r/Maliciouscompliance "Call the Cops!" "LOL OK!"

[@jimmyrossmeissl6644]

Director from story 3: “I am firing you with one week’s notice” Everyone in ASD:”What have you done to our jobs, cruel wench?”

[@Fire-Manz]

In my head I hear the whiterun guards from skyrim lol

[@gamergodofjustice]

@@Fire-Manz i use to be a director like you but then i took a pride check to the knee.

[@_xxmidnight5351]

"silence, wench" would also have been an appropriate response but yours is better

[@thatonewitch]

Ah, you're finally awake

[@shinymainespoon]

Drive-thru story: Gotta love the occasional wholesome compliance OP: (maliciously complies) Lady: "Jokes on you, I'm into that!"

[@Mistfall254]

Lol

[@makaiwise4609]

100% a Chick-Fil-A story. I’m a former CFA employee and can confirm I’ve done stuff like that all the time. Outlandish requests but I just follow them to the letter, half expecting a fallout. Almost every time, the customer is thrilled that you actually did what they asked. It’s like a reverse backfire

[@Mikustan39]

@@makaiwise4609 Ah yes, a frontwater.

[@shinymainespoon]

@@makaiwise4609 CFA workers are the best. I remember pulling up to the window one evening and two dudes were asking the cars "vacation in the mountains vs vacation on the beach" and had a tally board. I'd love to see more of that

[@makaiwise4609]

@@shinymainespoon we did that all the time at my location, we loved doing that. Marvel vs dc, dogs vs cats, favorite music genre. We’d even add a category of you said something like hamster instead of dog or cats, or if you said grunge was your favorite music genre

[@Nerobyrne]

Talking to yourself is actually perfectly normal. Well, as long as you're not halving entire conversations with people you made up. THAT is what makes it a health concern. But, talking through a thought process when by yourself is entirely normal. Not everyone does it, but the brain processes thoughts differently when you say them out loud.

[@vixenv2520]

*blinks in maladaptive daydreamer*

[@DasSpaceAce]

_laughs in dissociative identity disorder_

[@umpilisuke]

I work as a personal assistant for handicapped people. I had one customer who told me I was rude when she saw and heard me talking to myself while doing chores she couldn’t do. I wasn’t even complaining or anything like that, it’s just that sometimes I just process my thoughts out loud like what should I do next after doing laundry etc. I still work as personal assistant but nowadays I’ve become a little bit picky of who I want to assist.

[@loonywolf_art]

But what if I like to daydream/imagen out loud? (When I am alone) It's really fun trying to do impression of characters

[@Nerobyrne]

@@loonywolf_art My focus would be more on the delusional part where you think the characters are real and have actual conversations with them. I don't believe that's what you're describing

[@michaelgum97]

I honestly got a good laugh from the drive through story, there really needs to be more wholesome "malicious" compliance stories.

[@d.phantomfan1216]

Story 3: they fired you because one person made one stupid complaint? Like they didn't even tell you to stop or anything, I'm glad they suffered.

[@geraldgrenier8132]

Not just one person. The client. If they client do not want your worker on their site you have two options move the worker off the site to other sites or lose the client. If there not enough other clients to keep the worker's hours up while not working that client they're NOT in a position to lose the client and will let the worker go there a huge difference between a client and a customer

[@hungrymusicwolf]

@@geraldgrenier8132 That sounds fair, though I do wonder if she at least checked if the client would be alright with him staying if he changed his behavior?

[@geraldgrenier8132]

@@hungrymusicwolf a fair question which OP wasn't prilvage to.

[@healingthroughchrist1988]

@@geraldgrenier8132 So basically, a client complained about OP for doing pretty much doing his job and OP got fired?

[@geraldgrenier8132]

@@healingthroughchrist1988 yep, the Director should have explain the parts that was him doing the job, the part that would back fire on the client as apparent ADA discriminate if the guard sued, and caved to ask for more time to get the smoking issue addressed. but we do know how much of a Karen the Client was and how much the direct was just infectual. but The Client litral does pay the worker's wages though the contract unlike the hyperbole a typical Karen customer spews

[@denverarnold6210]

That drive through lady was just happy you took her complaint seriously, even if excessively.

[@It-is-me...Melsie]

To be fair, I'm immensely disappointed too if my water is warm. Her concern was legit.

[@KinCryos]

in my book, it would only be excessive (and malicious) if the water itself was frozen solid

[@GigaTechWolf]

@@It-is-me...Melsie Ill take my water Cold or Warm same as Carbonated Drinks. Just no Ice in the Fizz

[@vgamesx1]

@@KinCryos I actually like my water frozen solid... I don't go through an entire bottle in a short amount of time, so it slowly melting means I always have ice cold water all day long and should it run out, all you have to do is add water, shake and the water is cold again in seconds.

[@jahnavisingh6985]

Tbh when the water is nasty cold is the only way I can get it down

[@Caffeinatedwife]

Honestly the drive through story just makes me think of when I was pregnant with my first son, room temperature water would make me actually vomit. It had to be ice cold or my body would physically reject it, so I get her excitement.

[@nameofthename]

i kinda get this. hot water and warm room temperature water makes me feel sick as a dog. my water needs to be on the colder side of the water temperature spectrum. hot beverages in general just make me feel ill tbh, but im perfectly fine with hot foods, including hot soup, so idk what my issue is.

[@stadot1427]

same.

