‘My friend was mad at me, but he never asked again’: Sixth-grader maliciously complies with class showoff's request

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Remy Millisky • Writer and Editor
Apr 15, 2024 5:00 PM EDT

This class clown kept bothering another student until the kid finally agreed to help out. Unfortunately for the class clown, things didn't work out exactly how he'd planned.

Having a jokester in the class is tons of fun for everyone except one person: the teacher. While the class is giggling at the prankster's antics, the teacher has to try and keep order. This kid was apparently the type to make loud inappropriate noises in the middle of the lesson, a surefire way to get the whole class off track for a few minutes.

Not only does this kid act as a disruption in class, but he kept bugging u/WordWizardX to help with his papers. Before the internet was mainstream, lots of kids struggled with typing, and computer classes were very common. After all, this was considered the tech of the future, and being a good typist was supposedly very important to one's future career. But this kid was fine to slack off and continually bug his classmate to do his work for him. 

Scroll down to check out this fun malicious compliance story from the 1990s. Then, read the story of the entitled customer who started shouting at her tattoo artist for not being available immediately to do her ink. (Risky move!)

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    Fine, I'll Type It S This is an old one from back when I was in 6th grade and school computers were still in labs. There was a guy in my class I'll call Jason, who was that certain breed of showoff common to the early 90s - the one who totally knows kung fu but just can't show you right now, and
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    who makes loud noises every time the teacher turns around, and is more concerned with belching the alphabet than with learning to spell. Unfortunately, one of my friends was "dating" Jason (as much as a 6th grader can) so he was always hanging around.
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    We got to the dreaded Five Paragraph Essay assignment and Jason showed up with a crumpled notebook page. He was a terrible typist and always asked me (the nerd of our group) to type his work up for him. I, being twelve and wanting to keep my friend happy, usually did it. For
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    whatever reason, this essay was my last straw, so I typed it exactly as written. Except instead of fixing his spelling as I went, I tried interpreting his terrible handwriting literally - and as wrongly as possible whenever there was ambiguity. It wuz am umreodable mass.
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    My friend was mad at me, but he never asked again. (He also had been held back two grades by the time we turned 18, and is now a tractor salesman, so I guess he never needed that five paragraph essay anyway.)
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    Random-Mutant Not that it was ever your problem, but I wonder if this person was dyslexic.
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    Waifer2016 5 paragraph essay? Is that a thing is American schools?
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    Lwn3 The first line made me feel old, lol.
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    Osmiant Weaponized "incompetence" at its finest. Well done OP. My little brother and I had to make a 35-40 minute drive after school for a wrestling practice and I always remember wanting a nap at that time (early afternoon) and almost always that guy is sacked out in the passenger seat.
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    So one day I was over it and wanted a nap of my own. And in the middle of the drive he curbed up on the median, shaking me out of my nap and the notion that I would let my brother drive. Still don't know if this was WI or just an honest mistake. I'll have to ask him sometime.
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    Harfosaurus Thats crazy that you were required to type essays at that age.
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    Toptech1959 The average John Deere Sales Rep earns an estimated $138,058 annually, which includes an estimated base salary of $80,776 with a $57,282 bonus. $49,800 is the 25th percentile. Salaries below this are outliers. ... $86,600 is the 75th percentile. Salaries above this are outliers.... $104,811 is the 90th percentile.
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