Malicious Compliance Brought Her To Her Knees

There was a manager in our office who was a nightmare. She liked to intimidate all of the admins. Since I was about a decade older than the others, who were in their early twenties, it used to upset her that this tactic didn’t work with me.

I covered her phone when she went out to lunch and would leave her messages on her desk. Then, she decided that she didn’t want me stepping into her office.

Manager: “Just slip my messages under my door.”

I complied, but I was sure to flick them in every direction, so [Manager] spent the first few minutes when she returned crawling on the floor to retrieve the scattered messages.