'I refuse to do so': Senior employee forced to record bathroom breaks

Unfortunately, after long years of service with an organization, all it takes is a singular change in leadership to bring everything crashing down. 

New managers come with new ideas and processes, bringing things with them that they've made a part of their playbook—eager to shake things up and leave their mark on their new organization. While these ideas and processes may have been successful at a previous job, they can seem wildly misplaced at the current one. With things like introducing open office plans and hotdesking to the investigative government department that they've just started managing—as if it's some kind of trendy business or tech startup where they worked previously… or requiring their workers to check out for bathroom breaks like they're kids at the preschool where they previously taught.

This worker has been working at this company for 18 years and is a senior member of the team. Unfortunately, they recently got a new manager who is strict about knowing their whereabouts and requires them to sign out when they go to the bathroom. The worker refuses to do so and is facing the possibility of being written up for insubordination. While they'd like to quit, they are hesitant due to their high salary, good benefits, and five weeks of vacation per year.
  

'I don't know the sound a lemon makes': 35+ Students who had extra creative answers to their teacher's questions

"I mean, it was a true answer, just not what I was looking for," one teacher admitted. They were among thousands of educators who answered one redditor's question to r/AskReddit: "Teachers of Reddit, what's the funniest answer you've gotten from a student that technically wasn't wrong?"

Educators of kids from preschool to college had some great stories to share. As a teacher, you spend hours every day with the same kids. You get to know their family background, their favorite hobbies, and watch as they create friend groups. While some teachers prefer to lecture, it's helpful to get students involved in the lesson through engaging questions. It's a surefire way to make sure students aren't asleep at their desks throughout the class. 

These teachers below told us some of their most funny and wholesome stories of the exchanges they had with their students. Young kids are so bright that it can surprise you! They can effortlessly think outside the box, and their creativity is in full bloom. Even if they pretended to be annoyed, I think most teachers love when kids give goofy answers. 

Up next, this grandpa really wanted to bond with their grandkid, so they started a car project together… but as the grandkid shared, " We eventually found out what Grandpa Kevin had done."

'I did not think I was the entitled one here': Dinner guest tells host she's being 'unappreciative of their traditions' because she won't eat mayo

A family friend had a huge overreaction to a potato salad. 

If someone is kind enough to invite you to their house for a meal, you often bring some nice drinks or a plate of brownies or a bouquet of flowers. What you don't do is insult the food that your hosts have made for you — no matter how much you dislike it. 

Most of us are taught that as toddlers. We're told, "If someone gives you a birthday present, and you don't like it, what do you do?" And then you learn to say "Thank you!" for what you're given (even if it's something boring like clothing or shoes). That shows gratitude. Easy stuff. 

This woman was invited to a meal, and she probably won't be invited to dine with this family ever again. She really laid into the OP, u/dinoleftthechat, for a simple disagreement about how a dish should be made. Even stranger, this friend was upset over the way the OP was eating. It couldn't have been less of this woman's business what the OP was dining on! As the chef, the OP can cook things as she pleases. At least the commenters sided unanimously with the OP on this one. 

Next up, these workers shared the funniest and silliest rules they have at their workplaces. 

'Nope': Remote worker forbidden from working from sick father's house forced to take PTO, then asked to visit client during that PTO

Flexibility is a two-way street, as with anything in any relationship, with concessions made on either side—along with a sprinkling of trust and proven results—providing both parties with an improved situation and the heightened dedication to performance brought about by mutuality. 

Any organization that finds that its workers aren't prepared to "go the extra mile" during periods important to the business probably isn't "going the extra mile" for the workers themselves during times when they really need it. A little consideration, even compassion, from your employer can go a long way when you're dealing with any of the various personal challenges that life brings. Workers who haven't been shown flexibility and trust from their employer will be apprehensive about taking on extra work and trusting their employer because, as most workers are aware, any "temporary" extra work that you're expected to do soon becomes a permanent basic requirement.

This worker was eager to visit their ailing father, who had been battling cancer. Finding themselves low on PTO they were seeking to work from their father's address in order to visit their father and keep up with their work. However, upon requesting permission to do this from their boss, they found their boss refused and insisted that they take their remaining leave for the trip instead. They took the leave and were soon approached by another project manager who asked if they would be willing to visit a client near their dad's house, seeing as they had received little understanding and flexibility from their employer leading up to this, and having already fully paid for their own trip, the worker returned the favor and refused to make the visit, whereas they would have been more than happy to visit the client if their original request had been accepted. 

This meant that their employer would now have to pay to send someone else to make the visit rather than getting the, essentially free, visit they might have otherwise gotten.

See the worker's account of events below, as originally shared with Reddit's r/MaliciousCompliance subreddit community.

'Being micromanaged...was not something that we were interested in': Small business trucking company fires client of 50 years over their rep's demanding attitude

Ask and you shall receive. When this company representative decided to make empty threats, I'm sure he thought it would make him look tough and professional. Instead, it backfired spectacularly on him. 

This malicious compliance story takes place at a small family-run company that specialized in trucking. This person knew that relationships with their clients were important to the company's long term success. So when they encountered another business's representative who rubbed them the wrong way, they tried to get past the rep's brashness. After all, sometimes in business, you have to work with people you don't personally get along with. 

At least the OP, u/Wildcatb, had the common sense to do things by the books. When they parted ways with this rep, they still gave him 60 days — two whole months! — to find another company to work with. But even with all that warning, the rep just wasn't cut out for that job, it seems. Additionally, in the comments, OP left six different updates about the ongoing work situation. 

Next up, this person had a really simple solution to a work issue, but when their work rejected it, the employee let their boss get 20,000 help desk tickets.