‘Malicious Compliance Mode Activated’ : Employee Fired for Messing With Wrong Coworker After Getting Berated for Not Following Company Safety Guidelines

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Eleonora Bader
Feb 27, 2023 10:00 AM EST

Do warning signs baffle you? Specifically, the type that read 'Do not stand in, on or around while operating'? It seems like kind of a given. Well, you haven't met my coworkers. Company safety matters should be taken seriously — guidelines are in place for a reason. That reason is usually that it is potentially saving employees from ending up as a pile of mush, buried 6 feet under. If someone had to make a sign, there is usually a reason.

Well, apparently my coworkers are not the only ones in need of a visual reminder. See, there was one certain employee who did not take the advice 'Never EVER under any circumstances climb into a compactor unless it's unhooked from any power sources' — and climbed in anyway. Don't worry, nothing terrible happened. I mean, he got fired, but he is not a pile of mush. That's a win in my book. 

How did he get found out, anyway? Well, another worker got involved when he saw the stupidity for himself, and instead of thanking the dude, the employee went all 'MIND YOUR MANNERS', which led to malicious compliance, which led to… well, have a look for yourself. Scroll down and check out the malicious compliance/petty revenge. For more, you're free to have a rare look at HR standing up for an employee who was (shocker) in the right for not giving out freebies to an entitled Karen of a customer.

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    Font - Posted by u/AQuiet Borderline 15 hours ago "Get your Manager here so we can talk to you about your manners!"=Have fun looking for a new job! S OC
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    Font - So my dad had a compactor related story here. Seems fitting that I would have my own to add. My company takes safety very seriously. To the point we have safety briefings on the regular to keep us updated. Yesterday, we had a talk on compactor safety.
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    Font - One of our big rules is to Never EVER under any circumstances climb into a compactor unless it's unhooked from any power sources. Sounds like common sense right? Well, dear reader, as you're about to learn, apparently common sense isn't that common.
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    Font - After getting our briefing, we get our assignments and are sent on our merry way. I go to my area, clean it and pull trash. As I'm walking to the compactor, what do I see sticking out of it but two trousered legs. After the shock lasting a nanosecond wore off, I start yelling. "What are you doing, you idiot?! Don't go crawling around in there!" I know I shouldn't have yelled but I was so mad.
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    Font - Well Mr. Idiot fell out and starts yelling at me. "Don't you go yelling at me! Where is your manager!? Get them here right now!" Malicious Compliance mode activated.
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    Font - I put on my sweetest smile and say "Of course, I'm so sorry. Let's get my manager here." Mr. Idiot smirks and is like "Good girl."
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    Font - So I call my manager over and ask her to come over. Meanwhile Mr. Idiot is smiling like the cat who got the cream. I'm fighting to keep from smiling. Because my manager, Miss Heroine, takes safety as seriously as I do. I've seen her reduce full grown men to tears over safety issues.
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    Font - Miss Heroine shows up and Mr. Idiot says "You should train your workers to not yell." Miss Heroine turns to me. “And why were you yelling at him?" "Because I caught him climbing into the compactor and I got scared he'd be crushed."
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    Font - In a nanosecond, Mr. Idiot goes from looking like contented cat to looking like a scolded dog. After a sound verbal thrashing, Miss Heroine calls Mr. Idiot's manager. Within 30 minutes, Mr. Idiot was clearing out his desk, still smelling of garbage.
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    Font - Vertoule 14 hr. ago Politeness is pointless when it comes to safety. People think it's all fun and games until we have to call in the hazmat crew to clean you off the floor.
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    Font - Old boss once dressed down a trainee that was just not listening. "Do you want a forklift fork through the heart? No? You don't want me telling your family that you di from a severe case of fork-through-chest- itis? Then obey the signs and stay in the line."
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    Font - He lasted another week before he was fired for trying to weld over a compressed flammable gas tank. Vote Reply Share
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    Font - FEE Thunderbolt294 +1 - 11 hr. ago I had to yell at one of my coworkers for sneaking up behind me while I was driving a forklift. I reminded them that unless they wanted to become a new hood ornament they need to call out that they're passing through.
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    Font - Another thing I always have to remind people is even the medium sized battery forklifts weigh around 6 tons and WILL fuck things up if they hit them. Vote Reply Share
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    Font - Impossible-Bear-8953 · 14 hr. ago . I used to be baffled by the warnings "Do not stand in, on or around while operating. Then I met my coworkers. Vote Reply Share
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employee-fired boss malicious compliance stupid-worker compactor warning signs petty revenge safety-guidelines terrible-employee employment bossy-manager workplace-issues operating-heavy-machinery
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