Alex Buscemi
Have you ever been in one of those jobs where the clock ruled everything, including common sense? Well, buckle up for a hilariously perfect example of malicious compliance, office-style.
When an overzealous manager refused to pay a man for working 10 minutes overtime because “all work is documented in fifteen-minute increments,” he probably didn’t expect his own rules to boomerang back at him. But that’s exactly what happened in the tale of an employee who, fed up with being nickel-and-dimed over his time, decided to take the rule to its logical, and ludicrous, conclusion.
This work story ends with a showdown at 4 PM that would leave the office buzzing and the manager red-faced. If you’ve ever felt the petty tyranny of the timesheet, this story of clock-watching gone wild will have you laughing—and maybe plotting a little of your own clever compliance.
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