[@dusterdummy2971]

😊😊 S Fe. 😅iw Oza Z O O L

[@markedwards3647]

Had a Japanese co-worker who criticized me for drinking chilled water in July AZ (T=114F) Told me her GM told her the water wouldn't be absorbed unless it was at least body temp. She was a PsyD. Thought her degree made her a universal expert. I realize that Japanese ed is in many ways superior to US, but they left out critical thinking. Of course, most US schools also omit that.

[@dracko158]

Lady: **Refuses to let OP talk** OP: **Does exactly as told** Lady: **Surprised Pikachu Face**

[@HealthyObbsession]

Yeah the amount of management that I’ve had that was this stupid makes me wonder how they even got their jobs Ass kissing alone shouldn’t give this kind of power to anyone

[@DarkEinherjar]

Means of invoking the malicious compliance gods: -Give your instructions in writing; -Mess with the IT person; -Dare someone to sue you or call the cops; -Create a bad policy and ignore all warnings against it; -Tell someone to "just do their job"; -Deny overtime or expect free overtime; -Mess with an employee's sick/vacation days or breaks.

[@silverflight01]

Story 3: All this because the director decided to terminate a super-hardworking employee with crazy hours following a complaint with somewhat pointless reasons and gave them a notice that would result in absolute chaos.

[@whatteamwildcats4033]

Seriously most people know that 90% of customer complaints is just some small angry person with no power trying to take their day out on someone else Tf was she doing taking "he was talking to himself and smoking on the job" seriously

[@BeanManolo]

@@whatteamwildcats4033 and complaining someone was talking on the phone WHEN THAT'S THEIR JOB?! Reminds me of another story rSlash covered in a r/TalesFromTechSupport video, where a dumb CEO asked OP to block all socia media (Twitter, Facebook, etc.) for the entire company... INCLUDING THE SOCIAL MEDIA MANAGER; Needless to say she couldn't do her job, and she even said to OP the CEO pulled that dumbness every time.

[@CloverField83]

Watch the next guy get fired for the exact same reason.

[@this_is_a_tiny_town]

@@BeanManolo Yeah I remember that one lol

[@black1917]

@@BeanManolo Reminds me of the story about the OP who worked at an airport whose was coordinating things on, around, and having to do with the runways, and used to his phone to do this quickly and efficiently. His manager saw him one day, didn't care WHY on the phone or WHO he was talking to and flat banned it's use under any circumstances, he also couldn't leave his BY LAW and to remain there which required any trying to contact him to come to him causing everything to backup and pissing alot of people off. Any one who complained, which was all of them, were informed of the new policy. I believe it was rescinded the next day.

[@silverflight01]

Story 7: Ironic that the neighbor reporting the shed, that has no violations, is the one with all the violations. I bet the reality hit like a freight train when the violations were revealed

[@jimmyrossmeissl6644]

Cops: “Congratulations, you played yourself

[@kranberry3318]

The extra dumb part is that she KNOWS the rules and she reported someone else while knowing they’re following rules and she isn’t!

[@akl2k7]

Reminds me of the old story about seeing a straw in your brother's eye, but you have a rafter in your own...

[@lucylinia8694]

"I talk to myself all the time" SAME! THANK THE GODS! Fr tho, I tend to plan out conversations I need to have out loud, and when I'm bored/it's too quiet, I'll imagine up conversations fictional characters would have with each other out loud.

[@Ikajo]

I live alone, talking to myself is a way to express my thoughts out loud. And to be less bored.

[@PaveMentman]

--- If Charisma-training in "The Sims"-games have taught us something, the skill of thinking out loud or "self-talk" is a very important ability/habit, especially when done correctly: Especially for actors and singers this is very important way to practice / hone their trade. It's been also researched and concluded that out-loud-self-talk also keeps brains and various other orders more healthy due "obviously" increased amount of body-activity. The key-factor is to simply find the ideal-medium, like perhaps limit out-loud-thinking in crowded-public. And in some workplaces where teamwork is imperative, some vocal-thinking can actually make the work much smoother ( especially to avoid work-related-accidents ). ---

[@shadowman7307]

Dude, same. :)

[@haleycress633]

I discuss with myself and Gerald the best way to play Rainmaker

[@chubbyanimalenthusiast70]

I never phrase it as “talking to my self” because it makes you sound crazy I phrase it as “thinking out loud” hope that helps with annoying people

[@phlushphish793]

It's OK to talk to yourself as long as you don't answer yourself. Right? Right!

[@phlushphish793]

Speaking of that, I once had a supervisor send a mass email stating, "It's time for me to right your review." Really? YOU'RE in charge of MY money?

[@The_Keh27]

The story about the bottle of water - if I were the customer, I'd have laughed, told them it was genius and give them a little extra tip for the smile.

[@sandwichreveiwer7078]

I had a story just like the lady with the cold water. I used to work at a Taco Bell and one guy came in order for being burrito and he asked for extra onions complaining that he never gets enough onions, so I made his order and I looked him in the face from the counter as I grabbed a literal fistful of onions and put it in his burrito. He took it with a major grin and said "thank you I never get my onions" there was more onion than bean but he was extatic and gave me a $2 tip for it.

[@tiffanyhart1152]

My mother use to tell me that talking to yourself was normal, especially when frustrated. It's when you answer yourself that others should be worried.

