‘If it’s not piping hot, I’m going to send it back’: Karen asks for her soup to be piping hot, server maliciously complies

There’s a certain kind of satisfaction that comes with giving demanding customers a hard time, but there’s also the satisfaction that comes with giving them exactly what they asked for. It takes a specific kind of person to order food at a restaurant and immediately threaten the server before they’ve done anything wrong yet. It’s…

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‘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”…

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‘Give us a lower quote, or else’: Karma comes for a nepotistic boss when he tries to pocket $10k in commission by promising his client a lowball offer; ends up losing $60k+ because of inexperience

When working on massive, expensive building projects, oftentimes, the office salesmen get a little too big for their britches because of the promise of a sweet commission check. In the heat of the moment, a greedy salesman might even throw out quotes and numbers that are vastly off-base in a desperate attempt to secure a…

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‘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…

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