'I decided it was a matter of opinion': Boss makes casino workers where name tags stating their hometowns, cue malicious compliance

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Ben Weiss • Writer and Editor
Jan 6, 2024 8:00 AM EST

Why would any customer at a casino need to know an employee's hometown? People come to casinos for a very specific purpose. That purpose is not to make small talk with the employees about their childhood experiences or what their suburb looked like or what their parents did for a living. So how come this boss had the audacity to require employees to list their hometowns on their name tags in order to be able to make conversation with the casino customers? It's one of those ridiculous work policies that serves no real purpose and almost begs to be messed with… and man, did this employee find a way to maliciously comply!

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    SUPER MY P R "Management insists on Employees telling people where they're from" mchan G
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  • This thread was posted to Reddit's r/MaliciousCompliance subreddit by u/Dry_Necessary4526, a creative literary dude with a flair for the dramatic. He decided that his hometown was, as he says, “a matter of opinion” and wrote down something that followed the rules, yet could definitely be a different kind of conversation starter for any Stephen King fans paying close attention. Keep scrolling below for the full story and for the best reactions. When you're done, check out this post about a coworker's revenge on a lunch thief.

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    r/r/MaliciousCompliance Posted u/Dry_Necessary4526 by 9 hours ago Management insists on Employees telling people where they're from for "conversation" purposes. I decided it was a matter of opinion. S OC
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    I work at a small casino and last year management decided all employees had to wear name tags with their hometown on them as "conversation starters" with guests. As you can probably imagine, a lot of us had issues with that, but there was no arguing with them. Some people tried to not put their hometown down but managers wrote it in for them to the best of their memories. A few people tried to be smart and write down places like Nunya, Peru or Michigan. Those also got vetoed.
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    I, however, being a bit more creative than most and being a big horror fan, as well as a writer, chose a hometown that wouldn't raise any eyebrows unless you were actually paying attention. My choice actually slipped through the cracks, although it is certainly a conversation starters if you know. My name tag lists my hometown as Derry, Maine. Anyone want a balloon?
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    BenjaminDrover 10 hr. ago Bosses weren't Stephen King fans, I take it.
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    rumorofskin 10 hr. ago Most likely books in general...
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    Endless RainIntoACup1 10 hr. ago We all float down here, boss
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    PikaGurl332 10 hr. ago I'm curious what exactly the issue was that they took with your coworkers who wrote , Michigan" as that is a legitimate place
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    zephen_just_zephen. 10 hr. ago Would that make you a derrier? Sorry, I'll see myself out.
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    JU ORLibrarian2 10 hr. ago Coulda gone with Arkham, MA, and be a proud graduate of Miskatonic U.
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    bdpmbj 9 hr. ago If one defines hometown as city of birth, that's very often a security question on some sites or systems, so one could argue that Management is forcing a security hole. Not that they'd care, I suppose.
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    Unlimited EInk - 1 hr. ago The secure way to approach the security questions is to NOT answer what they ask for. "Name of first pet" should be understood as "Security challenge question 1", which then has the secret answer JK7!8!GQ30!iyw6J.
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    "Childhood street name" is "Security challenge question 2", this time with answer 6Mpaa#01!YA@9bqdI 6zT4awtY5bhP9e^. These randomly generated answers go in your preferred password manager / secure vault.
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    YankeeWalrus - 10 hr. ago ridiculous, That's the casino I worked at didn't even require you to put your real name on the nametag.
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    Remarkable_Story9843. 8 min. ago My name is fairly unique. (I've found 12 adults with my name online.) so I always use my middle name for name tags when I worked with the public.
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    Agifem 9 hr. ago Please tell me you were working for the IT department, and you added your department to your name tag.
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    WileEPyote 10 hr. ago Just the thought of it gives me Insomnia
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    Imaginary-Yak-6487 4 hr. ago This could be a civil rights violation based on national origin. Something manglement needs to look into
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