'The store closed down not two months later': Employee fired over technicality, takes their stuff and leaves company nonfunctional

Brad Dickson • Managing Editor

Oct 14, 2022 1:00 PM EDT

Unfortunately, not being recognized or appreciated for your contributions in the workplace is a pretty commonplace occurrence. Often your efforts can be taken for granted or just completely fly under the radar. This is the reason why people who are expert communicators, schmooze, or just generally work at self-promotion often find themselves in stations far above those who would rather die than engage in small talk at the office, and often end up in positions that exceed their actual capabilities.

One can't help but wonder whether or not the poster of this story was effectively communicating just how much they were personally contributing to their workplace's resources. Things seem like they were so dysfunctional there that it probably wouldn't have mattered regardless. After all, all it took was like… one employee, a sign, and a stapler to send this business spinning into the stratosphere of non-existence.

Read on to see the story, which was originally posted to Reddit's r/MaliciousCompliance subreddit. For more MC check out this trucking company that took their client's advice and fired them.