'Think of what the customer wants? Sure': Boss insists employee offer client half off order

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    CAUTO ROT
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    Think of What the Customer Wants? Sure. LOC I can't believe I am writing this, but here we go. We got a two for one special on Malcious Compliance today.
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    I work at a print hub, working the printers and adjusting files and such. I put in a lot of work to deliver a perfect product, despite the issues that plague the shop, and always ensure that everything I produce is Quality Checked. This isn't due to me putting pride in my work however, but rather my boss. nitpicks nearly everything. If something is off center by a millimeter, it's redone. If there is a small scratch on one poster in a pack of five, the whole order is redone.
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    Now, don't get me wrong, the boss is a good person, not a Karen or anything, but sometimes we have to redo orders several times to ensure it is done to her expectations, which is absolutely fair. She is the boss and it's not too often she does this.
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    Anyways, on to the incident. I just learned that I am supposed to run a One-Shot D&D session this weekend. Short notice, have maps and everything to setup. It's a long story why this is last minute but doesn't pertain to the story. As a result, I quickly picked out one of the Dungeons I ran in my regular Dungeons & Dragons group, a galleon ship trapped in time, where the players need to manipulate the environment to have the crew open or close doors, and turned it into a one shot adventure. (I c
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    Time Between the Seconds) Since it was last minute I didn't really have time to optimize maps, so I just sent the order through my job's online Submission, with the intention to just print out a pixelated mess just for the sake of having visuals (its the way I DM, I like having visuals for my players to help them envision the area).
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    Today when I came in, I found the order I submitted and completed it quickly. Admittedly, it was a bit of a mess, and it didn't help that our color machine started leaking toner, again. Blue streaks on the paper and everything. Whatever, I am fine with it.
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    An hour later, while I was working with posters, my Manager, let's call her Kay, came into the room. She started. Kay Holding up my order: What is this? Me: Oh, that's my job. I was... Kay Interrupting: How can you say this is good. It's pixelated, and the machine dumped toner on it. Me: Kay, it's ok. I am...
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    Kay Interrupting again: It's not ok, you have to contact the customer and figure out how they want to proceed. Me Sarcastically: Trust me, I'm sure the customer won't mind. Look at the customer name. Kay: It doesn't matter, I want you to see how they want to proceed. Think about what they want. Me Sigh: Yes Kay.
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    Kay dropped the order in front of me, and left the room. I considered my options for a moment, and looked towards my dwindling workload. Screw it. Malicious Compliance Number One. I finished my assigned work and got to work on the maps. As I said, I didn't properly optimize them or anything, so I started working through the 5 11x17 maps I had smoothing out the pixels. It took about an hour to
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    get everything setup, normally I work on a program other then Photoshop for my maps. After that I went through the character sheets, filling in any of the blanks I left in, such as personality, bonds, and gold. About 15 minutes. Then what about any random gear they may have. A big part of this one shot is their carrying weight, so I calculate those totals up. Another 20 minutes.
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    About an hour and a half later I have the files up to the customer's standards, (which is mine), and I print them out again. But the toner dumping on the color printer is still an issue. So even though the files looked a lot better, there were still blue streaks in the paper. So when Kay saw it. Kay holding the completed order: Kole, what are you doing? You know the color machine is down.
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    Me: I know, but I can't wait for the machine to be fixed. Kay considers for a moment before speaking: Call the customer and explain the issue. See if they will accept it half off. Me: That isn't needed 'cause... Kay: Just do it. Me Taking a deep breath: Stay here please. Malcious Compliance number two.
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    I picked up the office phone, looked her dead in the eyes, and dialed the number on the order form. From my pocket the Silver Samurai theme (From Phoenix Wright Series) began to chime. I take my phone out of my pocket, and answer, immediately saying "Yes, I will take half off my order."
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    Kay was speechless, and just quietly walked out the door. To her credit, she did honor the half off she offered the customer, but perhaps next time she will actually let me finish what I am trying to say instead of constantly cutting me off.
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    Don't get me wrong, Kay is a good person, but today was a harsh day on everyone since our machines are having issues. The only one who was able to get anything done was me since my printers (The Wide Format and the Drafting Machines) were working properly. I am sure tomorrow we will have a laugh over the situation, as the machines are fixed now and stress levels have lowered.
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    Edit: Ok, a lot of people, and I mean a lot, have been messaging me about not the story itself, but the one shot. Ok guys, I am no Matt Mercer or anything, but I have a creative mind so I'll share a little more. Essentially, the ship was involved in a massive catastrophy the effected large portions of my Homebrew World, Pallet. Magical nukes decimated regions in various ways, such as destroying al Fauna, Destroying and preventing any Flora from
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    blooming ever again (the Withers), just outright explosions, and in one regions case, trapped in an endless timeloop, doomed to repeat the same month over and over again. The ship was stuck in this time bubble at the time of Ultima, and as such it too is stuck in an endless loop. The party won't be able to interact with basic things like doors and portholes because that would directly affect the timeloop, but anything the party does can still AfFect the crew in
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    general. Essentially by interacting with things the crew is not interacting with, they can convince them the ship is haunted or similar circumstances, and get the crew to open the doors instead. The ultimate goal of the One Shot is to end the timeloop. To do that, the players have to figure out they need to sink the ship, so that it never gets to the region where the timeloop happened in the first place. This will save the crew of the ship.
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    Second Edit: I... What? Guys, this is Malicious Compliance, not the D&D Subreddit. I'm flattered my one sounds that compelling that people are actually messaging me to get a hold of it. But seriously, do you guys have questions about the Malicious Compliance? Yes, I wrote the one shot myself. It was a three-session dungeon in my actual Campaign I run. They had to repeat the same dungeon over and over again until they figured out a proper system to get the boat to sink. Each loop
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    the CR of the abberations/wraiths went up by one, but they could only take a short rest during the entire experience at the end of each loop. The one shot will only be one loop though, focused on the core mechanic I created for the "Dungeon". No, I am not giving it away, for now. My notes are a mess that my ADHD mind can comprehend, but others likely can't.

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