‘I left the payroll tab open; now everyone is quitting': Employees find out coworkers salaries after accountant complies with boss's request to cover the front desk; employees' demand raises, then quit when denied

Malicious compliance is one of those rare, juicy opportunities that don't exactly present themselves very often. But once you get that golden ticket, bets are out you're gonna use it. In this case, OP was one of the few employees in this world that actually liked their job. That is, until his firm merged with another CPA firm, and other managers entered the picture. These managers were the exact opposite of what OP was used to… they were heavy believers in micromanagement (we all know how that usually turns out), and disliked basically everyone at OP's firm, including him. They would snoop in OP's office, which c'mon, is beyond unprofessional.

But, as luck would have it, OP got the chance to get back at everyone… all thanks to a manager who told him he needed to cover the front desk for the day. At first, OP objected, as he was working on payroll. They couldn't possibly expect OP to work on the payroll at the front desk, right? Wrong. OP's boss backed the manager up, and told him to 'Please just cover' and that he would talk to the other manager. So, OP obliged… and there it was, the golden opportunity that OP had been waiting for, in the form of some juicy malicious compliance.

Scroll down to read the full, detailed account of events. For more, here is a tenant who got back at his neighbor for messing with his laundry.

'I know what I’m doing': Stage hand bends safety rules until boss catches him

Though this guy claimed to know how to do his job, safety wasn't on his list of concerns. That alone should have told his boss that this dude wasn't a good fit for the role. 

U/rslashcallousheart had a story to share about the time they worked as a stage hand, setting up stages and equipment for music venues. It's quite the hands-on job, requiring the workers to move heavy equipment not just on the ground, but sometimes high off the ground. These things are so heavy that the workers are required to wear protective gear, such as steel toe capped boots and hard hats. 

Maybe some workers think these precautions are annoying or unnecessary, but there's a reason those rules are in place. It's because some other worker got hurt doing that exact same thing before, and now there are rules in place to prevent it from happening again. You always have people who think the rules don't apply to them, as if you can be so good at your job that accidents couldn't happen. At least no one got hurt here!

Next up, this person admitted to going "full Karen mode" on a car dealer who wanted them to pay extra for a tiny stripe of paint on their new vehicle. 

'I went full Karen mode': New car haggler refuses to pay for pinstriped vehicle, dealership repaints his car overnight

Looking back on their new purchase in the 1990s, this person realized the car dealership got away with something intriguing. 

This is a story of a person buying a car in the 1990s, and one of the first things they claim is that these days, the "era of haggling" is over. Though I've never bought a car, I find that hard to believe. When purchasing a car, it's well known that people like to haggle with the salespeople to try and get a great deal for themselves. Meanwhile, the salespeople often have a reputation for trying to sneak in additional up-sales that will net them some extra commission money. The salesperson in this story seems a bit like that — he tried to add on a rather high charge for a specific way of painting the car. 

I want to ask an important question here. If you're visiting a car dealer, and you're inspecting a car on the second floor of the dealership, and you move the gear shift to neutral, will the car roll out the front window and smash onto the ground, and then you are stuck purchasing the car and fixing the dealership's property? Or would the car not move an inch because they've idiot-proofed their vehicles in anticipation of someone (me) wanting to do that? Who among us has not asked that question while in that scenario? If you've ever worked at a car dealership, spill the tea to me. Inquiring minds want to know, thanks in advance. 

Next up, these chunky animals are some absolute units who are built for feed, not speed. 

'Let's get a supervisor involved': Hospital worker gets revenge on nurse coworker for fabricating a customer complaint to get her fired

It doesn't seem like the management of this hospital was abreast with the issues within their team—that is until this nurse made them very aware of what was going on after being unable to endure her toxic coworker any further.

Living with a coworker who is determined to catch you out at every turn is impossible. These narcissistic, psychopathic individuals will stop at nothing to ensure that they report you for each and every procedural technicality, no matter how exaggerated, minor, or flat-out untrue it might be. Needing to look over your shoulder, on constant watch for that knife in your back, is exhausting and has driven many a-worker to look for a new employment situation. 

These people are either cunningly manipulative or brazenly confidently stupid. There is no in-between. If you're dealing with the latter, it's done easily enough, but if the former—you're probably not going to win without the help of someone in a position of authority who's squarely on your side. But, in the case of the latter, luckily, they're probably doing something else that's a fireable offense in addition to making your life living heck. So, all you need to do is get them caught for said fireable offense.

Keep reading to see this hospital worker's account of events that unfolded at her work. It's a great read.