Woman Gets Sweet Revenge On Petty Unprofessional Coworkers Who Refused To Give Her An Office For No Good Reason

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Eleonora Bader
Apr 25, 2023 10:00 PM EDT

It's unfortunate that so many people are underappreciated when doing their jobs. You can honestly give it your all and nobody will notice. Worse than that, sometimes they notice and actively undermine you and secretly plan your downfall. Some people are bitter and love chaos. Reddit is full of stories from people that go through things like that every day, and the subreddit 'MaliciousCompliance' is probably one of the most popular platforms to share such stories on. One user by the name of intrepidshe took to Reddit to share her own tale. 

 

The story dates back to when she was finishing her own bachelor's degree - she was just getting started in a specific emerging field of technology and was hired for a brand new department that hadn't yet begun to take off. The other departments were for some reason, opposed to the service that she would provide - so much so, that the leaders of the other departments conspired against her, and did everything in their power not to give her an office. It worked, and she didn't have any normal place to work. She could have loudly exposed them, but decided against it - instead she realized that she could get exactly what she wanted and make them look dumb in the process - without ever saying a word. So she did her job wherever she could find a place to do so, such as the mail room. Her plan was that people would notice and eventually confront her about it… She wasn't wrong. One day, the President came through the mail room, stopped for a second, and asked her why she wasn't working in her own office - she was clearly annoyed. Our dear smart Redditor explained sweetly that she didn't have an office, and boy did that set the President off… She asked her a few questions, and after some very unsatisfactory answers, she stomped off to deal with the problem - and boy, did she deal with the problem. It was an absolute success.

 

Check out the Reddit post to see exactly what went down… Ah, sweet revenge! Must have felt pretty damn good to get back at the people who belittled and doubted you. And if you're in the mood to look at some coworker memes while you're at it, feel free to click here.

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    Font - They Refused Me an Office, I Complied, They Regretted It MOC I got my first "grown up" job while I was finishing my bachelor's degree. I was just getting started in a highly technical and emerging field. Very few people back then were doing this kind of work, and I seemed to have an aptitude for it, which is probably why I got a job before I had any credentials.
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    Font - The department I was hired for was brand new and had the potential to take customers from other departments, while also generating net new business. Interestingly, the other departments had been offered the opportunity to start the service themselves but refused, even actively trying to prevent it from happening.
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    Font - That's the reason I ended up in a malicious compliance situation. The leaders of all the other departments conspired to prevent me from getting an office. I didn't understand at first because at that age I didn't imagine professionals did petty, immature things.
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    Font - When I realized what was happening I knew they'd get exposed if I went along with it. So I happily did my job wherever I could find a place, which often ended up being in the mail room.... where lots of people would notice. I hoped maybe the leaders would start to feel guilty or annoyed and change their minds. Or... they'd be caught by their bosses. Either way, problem solved for me without a fight.
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    Font - Little did I know how well it would go. I started to be well liked by a lot of the leaders because I helped them with their computers. There was one leader who still inexplicably hated me. I never spoke with him, not even one word. But he continued to insist I did not need an office. I wasn't even "the level of a secretary," according to him, which I took to be a dig at my lack of a degree. I heard about him saying that from a friend who was in the meeting when they talked about changing
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    Font - It's too bad for them they didn't change their minds, because the President came through the mail room multiple times and finally stopped, clearly annoyed, "Why don't you work in your office?!" That was my golden moment. I had complied politely with not having an office. I sweely told the President, "I don't have an office." "What?! Why not?" "There isn't room. No space available."
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    Font - "According to whom?" "Mr. [So&So]." "But you've been working here for, what, 3 months? They could have found space for you by now." Ooooo the President was beet red at that point. I just smiled and said my understanding is there is no space. The President literally stomped upstairs to the offices of Mr So&So. I distinctly heard the yelling from downstairs. People outside probably heard it!
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    Font - The President came and brought me upstairs to the conference room where the leaders were all seated looking down. There was a pile of keys on the table. I was afraid at that point. Was she having me pick someone's office to take? While that might have been sweet revenge it wouldn't have been good for my working relationships with any of them.
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    Font - But no. She handed me a key to the conference room and said, "This is your office." She scooped up the rest of the keys, which I learned later were all their copies of the key to the conference room, and said, "Your office is the largest office on campus. Even bigger than mine. Enjoy!" And she walked out. That was probably the best Drop-the-Mic moment I've ever seen in my life. And the story ends with my compliance not only winning me that office, but all the other leaders, except Mr So&S
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    Font - alienwebmaster though +1 -12 hr. ago (!) the president's response Vote Reply Share Vote ... intrepidshe OP. 12 hr. ago She was amazing. I was quite in awe of her. Reply Share ...
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    Font - ThriceFive +1 12 hr. ago Wow, cheers to that President who not only got you an office but compensated for the others not making space for you too. Vote Reply Share
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    Font - Fit_Measurement_2420 · 7 hr. ago Wtf is this? What kind of circus do you work for? Where is HR? There are no workstations? Not everyone gets an office. Your brother felt entitled to burst into the President's office? And not HR? What? Vote Reply Share ... S
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    Font - " Bartronicon 12 hr. ago I don't know if I'd be calling any of them "leaders". Leadership and management are two very different things. ↑ Vote ↓ Reply Share intrepidshe OP 12 hr. ago Right?! Such a great point! Vote Reply Share ...
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    Font - NYChillen +1.4 hr. ago My life motto is treat adults with respect, but don't be surprised when they behave like children. (and yes you should also treat children with respect, but it ruins the potency of the sentence) Vote Reply Share
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    Rectangle - Melfluffs18 11 hr. ago The higher the rank, the more childish the behavior. Vote Reply Share daggerdragon - 9 hr. ago 39 *side-eyes Elon Musk* Vote Reply Share
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    Font - Patches765 11 hr. ago I didn't imagine professionals did petty, immature things. This line had me in stitches. I used to believe the same thing. Then I had the pleasure of watching to SVPs having a fist fight in the hallway over something stupid. Vote Reply Share
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