Malicious Compliance

<p>Absolute power corrupts absolutely. That&#39;s why your bosses can sometimes be complete a**holes. The stereotype of the disconnected boss implementing their will on those below them is based on this happening all the time in workplaces.</p><h2>On a <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/MaliciousCompliance/comments/11598pf/no_abbreviations_whatsoever_okay_no_problem/" target="_blank">popular Reddit thread</a> in the Malicious Compliance Subreddit, one employee gets an order from their higher-ups and follows it to a &#39;T&#39;.</h2><p>They write:</p><blockquote> <p>I work in a call center taking information for admissions of new medical clients. So the people reading my charts/notes will be medical professionals. My quality assurance team recently released a new policy: &#39;not to use abbreviations in our call notes. Shorthand is not permitted.&#39;</p> </blockquote><blockquote> <p>The only abbreviations used are those commonly known in practice, such as IOP (intensive outpatient), ASAP (who doesn&rsquo;t know this?), etc (come on now). So I have adopted their rule to the letter. I wrote every single thing out that would typically be abbreviated. Sometimes the notes require that times be recorded. Example: &#39;I set the callback expectation for 10 AM.&#39;</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><blockquote> <p>In my most recent scoring, I was marked off for using &#39;spelling errors in notes.&#39; When I requested a score review, my supervisor advised me that writing &#39;ante meridiem&#39; caused me to lose points. I kindly cited the new rule that requires no abbreviations to be used.</p> </blockquote><blockquote> <p>My supervisor stated that he had never heard the term ante meridiem before. I explained what it meant, being the long form of the term AM. My score was amended to reflect no error was made.</p> </blockquote><p>The internet loves abbreviations.</p><p><a data-testid="comment_author_link" href="https://www.reddit.com/user/GustapheOfficial/">GustapheOfficial</a> says:</p><blockquote> <p>Really lucky you don&#39;t work in light amplification through stimulated emission of radiation support.</p> </blockquote><p><a data-testid="comment_author_link" href="https://www.reddit.com/r/MaliciousCompliance/comments/11598pf/comment/j90zd8u/?utm_source=share&amp;utm_medium=web2x&amp;context=3" target="_blank">evilninjaduckie</a> says:</p><blockquote> <p>I got an essay marked down in university where I was describing the purpose of the ellipsis [...] in writing, with the comment, &#39;the word is ellipse.&#39; I was waiting for him with a dictionary at his office the next morning.</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p><a data-testid="comment_author_link" href="https://www.reddit.com/user/YourWiseOldFriend/">YourWiseOldFriend</a> says:</p><blockquote> <p>&#39;My supervisor stated that he had never heard the term ante meridiem before.&#39; &#39;I&#39;ve never heard of it; therefore, it&#39;s a mistake when you use it correctly.&#39; This irks me so much because it sounds so familiar.</p> </blockquote><p><a data-testid="comment_author_link" href="https://www.reddit.com/r/MaliciousCompliance/comments/11598pf/comment/j90gbew/?utm_source=share&amp;utm_medium=web2x&amp;context=3" target="_blank">VioletDreaming19</a> says:</p><blockquote> <p>Wait until he hears about post meridiem.</p> </blockquote><p>Did anyone else also think &#39;A.D.&#39; stood for &#39;After Death&#39;?</p><div className="ad-splitter"></div>

Employee maliciously complies with boss' order then discovers boss doesn't know words.

Absolute power corrupts absolutely. That&#39;s why your bosses can sometimes be complete a**holes. The stereotype of the disconnected boss implementing their will on those below them is based on this happening all the time in workplaces.On a popular Reddit thread in the Malicious Compliance Subreddit, one employee gets an order from their higher-ups and follows it to a &#39;T&#39;.They write: I work in a call center taking information for admissions of new medical clients. So the people reading my charts/notes will be medical professionals. My quality assurance team recently released a new policy: &#39;not to use abbreviations in our call notes. Shorthand is not permitted.&#39;  The only abbreviations used are those commonly known in practice, such as IOP (intensive outpatient), ASAP (who doesn&rsquo;t know this?), etc (come on now). So I have adopted their rule to the letter. I wrote every single thing out that would typically be abbreviated. Sometimes the notes require that times be recorded. Example: &#39;I set the callback expectation for 10 AM.&#39;  In my most recent scoring, I was marked off for using &#39;spelling errors in notes.&#39; When I requested a score review, my supervisor advised me that writing &#39;ante meridiem&#39; caused me to lose points. I kindly cited the new rule that requires no abbreviations to be used.  My supervisor stated that he had never heard the term ante meridiem before. I explained what it meant, being the long form of the term AM. My score was amended to reflect no error was made. The internet loves abbreviations.GustapheOfficial says: Really lucky you don&#39;t work in light amplification through stimulated emission of radiation support. evilninjaduckie says: I got an essay marked down in university where I was describing the purpose of the ellipsis [...] in writing, with the comment, &#39;the word is ellipse.&#39; I was waiting for him with a dictionary at his office the next morning. YourWiseOldFriend says: &#39;My supervisor stated that he had never heard the term ante meridiem before.&#39; &#39;I&#39;ve never heard of it; therefore, it&#39;s a mistake when you use it correctly.&#39; This irks me so much because it sounds so familiar. VioletDreaming19 says: Wait until he hears about post meridiem. Did anyone else also think &#39;A.D.&#39; stood for &#39;After Death&#39;?

Absolute power corrupts absolutely. That&#39;s why your bosses can sometimes be complete a**holes. The stereotype of the disconnected boss implementing their will on those below them is based on this happening all the time in workplaces. ...