[@survivedandthriving]

People keep saying that to me and that idea has always been puzzling to me. So, I have started responding, 'what's the point in talking to yourself unless to get answers?' Because, really, what is the point in talking to myself unless to get the answer that I am seeking?

[@debymello4756]

I think it means it's one thing to use it as a way to focus on a thought process and get to something you would get anyways faster, another when it's like the response seens to come from elsewhere disconnected from that thought process (intrusive thoughts)

[@NotAFanOfHandles]

As a person who often gags when trying to drink room temp water and only drinks really cold, like ice cold, water, I'm with drive thru lady. At home I will stick my water in the freezer to let it ice over before drinking so getting my bottled water in a cup of ice would be delightful.

[@TheRatherToastedCat]

Lol as someone who has a hard time drinking water- Having it ice cold and half frozen it the only way I can down it! So I couldn’t help but laugh at how she was excited to get her bottle! Because I know I’d be happy just like her! Nothing it worse than room temp water when expecting it to be cold.

[@endecnal9127]

3rd story: Ah yes the three unforgivable sins: talking to yourself, smoking and doing your job.

[@tracistrength8927]

You are not crazy when you talk to yourself, not even when you answer back. Start worrying when you answer back and then say 'what? '

[@BeanManolo]

Yeah, talking to yourself only starts to get worrysome when you start acting like you're having a conversation with someone else. That doesn't look the case for OP though, their problem is a dumb client, with a even dumber director; She's lucky OP's ex-supervisor didn't quitted alongside the rest of the crew for messing up with a working schedule all because of the dumbest complaints ever.

[@carlbruschnigjr1757]

It's only crazy when you get into a knock-down, dragged-out fight fight with yourself. Nice thing is, you can get the group rate in therapy . . .

[@janputz4157]

The drive through one was amazing. All parties got exactly what they deserved. :D

[@gonun69]

Story 3: Why not just move that employee the customer is complaining about to another location?

[@black1917]

Because then you don't get high off the power trip.

[@PoochieCollins]

There could be information that the OP is leaving out that would make them look like a worse employee than they're letting on... though even if that's true, his boss handled the matter incompetently.

[@AtotehZ]

My father owns a company. He says the way to make things run your way when employees are at odds with you is to just fire them and not look back. If it comes back to bite you it means you were wrong.

[@RisinTyson]

Accurate but he like to live life dangerously lol

[@Vi0letR0gue]

My boss kind of did this to me, I was in a toxic environment but I needed to job, it was basically double standards against me everywhere, I eventually quit, a week after my last day my aunt, who also works there, says she was now picking up everyone's slack because without me there, there was no way for anyone to fezably do overtime (I was the overtime bitch) without breaking the law/company policy, he never called me to offer my job or anything (I wouldn't have accepted unless there was a substantial pay raise (pay was £9.50ph minimum wage)), but my aunt told me that the boss definitely knew he screwed up when he didn't take my complaints seriously and stop me from leaving. Also I should note that I was doing this while suffering a dodgy foot that I got from an accident while at work in 2018, in my first week back after only having about a month and half off, I was cornered into doing a 12hr shift (4-4am) by one of the shift leaders, was off for another 2weeks after that

[@phlushphish793]

So he risks a wrongful termination lawsuit every time?

[@RisinTyson]

@@phlushphish793 living life dangerously

[@AtotehZ]

@@phlushphish793 We're not from the US. Any place that protects an insubordinate employee has wrong laws.

[@this_is_a_tiny_town]

The drive-thru one reminds me of a story covered by rSlash in the past about a pizza place that had a customer come in and complain that the pizza wasn't spicy enough and that he likes his food HOT! So next time it was made hotter for him but he still somewhat obnoxiously ranted something like "These jerks don't know how to cook pizza" so the OP decided to go nuclear with the chillies and jalapenos, etc expecting to teach the guy to be careful what he wished for in future. Instead though he was like, "YES! That is how to make a pizza!!" And he then came in regularly for his favourite extra, extra spicy pizza lol

[@kishothepilot]

The security story makes me not miss my last job as security

[@justkibby5959]

At my last job I was promoted to lead cashier by the district manager. I was offered the job and I accepted. We get a new DM who throws the book at us, and before she even met me and saw the work I did she immediately demoted me because I wasn't qualified. So I quit. And once I quit, the GM quit. And the night cashier quit. And the day cashier got fired (finally) and the kitchen lady quit. The entire staff had to be replaced. And she wasn't even the DM for very long. She came in, wrecked the place and left it for someone else to deal with. Moral of the story, don't treat your best employees like shit. I don't know why it's so hard for management to figure this out. Doesn't matter what company you work for management is always the same out of touch high horse assholes who don't think before they act.

[@BunnyQueen97]

The water bottle story: I mean you served her water like a bottle of champagne, if I saw that after asking for cold water I’d think you were going above and beyond too lol

[@xKCAZxLEADER]

First Story: These neighbors sound like a nightmare to live next to. I mean they did ask for OP to call the cops and record. They are some horrible parents honestly Second Story: I honestly would’ve done the same thing lol Third Story: This is why you always be knowledgable of the law. These people screw themselves over and all OP had to do was follow the contract. They need to get rid of that dumb supervisor Fourth Story: People who are impatient are just the worst. Rude people like this lady got what she deserved Fifth Story: Same as stated above Sixth Story: This one was very wholesome lol. This story was a breath of fresh air Seventh Story: 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂. Always these new bosses Eighth Story: People like this neighbor are just the worst. Like why report things just to be hated? Old lady got what she deserved

[@lordmonty5561]

Morning folks

[@xKCAZxLEADER]

@@lordmonty5561 morning

[@Paroll123]

Imagine listening to rslash during your morning shower

[@LittleBones101]

i wish i could lol

[@bigtitmaster]

i don't have to imagine lol. i mean, it's in the evening, but rslash uploads at 16

[@rl3d2008]

Imagine listening to rslash while in bed

[@booth6421]

Imagine it being morning where you are

[@daltongarrett7117]

After work shower usually.

