When you're highly concerned about someone you care about, your initial response would be to immediately call, right? It's a natural and reasonable response when you fear for your loved ones. But what if it was your life partner? If you thought they were in serious trouble, you'd call them until you got an answer. Reddit user /u/alphiotomas described an argument he had with his wife on the /r/amitheasshole subreddit. The user described the factory where he worked where he was prohibited from us…

Who will win: one petty supervisor with a bad attitude or a worker with all the leverage in the world? In this episode of Malicious Compliance, u/fire_me_anytime tells the tale of “Bobby,” an indispensable CNC machinist who, for some reason, was the only guy in the entire crew who knew how to make an essential (and super expensive) part of the company's product. Can you guess what happened when Bobby's supervisor decided to flex a muscle he didn't have and smugly serve him a demerit slip for be…

Vacation time is precious. Every day that most of us salaried workers toil equals a percentage of a day of freedom. That freedom can be enjoyed in many different ways: a little staycation with your partner, ordering fancy takeout and sleeping in. Or perhaps a beach getaway, sleeping and drinking on the sand, letting the salt water rejuvenate ones body. Whatever the flavor of vacation, there is one important and universal truth for that time: You do not have to work. Most of the time we are acti…

Way too much responsibility

They played themselves