Boss Demands Employee Take Part In Company Kart Race, Malicious Compliance Ensues

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Jan 1, 2022 3:00 PM EST

It's never a good sign when an employer asks an employee—no—tells an employee that they need to participate in events outside of work hours to maintain good standing at work. 

Redditor u/tee_ran_mee_sue took to the popular subreddit r/MaliciousCompliance to share this particular story, in which his boss insisted that everyone at the company attend monthly go-kart races. When the OP realized he had a conflict, their boss insisted that he attend, so he did, conveniently putting his years of competitive kart racing to the test and beating everyone — including the boss. 

It sounds like the boss insisted everyone attend these go-kart races just so he could beat everyone and was livid when someone actually beat him, which is a hilariously poor display of sportsmanship. The boss definitely underestimated their new hire here. It sounds like after the malicious compliance was successfully executed. The employees got themselves off the hook for future mandatory kart race attendance. For more stories of a boss not respecting people's time away from the office, check out this employee who gave their boss a taste of their own medicine.

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  • 01
    Font - Are you sure you want me to take part in this go kart race? Sure thing, boss. M A few years back, I started my first job as a mechanic and was informed of a mandatory monthly kart race in the local track which was promoted by my boss and owner of the company. He didn't care if you enjoyed it or not, he booked the time slot and we all had to show up (after working hours and paying our own ticket to drive). It was supposed to be a team building exercise and I could see the boss really liked
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  • 02
    Font - During the week, in anticipation to the event, boss would motivate / participate in setting the mood for the upcoming race. It was the only topic that week and I was told by colleagues that this was really important. I knew that, on the evening of the race, I had to pick up my girlfriend and that would clash with the race, so a couple of days before, I told my supervisor that would not attend the race. It was after hours and on my dime anyway so I didn't think it would be a problem.
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  • 03
    Rectangle - Some 20 minutes later, I'm summoned to the boss' office and he's not looking happy. He tells me that building the team spirit is one of his priorities and that I'm new there so I was to give a lot of focus to this monthly event if I was to keep working there, because it was part of the "core culture of the company". I really needed the job so I just said "Sure thing, boss".
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  • 04
    Font - On the evening of the event, I drive to the kart track and, upon arrival, I see my colleagues all in jeans and t- shirts and my boss in full ballerina attire. He had racing overalls, racing boots, gloves and even a custom helmet. It downed on me the reason for the event and why so much attention was given to it: kart racing was his thing. With about 15 racers, I asked to start dead last. Boss man listens to me talking and intervenes in front of everyone that we were there to race and not
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  • 05
    Font - Starting from last, I proceeded to overtake all other karts, including boss man on the outside of a fast corner (overtaking on the outside is often seen as a bold arrogant move). After just a few more laps, I reached him again and, as I was about to lap him, he went into the pits and stepped out. I duly won the race and, as I left the track into the bar (the real team building event), someone tells me that the boss had left. At the bar, the topic of the evening was how I had outraced ever
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  • 06
    Font - Too bad for him. I guess I forgot to add to my resume that I had raced karts competitively as a kid so I knew what I was doing and shattered his "Ricky Bobby" dreams. After that, I was always courteously invited but never again required to show up to his events. I went a few times but arrived late on purpose so I would just take part on the bar thing and not the race.
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