[@LucidValkyrie]

Well, if new bosses didn't go in and change everything, how else would everyone know they're in charge now?

[@BunnyQueen97]

Story 3: my old boss ran off all the goods security because her and her assistant would sit in their offices and stare at people on the cameras, they complained about the same things (too many phones, too much talking) 😂 four months later and they barely have any staff

[@RAN20097]

The cold water one was kinda wholesome. I also talk to myself too I do that at the store to list pros and cons of the product and it helps me remember what I need and if I want it or not.

[@nickball4071]

I often talk to myself as did my dad when he was alive. If anyone ever questioned why he talked to himself his go to answer was "sometimes you just need an expert's opinion" said with a chuckle and a wink. Now I work in a store that cuts keys, repairs shoes, watch and mobile devices. Often I talk through what I'm doing as I do it to make sure I'm doing it right. Often customers ask if I'm talking to them and I say "no I'm not. I talk to myself as I work because I need an expert's opinion on what I'm doing."

[@lt530]

Maybe (and this is a super strong maybe) if the OP in the security guy story had been leaving cigarette butts everywhere and had actually been louder than they admitted when singing or talking along to their radio, maybe then I could see a client having a complaint. But to get fired over that is still pretty wacky. It's security, one of the most important and yet boring jobs out there... let the people have a smoke if they're outside and still clearly capable of doing their job. Yeesh. Edit for spelling.

[@GoldenSunAlex]

For the smoking one, if client has a smoke-free site, and you smoke...What do you expect? It doesn't matter if it's at night and outside.

[@aderi31415]

If you were only listening, you might have missed the text where OP explicitly stated that he used the designated smoking area.

[@GoldenSunAlex]

@@aderi31415 Ah, then yeah.

[@Ron-d2s]

@@GoldenSunAlex I was thinking at the end when he said "What's wrong with it?" ... um well if it's an oil refinery........

[@belletham6526]

I can’t tell you how much I love the drive through story! Absolute gold!

[@Nenthil]

Whenever someone complained to my mom that she's talking to herself she always replied that she's having a conversation with an inteligent person. That always shut them up.

[@haleycress633]

Gets it from her mom

[@chubbyanimalenthusiast70]

Bad neighbors make great storys

[@reddiamond6524]

Some people think talking to yourself is a mental problem. The person complaining was probably worried OP was crazy. That story also hit me cuz i just got fired for one tiny mistake and yet they won't fire the creepy employee who goes around harrassing people instead of working. I'm glad i don't work at my old company anymore cuz I probably would've left soon anyway.

[@GreaseCow]

I have been listening since December, Spotify exclusively and I have to congratulate you for getting me through constant cleaning sessions, grinding sessions, and even when I am in public. Found your channel just now. My favorite episodes on your podcast has to the r/Maliciouscompliance and r/Nuclearrevenge. BUT, doesn't mean your other episodes are lacking, they're all amazing.

[@BigAshVideos]

The 3rd story: having worked security, all I can say is "it's security" 90% of the job, especially when it's low level security, is appearance. And clients will complain about the smallest thing they don't like.

[@GrifoStelle]

That drive through lady, so excited to be heard made me so happy. I had a similar experience with food workers trying to give me malicious compliance and my absolutely loving it. I am frumpy little white American woman and when I ask for spicy food in "ethnic" restaurants I'm usually met with warnings and "are you sure?" Before being given a disappointing bowl of burnt chili peppers. I love my spice. If my sinuses don't break free it's not spicy. Ideally, I'm sweating, my mouth is watering and tears are coming.. the best comes if when open mouth breathing I feel like I'm breathing fire (if you know, you know). One day while bee bopping around Europe we stopped at a new foreign-to-that-country restaurant (I was with a small group of friends). I saw a spicy meter with a warning lable on a menu. My heart went pitter patter. I don't remember what dish it was in the spicy section of the menu, some meaty thing with a pool of sauce. A name I couldn't pronounce well in the local language and a bold warning lable saying something about this being a dish native to their country that couldn't be made not spicy. I was ready. When the waitress came I ordered that, waved off the warning and when asked how spicy I wanted it I told her happily "As hot as you're allowed, you literally can not make this too spicy for me" She departed, in the turn of an hour/ 90 minutes or so everyone at the table had been served except me. With a lot of insistence everyone started eating. The waitress apologized and said the cooks were making it special for me. I encouraged her to let the cooks take their time and excitedly waited. When she brought out the bowl she was holding it at an awkward distance from herself, squinting. I smelled the dish and my eyes instantly watered, I was starving and it smelled like heaven. Was hands down in the top 10 of the spiciest dishes I've ever had outside of my own kitchen. I actually had to use a little of their home made bread to cool the heat and get the flavor back... then realized how good the mix of bread and the dish tasted and proceeded to soak up every bit of evidence on my bowl. My friends were asking if I was still hungry but I explained I knew I wouldn't have this heat again for a long time and I retuned that bowl polished. It was amazing. Unfortunately a little less hot because the bread mix was so good but between the the seductive bread stealing my fire I was happy dragon. The waitress looked shocked. I told her it was amazing and no one ever makes it right because I'm a tourist and this was such a great surprise. Please thank the cooks for me. When I asked her what pepper they used to make it spicy without the bitterness she just shook her head and said she didn't know because they made it special. I tipped heavy that night. A year or two later on Reddit I saw a story a waitress had told of this woman ordering a spicy dish and uttering "You can't make it too spicy" The cooks took it as a personal challenge. One apparently disappeared out the back to get something and came back snickering. A few other details in her story makes me wonder if she hadn't been my waitress that night. If it was I thank her again. It's been 15? years and I still remember the time the cooks got it so right.

