‘Don’t go through them too fast’: Supervisor tells employee to slow down productivity, cue malicious compliance
Supervisors should always be careful what they wish for when providing instructions to employees. This is especially true when it applies to college students with minimal work experience, who absolutely will follow everything their supervisors tell them word-for-word.
I remember in my first internship I was getting coffee for my boss and had gotten so used to his very specific order that I literally froze at Starbucks when one time, they did not have his order. I simply could not function or think of a suitable replacement, so I came back empty-handed. Again, if you give an intern specific instructions that they are expected to follow to the syllable, they will have no idea what to do when unexpected circumstances arise, as they are wont to do in life.
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This thread was posted to Reddit’s r/MaliciousCompliance subreddit by u/aniea39, who was told by his manager that he was working too fast. So, as one might imagine, when the next task was assigned, OP took his sweet time. So what could have taken him one week, he decided to stretch for the remaining two and a half months of his time at the company. It’s not like the supervisor could get upset; after all, he was just following their simple instructions.
Keep scrolling below for the full story and for the best reactions in the comments. For more, check out this post about an employee who was specifically told to give bad customer service.
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