Student Misses Appointment By Seconds, Dumb Loophole Works

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Eric Lund
Jan 25, 2021 12:00 PM EST

Navigating a bureaucracy can be stressful and brimming with pointlessness, especially when dealing with someone who's in a position to make dubious claims about databases and such. Seeing a stupid opportunity, this person used the rules to get themselves in the door. 

 

This thread was posted to Reddit's r/MaliciousCompliance subreddit by u/theoryofrelativetea, who had to get a fingerprint for his summer job and whose appointment was automatically canceled after he showed up just five minutes late. 

 

After seeing someone arrive at their appointment early and get seen immediately, the Redditor realized that they just need his information in the system and that he could probably get seen immediately. So, he made an appointment while sitting in the waiting room for three days later and asked if he could be seen 72 hours early now that he followed the so-called protocol. He may have received the biggest sigh ever from the front desk security cop, but it worked! There's something to be said for following the rule, only to expose that the rule itself is as dumb as it gets.

 

Here are some more great, stupid loopholes that worked.

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    Font - O r/MaliciousCompliance - Posted by u/theoryofrelativetea 2 days ago A 3 & 00 19 17 3 21 O 810 My appointment was cancelled for being 5 minutes late? I guess I have to reschedule. oc M This happened about 4 years ago, when I got a summer job at my university. The job was working for professors that I had worked with before, and they asked me last-minute to teach a summer workshop to 9th and 10th graders.
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    Font - So with less than 2 weeks before the camp starts I have a bunch of paperwork to do first, including "clearances" that say I can work with kids. One of these is an official FBI check for which they need my fingerprints. Well, I needed to do the physical fingerprinting right away in order to get the result in time - luckily I was able to book a fingerprinting appointment for that Friday (booked 24 hours in advance, as required) which would be just barely enough time to get the result. That
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    Font - I speak to the security/cop behind bulletproof glass inside and I learn the appt was cancelled after he checks my confirmation number. Apparently the they are automatically cancelled if you're not checked in within 5 minutes. Obviously this is outrageous, but I'm usually a patient guy: I ask if I can book a new appointment. That's no good since it would have to be Monday or later. So I grab a coffee from across the street and return to sit inside the police station, to try and solve this
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    Font - But here's what really pushed me over the edge. While I'm sitting there, at this point 30 minutes past my appointment time, someone else comes in for fingerprints. She shows up 5 minutes early. They take her in immediately, and she's out BEFORE her appointment was even scheduled to begin. The entire thing took her about 2 minutes. I point out to the cop behind the glass (as politely as I can) that CLEARLY someone could see me RIGHT NOW because her appointment is already over. Why can't I
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    Font - That's when the idea comes to me and I confirm with him that showing up early is not a problem, because they would have my appt and registration info in the system. You see where I'm going with this. So I quietly sit back down and take out my phone. About 10 minutes later, I calmly approach him again and say "Hello, I have a new appointment to be fingerprinted. I'm about 72 hours early." I have never seen such an exasperated sigh in my life. But he checked my new confirmation number and e
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    Naturally, people got fired up in the comments.

    Font - Rectangle - Tembldrock • 3d That guy was just sick of people turning up 15 minutes late and delaying everyone but if it only takes 2 minutes then it doesn't seem like being a few minutes late would mess with the schedule. Crazy but amazing story. Love it. Reply 166 ...
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    Font - Organism - Dantethebald1234 · 3d Reminds me of the doctors office's that charge for same day cancels, but not for changing the appointment date and then canceling that new appointment. I don't make the rules, idiots that have never ran an office or dealt with people do. | Reply 1 7 ...
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    Font - Organism - MorallyGreybeard · 3d This really highlights the difference in some peoples mindsets and job mentality. They wanted to answer your question correctly, they didn't want to solve your problem. We need to stop employing the former for these roles and push the latter onto people who actually need something. Reply 1 6 ...
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    Font - Font - kundarsa · 2d Years ago I was a truck driver. I was scheduled for X day to pickup a load of tomato sauce to take to a large chain pizza place's distribution center. I go to check in and the guy says I am a day early so I tell him sorry ill come back tomorrow. Well this was not OK with this guy, he tells me to wait as he needs to report this and he is super pissed off. I say sure and head back to my truck where I send a message to my dispatcher to tell him about the goof and that th
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    Font - Font - nymalous · 2d Ooh, that was well played! I work in an environment in which people are supposed to utilize our services between certain times, but we make exceptions after the cutoff, provided the service needed is quick and the customer is polite. (Our cutoff time is clearly indicated on all kinds of signage and on our webpage.) On the other hand, I've been to places that don't have an easily found cutoff time that rudely tell me that they aren't taking any more customers that day
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    Font - Font - MrYellowDuckMan • 2d I did the same thing last year with my fingerprinting. I asked the lady if being 2 weeks early was fine, and he said yeah. As long as my info was in the system she could get me printed. My printing was at the DPS office, so when they asked if I had an appointment my 'yes', was correct, just that it wasn't for that day. Lol Reply 4 2 3 ...
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