[@khadijahasani7473]

Lol but this actually so wholesome! yeah I really hate stereotypes like that where people thing just cause your from somewhere you can't handle spice or something. Glad you enjoyed it.

[@kaynerandolph432]

I work security and can confirm that the client can get weird with what they don't like. I had a broken wrist for a couple months and I decided to get a bright green cast for two reasons. 1. Safety, it's highly visible making it easier for people to notice and to avoid hitting it. 2. Green makes me happy The client, technically 1/3 property managers, thought that my cast made me look like a child and wanted it changed immediately. I just got back from UCLA for this surgery, the pain catheter is still in my shoulder and you want my caste changed NOW? My boss covered for me and put me on shifts where it was cold enough to wear a jacket to not have to deal with the crazy lady. She did complain one more time but it was a week from changing the caste so it wasn't too much of a problem to fix.

[@pandaloves17]

lol my mom had a guy that worked night shift at her convenience store and he talked to himself all the time. some ppl said he'd weird but the guy got things done and never hurt anyone so he stayed

[@chriscattelino8169]

The Army sent me for 2 psych evals for talking to myself on guard duty alone. My response: It's the most intelligent conversation I can find around here. That was in the mid 80's.

[@toadman506]

The Data overload story had my eye twitching. My last 18 Months before retirement from my PD was spent in an Admin spot. One of the things I had to do at one point, when another Officer was out with an injury, was handle the record requests for Child Services Usually 5-7 per day. Some were 15 minutes to take care of, some were DAYS worth of searching out reports, oh, and NOTHING was digitized, it all had to be sent Via Fax, or Mail. We kept a record of each request, when it was received, the names being searched, who the requesting Social worker was, and when it was sent back, we also had a file with each faxed request sheet, as well as the Fax receipt from when the documents were sent, or the Signed Return Receipt if mailed. This one Social worker requested the same File SEVEN Times. My Chief had to get involved with that one, going to the County Director over it. Another was, an individual was dating a woman who had Applied to be a Foster Parent. He resided with her, so he was part of the background check. In my 24 years on the Dept at that time, I had, PERSONALLY Arrested him well over 15 times. His arrest record went back from when he turned 18, and the actual number of arrests was Impressive, not to mention his umm "Honorable Mention' in other Jobs. At the end, over that 30-odd year period it was around 230 Reports involving this guy, totaling around 700 Pages So, I called the Social Worker, her answer was "I said I need all the report, so I want All the Reports (Oh, and, BTW it was the same one that had "lost" That other report 7 times) , So, I went to My boss, who called HER Boss, and put me on the phone. I explained the Issue, the sheer amount of Material, and the fact that With his Criminal History, there was more than enough in the past YEAR to make a determination regarding his suitability to be Involved with a Foster Parent, He had some...Serious Issues. The Supervisor agreed with me, but wouldn't undercut the Case Worker. So we told her that A:, Fax was NOT an Option, B: we weren't Paying for Postage, so C:, If they wanted these reports so badly, it would take Ten Business days, with an Option for another 5 due to the sheer amount of work involved, and once everything was Pulled, Copied, and Redacted, they would be responsible for coming to Our HQ, and signing for the paperwork, and that NO other copies would be provided. She Balked, we went to the Chief, who went to the Director, On a conference Call, I explained te problem, the amount of time these records encompassed, a quick rundown of the Criminal History, and finally the sheer amount of reports we were talking about, the Majority of which would have to be dug out of physical files by hand, Photocopied, and hand-redacted. While we were on the Conference call, the Director called down to the Supervisor, and the Case Worker, who told him, that we were being unreasonable, and that all they were asking for was a couple of reports. You could hear their butts slamming Shut when he told My Chief, My Lt, and Myself, that he would be in contact with us in an hour with an amended request, since they Didn't know he had already spoken to us, or that we were able to hear them. 15 minutes later we got a fax request for 3 years worth of Records. We had Child services people that were REALLY Great, we also had Child Services people that were Asshats.

[@Claudia-lq3ns]

I used to be a contractor at a Cardiology firm. They hired this shabby broad as their Ops director. One of the first things she did was cut patient visits down to 10 minutes from 20 minutes. She was looking to make extra money for the firm. Needless to say, it didn't go well. The patients weren't having it, neither were the doctors, and the nurses and techs were furious. I ended up leaving the firm because I was placed elsewhere, but she didn't last long either. Moral of the story: try to align your business goals to the purpose of the business (patient care), and not just making money. Greed. It makes people do some ugly things.

