Manager orders 23-year-old kitchen worker to stop helping with other tasks, causing restaurant to fall behind and customers to lose their temper: 'I’m only following his orders'

It is a truth universally acknowledged that the best way to show your manager that their ideas are wrong is through a little game of show and tell. Oftentimes, managers are so locked into their own experience (or answering to their own supervisors) that they cannot take their employees' valid grievances seriously. When this happens, it's not worth despairing. Instead, always remember that malicious compliance will demonstrate exactly what your manager cannot see just yet.

This 23-year-old kitchen worker was told to stop helping other folks with their duties and to focus solely on baking the restaurant chain's popular biscuits. However, this meant that the rest of the kitchen lost their greatest helper. Orders fell wildly behind schedule, customers became irate, and sales fell apart that day… all because the 23-year-old decided to do exactly as he was told. Keep scrolling below for the full story and for the best reactions from several members of the online community. 

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