that the cashier 'collect her car' from down the road, unaware that petrol stations don't work like that. After being refused service, she made a scene, contacted the company's HR, and got herself banned. Way to go, Karen.

'[I got an] insult of an offer': Man gets grossly lowballed by potential new employer, declines, poaches their best client, and gets a 25% raise at current job

Sometimes—actually, scratch that—MOST times, companies will try to lowball you if you are applying for a position there. They want to get the most work out of you for the least amount of money. And they will negotiate with you as if you're a used car in a lot, just an object they need to get some work done. All of us in the workforce, at one point or another, have to negotiate ourselves and it's never fun, but it just has to be done in capitalism. However, there are still some manners surrounding these types of negotiations. For example, there is at least a ballpark number you and the company tend to stick around, and you negotiate to meet in the middle. You never come in with some outrageous asking salary, and they are never supposed to come at you with some ridiculously low offer. And yet… Many companies have the audacity.  

A Redditor recently shared a story of a gross lowball offer her received and how he got his revenge for such an insult. He was already working at a company but thought he'd find something with better pay. He went to his current company's competitors with a higher asking price than what he was making now. They made him go through 7 interviews, asking him question after question (with some questions sounding suspicious, like they were just trying to get dirt on the company he was currently working at through him). Finally, he said enough and awaited an offer. They lowballed him 35% UNDER his asking price. That is just plain rude. He, of course, declined and continued at his current job.

He tried not to hold a grudge and live and learn and move on—but he just couldn't. So he took one of the newer employers he was friends with, joined forces, and went to that company's top client. He made them an offer he wasn't even authorized to give, and two weeks later they accepted! He got in trouble for not first getting approval to make sure an offer, but the clients were such a good catch that it was just a slap on the wrist. He then got a 25% raise AND a free family trip to Hawaii. 

We think it all worked out for the better in the end, if we do say so ourselves. Scroll on to read the entire showdown!

'You won't get your hours': Boss demands workers call out sick before 6 AM, immediately regrets it

When you give a demand, it's always wise to make sure that you're not demanding something that you don't actually want to deal with—being woken up before 6 AM anytime one of your employees needs to call out would fit right into that category.

This manager tried to tell their employee that they weren't going to be paid sick leave for the hours they missed since they hadn't called out before 6 AM, according to the "company policy." By the manager's reasoning, this meant that they hadn't appropriately called out from their shift. The issue is that the manager normally didn't start work until 10 AM and was generally unreachable before that time.

To ensure that they were compliant when the worker had to call out sick the following day, they first tried to call their workplace. After receiving no answer, they called their manager directly, who groggily answered the phone, not thrilled to be woken. After that, the policy was mysteriously changed.

Read on for this brilliant tale of workplace malicious compliance. Next, check out this boss who got a customer to withdraw their complaint by pretending to fire the worker.

'Coworker got sued and then sued the company': Boss refuses to let employee see his sick mother, employee retaliates, causing lawsuit

This boss's comeuppance had to have been a triumphant experience for the whole office. After constantly assigning everyone extra work, Bob decided to take things a step further and refused to let his employee, Martin, leave work early to see his mother, who was very ill at the time. This thread was posted to Reddit by u/Nuroui, who claimed to have witnessed the altercation that resulted in Martin's impulsive slap.

 

After the "slap heard round the world," Bob fired Martin and sued him. That's when Martin was able to rally his coworkers, who were all witnesses to the event, and claimed self-defense. As some folks in the comments section suggested, self-defense may have actually been a bit of a stretch, but we also do not want to defend Bob in this scenario as he truly seems like the physical embodiment of a heartless employer. Keep scrolling below for the full story and to find out what happened in the end. For more, here's another story about a job candidate's honest review and the CEO's response.