[@Zorgdub]

I love stories of malicious compliance where the person who got whatever absurd they asked for responds with "Thanks! This is great!"

[@ImportedOlive]

I listen to your podcast every day when I walk to school. Thanks for making this :)

[@ImportedOlive]

What does this mean

[@mrj9738]

Good morning rslash

[@kennedybrezzell9323]

Good morning fellow viewer

[@Hybrid301]

The overtime will continue until the boss gets knocked down a leg or two!!!

[@Monasaurus_Rex]

“My neighbors like to get drunk and fight” Sounds like my family 🫠

[@Ron-d2s]

One of my friends in HS was half German and half native American... both groups like to drink, fight and F... well wink wink nudge nudge...

[@haleycress633]

Sounds like my last few brain cells trying to survive this modern world

[@JainaBelbin]

4th story: that actually happened on the Titanic hours before the iceberg, funny enough. The ship's radio operators told another ship to shut up about the ice warnings. Titanic got several reports for ice in the area but only one was posted on their board, one was forgotten in an officer's pocket, and the rest were blown off.

[@colebailey2578]

I like the cold-water story. It was something absolutely ridiculous that turned out awesome.

[@zolfo6899]

when i was working at burger king I had a customer order a sandwich with extra, extra, extra, extra, extra, pickles. i over heard the extra extras. he was adamant that he wanted lots of pickles. so i thought "oh you want pickles huh". and went way overboard and put a large fistful of pickles on his sandwich (i have big hands to). so much pickles in fact that i could not properly wrap the burger with just 1 wrap, i had to use 3, and served it. a few minutes later i hear the guy asking in a loud voice "who made my burger" smugly i raise my hand. he looked at me with a big smile and said it was the best burger he has ever had and that he wants to see the manager so he can put a customer compliment into my file. best day ever.

[@luvkkimoneypennie5131]

YES, I also talk to myself. WOrking on plots for a book I am writing, household tasks, or personal issues where I have to deal with a lot of stress. I find that talking out loud usually helps

[@cockatoo010]

that cup/ice/waterbotle thing making the customer happy story is peak "task failed succesfully"

[@panagea2007]

I have never giving anyone a hassle for calling me about a job I asked them to do. If they are taking time to call, there must be a problem or question. The manager OP called is showing herself to be a bad manager, and you can be sure that this is not a one-time thing, it's her way of doing (or rather failing to do) business.

[@neilprice513]

A new boss comes in and "does things by the book" thinking the workforce doing things differently is laziness and inefficiency. The issue with this is "The Book" is either written by academics who have never actually worked that job and don't know what actually needs to be done. Or "The Book's way" worked decades ago with different laws, rules, regulations, machines, technology, materials etc. however now the way things are actually done has been tweaked every now and then to actually be done while "The Book's way" is archaic.

[@thatoneroyaldude3606]

Gotta watch the daily Rslash. I watch your videos every day and it made my day that much better when I was staying at a hospital waiting for surgery. So thank you for uploading daily

[@CrochetIsLife54]

Story about the wrong product code for an urgent report. I have a funny story from the early days of computing: I was in the Air Force, and we had a database of every airplane which flew in a specified area. This included both military and civilian flights. They would get back a printed report with flight numbers, route, times and such. To get the report, you needed to supply date, time window, and the coordinates of the rectangle they were interested in - upper left corner and lower right corner. Smart people already know what went wrong. Some dimwit put the coordinates in backwards! So, the idiot computer did what was asked and tried to print a report of every airplane in the world which flew in the time window EXCEPT the ones which flew inside the rectangle. The printer center called the originator after they had used up many boxes of paper with no end in sight. I think they blew through a month’s worth of printer expense in less than a day. 😂

[@ezrakirkpatrick5365]

Also on story #3, I wish you wouldn’t do so much summarizing, rSlash! A lot of details were left out that are important for context! Though I do understand why you did it, it was just hard to get the full picture, so I paused to read.

[@thetruth1816]

Termination Story: 1 word DUUMB DUMB DUMBBBBBBBBBB..." you're fired but can you cover the next week shifts "..like wtf

[@phantomofnyx]

Regarding the Cold water. I have severe asthma, so hot drinks is a big no go for me, and I often need "COLD" water to help the phlegm from being soft so I can cough a hole into it and actually breathe without it immediately reassembling in my air ways, I drink water that would be considered almost un drink-able by most. ( even went so far to purchase a cold water machine ( one of those you see at companies ) for personal use at home I've several times asked for cold water due to having run into a smoker earlier, meaning I was hyper ventilating, sweating and just trying to exist, and getting a lukewarm water bottle you just paid 20 euro for is not a great feeling. So if I had prior service I would equally had praised whatever shop who did it to the heavens. You don't always know peoples circumstances, how they go about their request though is a different thing

[@lizzard912]

The security guard story. Something similar happened to one of my x hospital supervisors son. The son worked 1st shift at the hospital and his personal phone rang (which was 100% normal for anyone I worked with.) and it was his bosses boss asking him some mundane questions like "hows it going their" and "can you stay on such and such date a bit late to cover." A nurse saw him on his phone and got him fired for talking on his personal phone. Long story short he left and got a better job before covid hit and I left because 9/10 of the time the nurses would sit on their phones and try to get me to do everything and anything they where suppose to do and if I said I don't do that I would get interrogated by my boss (housekeeper) And I was a trusted and hard working employee but still got interrogated. I work in a grocery store now and my mental health is 1000% better, and can't see myself going back to healthcare after being treated like I was less then even by doctors. If you want to take anything from this then take it like this. even if you work around others that do the lowest of the low for your company respect them. I loved my job but I was treated like i was garbage because I was in a entry level cleaner job. We did so much to keep patients, visitor and even staff safe from illness from spreading. My current job everyone treats the cleaners like crap and i feel so bad for them so I do as much as i can to help them and say hi and talk to them because at the end of the day thats what i would of wanted in their position. Sorry for the long comment but if you red this far thanks for reading it.

