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'His inbox soon overflowed with 20 to 30 pointless emails daily': Micromanager regrets insisting on being copied on everything following malicious compliance

Employers should learn to be careful what they wish for more than anyone else. 

This old adage is something we tend to teach our kids in preschool. We've heard it over and over again on television, in nursery rhymes, and in countless mediocre school productions of Into the Woods. Yet still, it seems that our managers and bosses have forgotten what things might look like if their wishes come true and the ridiculous demands they put upon their employees are met. 

This thread was posted to Reddit's r/MaliciousCompliance subreddit by an employee who was tired of being micromanaged by a boss who insisted on being copied on every single email. Well, we all know how this one ends. Clearly, the boss did not actually mean every single email, but that's what they asked for! You get what you get and you can't get upset, am I right? 

Keep scrolling below for the full story and for the best reactions from folks in the comments section. For more content like this, take a look at this post about another employee who spammed their boss's email account.

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