‘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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