[@thedevilsworkshop7720]

Once upon a time our bosses had an OHS meeting and came up with the brilliant idea to speed limit our forklifts to 8kmh . They used to go about 20kmh . Once the governors were all installed the warehouse slowed down to a crawl. There are trucks lined up out of the gate and down the street waiting to be loaded and unloaded. An extra 2 hours of overtime for a team of 20 drivers every day . We have an emergency meeting . Why is it taking you guys so long ? It never used to take that long to move the same volume of freight ? The team of forklift operators just looked at them like they were nuts . Nobody said a word . The manager is like well ? Can anyone tell me what's taking so long ? I said fuck it to myself . 🤷 So I politely asked him if anyone in the OHSA meeting had considered that if you reduce our speed by over 50% That it would reflect negatively on productivity . We can only go as fast as the machine will go ? This is why it takes so long . So you either have to get more forklifts and more staff or simply accept that this is the new normal. He thanked me for my input and dismissed us to return to work. 3 days later we get to work to find 2 forklift mechanics removing the governors from our forklifts with the biggest smile on their faces . 😄 The OSHA guys that came up with this brilliant idea were there to give a speech about how we had to be careful while driving yada yada blah blah blah to a bunch of guys smiling and snickering muttering we told you so's We did warn them this is what would happen. 😁😁

[@survivedandthriving]

The hubris of that woman (HW) who put the wrong order number on her data request. What was she thinking? HW: Well, here's this person contacting me within a quarter of an hour after my request was made. It HAS to be just to bother ME. I could never be anything else. It especially could not be because I, of all people, made a mistake on my request. NOPE, that guy must have put aside his other tasks, looked up my contact information took time to call just so he could annoy me. I am that important that people just wish to speak to me that badly. How does that even make sense?!? Hubris has no logic.

[@SpartanB209]

I'm a truck driver for a living, so let me share some facts. 80% of all truck drivers smoke. We all talk on the phone using headsets when we're driving. And most of us crank up the music, cuz it's better than listening to the droll sounds of road noise for 11 hours a day

[@TheKsourmoon]

Honestly that wholesome malicious compliance. Sometimes it can be malicious and wonderful. I'd love a cup of ice with my water bottle as proof it'll be cold. That's great! :D I wish more places did that. Especially for folks who drink their morning water on the run. A cold bottle is the difference between a good day with meds and a meh day with meds.

[@maskydoo7871]

Ugh. I had crazy neighbors like this once. I never did a single thing to them, yet they'd wait around for me to get home at 11pm just to yell nonsense at me. I eventually had to get a restraining order against them when the husband tried to break into my house. It's hard to believe there are really people like this out there until you meet them yourself. It's even harder to imagine how such people manage to find partners like themselves.

[@HappilyHomicidalHooligan]

I don't understand the Client's problem... I talk to myself all the time... It's either the only way I can have an Intelligent Conversation or I'm VERY busy Refereeing an In-Depth Argument between Me, Myself and I... 😄😁😆😅😂🤣

[@KellyDVance]

Story #4: Everything in my job is based on item numbers. (Alcohol distribution) The managers that work with chains learned a long time ago that when one of us sales coordinators (glorified administrative assistants) tells them their numbers look off they listen. The new ones learn quick not to ignore us. We may be on the bottom of the totem pole in the organization chart, but we have enough knowledge and power that we can just keep handing them rope and watch the show. (We also keep them from violating the law if they start skirting close to the edge.)

[@thatoneweirdasexual1404]

What a great way to celebrate my first day of college classes 🎉

[@BtheLee11]

Tbf, the cold water story, she probably thought you gave her a cup with ice to pour the water over in case it wasn't cold enough. OP was trying to be malicious but the customer in this scenario was just too wholesome to understand the pettiness

[@ricktoadstool]

I work for Security at Apple. We are expected to stand in one place for 10+ hours at a time with no phone, no sitting, no patrolling, and no headphones. We get complaints for things like holding doors open and using the bathroom while on post. Security in general is a terrible job to have but for the people who lack education and/or skills it’s the perfect job. Hope to quit soon.

[@Jacksontruman92]

Story 6: When you troll so hard, you succeed in the request

[@FederalBurroOfInvestigation]

Some people think talking to yourself is a sign someone is "crazy" or has some kind of other problem. I can do so for hours on end when left alone, and if that makes me "crazy" then so be it.

[@randominternetguy3537]

The coffee shop story is why we do a fifo rotation. First in first out. You move the old stuff to the front, and put the fresh stuff in the back. Its very important for freshness/consistency.

[@lunaphoenix1785]

Story 3: but I like night shifts... Story 5?: I also work at a drive in, and someone was quite upset that their ice cream wasn't blended properly, so I made sure to do it myself even tho that took a bit longer.

[@SamiG1983]

I soooo look forward to our daily dose of RSlash!!!

[@ki_mkt]

when anyone asks if I'm talking to myself, I always reply: "It's the only way I can have an intelligent conversation around here", typically at my workplace.

[@marcelrobinson]

Because security clients are either one of three types of people. 1. Super hands off nobody but the security manager knows who they are. (my favorite) 2. Clients you think security guards are uniform servants and must do whatever they demand 3. Or think that private security is the same as a uniform police officer

[@Ragehunger]

The only good thing about egotistic people is showing that you will take them up on their insistence in a clever way so that _they_ get in trouble.

[@Lans32485]

Security story. This sounds like the kind of stupid my company would pull(in fact, wouldn't be surprised to learn it IS my company.) Directors either have never worked at a site at all or it's been long enough that they've forgotten, so they don't know what the jobs are really like and that clients will complain about every little thing. Because of management stupidity, my site was once left with two people to cover everything when it'ssupposed to have four. So me and the other guy were working 12/7 for around a month til they finally filled in the missing positions...only to screw it up again because the new district manager had to be an anal micromanager and screw with the schedule over our supervisor's protests. It's mostly back to normal now though. Wasn't all bad, as we managed to strongarm a significant, and overdue, pay raise for the site because the two of us threatened to quit and leave no one unless they got off their butts and get more people because we were burning out from the constant shifts and the pay wasn't worth the stress AND because they were contractually obligated to have our post manned 24/7 or both they and the client would be in trouble with the local government (long story).

[@jimmehhhyyy]

Rslash is more reliable than my alarm clock...

[@Nekulturny]

That story about the customer requesting cold water, yeah, you're a lousy employee kid. So... you're not rotating the stock when you refill the fridge with bottles of water? Nice.

[@justarandomviewer6756]

If got a question for story 3. When the person who decided OP would be fired because of the complaints I got ask how many times was OP complained about and why did no one tell them so they can discuss what was up? Like that’s weird right? If there was some kind of problem wouldn’t you rather talk it out with the person who is being complained about to see what was up rather than just let them go and then tell them about the complaints? I don’t know man that sounds like incompetence right there.

[@brielle0808]

The cold water story. Op was most definitely a Chick-fil-a employee. Honestly, I feel bad for them. They have to deal with 50+ people each hour or every two hours during dinner rush (I know this because my friend was a chick-fil-a employee who worked evening hours and Saturdays. This is number of customers from her location) and continue to be polite as pie. But at least they get Sunday off, but I don’t know if it makes up for the amount of work.

[@jessicawhitmore5350]

i can't think of a single fast food place known for customer service

[@richewilson6394]

I like talking to myself, it keeps me on track for my work or entertainment during boring work. As long as u aren't talking about hurting people or anything then yeah it's something to worry about.

[@peanutbutter7357]

I reeeeeeeeeally need to know what happened to the guy who wanted the files for 1997-2000 😂

[@chubbyanimalenthusiast70]

New bosses always want to prove that they were better then the old one

[@SlipShodBob]

I don't know it depends on if it was a fuel/gas terminal or if they handled explosive or accelerants like ammonium nitrate or worse anhydrous ammonia like the site in Texas that exploded with enough force to create a mushroom cloud at the site the guard was smoking at if it was outside or not in that situation I could see them being angry and if it wasn't the company phone but his personal phone to family or friends like my brother's ex coworker that would arrive an hour late make coffee for just them take another hour to drink it before going to the desk use the company phone to chat with their family for 2 to 3 hours complain that they had so much work and so little time to do it before leaving an hour early every single day. Boss was too scared to fire her as she seemed litigation happy but then took a job in a different department to get more money for doing nothing. That boss was a legend, less than a month in she asked what she did before working for them and then told it best she contacted them and asked for a job as she wasn't paying for f all

[@Loveroffood41]

Story 3: of course I talk to myself sometimes I need expert advice.

[@Badreddine404]

Mine never agrees to any suggestion

[@albertgongora6944]

Dude on that first story I feel so bad for those kids cuz I went through a situation like this in my life on two different occasions waking up in the middle of the morning with my mom fighting with her boyfriend her like kind of putting us in the middle of it and the other one where we were literally left outside on a hot Summer's Day in her underwear just because our mom's boyfriend didn't want to send the house and the funny part was our mom just let it happen so I know what it's like to be in those kids situation and I've been in their shoes before and I really do hope that the op will one day post an update that those poor kids got out of that whole entire situation and we're able to live with a better family member or going to a foster home where you know they were adopted by a family that actually cared about them but the sad truth is they might be stuck being raised in that situation all their life just because their parents can't stop being crappy people

[@albertgongora6944]

It's nice to talk to you r slash in what do I win

[@securitycheesehostage7542]

11:14 This is just compliance, not malicious compliance.

[@WanArk86]

The one that don't talk to themselves were the one that was trapped with the phrase "Are you sure?" and always mess with the I.T guy.

[@charadremurr2365]

The cold water story was so sweet and i bet the lady also got a small chuckle at how her request was fulfilled

[@BunnyQueen97]

Story 1: I would have gone over there during the day and said, “hey, just wanted to give you a head’s up, the next time one of you threatens me or my kids again, I’ll act first and call the cops after.”

[@elioteverdeen]

story 6 is basically how potato chips were invented, obvs it was a different story but very similar