My grandfather worked for a city garage. He would regularly tell his supervisors, "I need X tool to complete Y job." and would be told, "Sorry, it's not in the budget." then he would buy X tool out of his own pocket. When he retired he started packing up all the tools he'd purchased and his supervisor at the time said, "You can't take those, we need them!" Grandpa showed him all the receipts, which he had saved, and said, "These are my tools, I paid for them, this department should have purchased them when I told them they were needed." In retirement Grandpa had a VERY well equipped garage and did most of the work on cars and motors of all his kids and grandkids.
On the one hand, great story. On the other, if the worker keep buying things out of their own pockets when told the employer won't for whatever reason, of course there's never going to be budgets for it. They know they'll still get the tool and wouldn't have to pay for it. (Yes, until the employee leaves with it...)
I bet he was such a boon to you guys. My grandpa and my uncle (his brother) owned a garage in town and they helped with all their kids and grandkids too. My grandpa was the one who taught me how to drive, went with me to pick out my first car, taught me how to take care of it, and helped me whenever there was a issue which honestly there was barely any with his guidance! I had that car for 2 years before it needed any work on it and to this day my uncle told me that my car had the cleanest interior he's ever worked on and he's proud of how well I keep the thing going. I miss my grandpa but these are awesome memories I can only attribute to him :)
My husband refused to believe that he was in a patch of poison ivy when he was a kid. Other parents were super concerned and got his mom. Apparently his entire maternal side is immune to poison ivy and poison oak. We hope that our daughter inherited it.
11:42 “I guess probably because his head was so far up his own butt that he couldn’t see the light of day.” I suppose he couldn’t see the lights on his car either.
Story 2: I've done something similar, but with a different medical condition. It's kinda similar to hypoglycemia except with fats, protein and iron. Basically if I don't eat some kind of protein or fat when my body tells me to, I get very weak and anemic. Depending on my activity level for the day, this can trigger every 2-4 hours, so I always carry things like nuts, jerky, potato chips, slim Jim's, etc. Usually just something small and portable to hold me over till my next meal. Well the first doggy daycare I worked at didn't think this was a real issue and forbade me from having a snack on me or to be able to leave group to eat one. So I agreed and next work day volunteered to cover everyones break, by the second breaks end I hadn't eaten in 5 hours. I was leaning against the fence so close to passing out. I was escorted to the break room and people were freaking out about if they needed to call an ambulance and asking me what was wrong. To which I again explained my medical issues and proceeded to eat my snacks as my lunch was heating up. The manager saw that my condition was quickly improving after eating, literally just 15-20 minutes and I was fine. After that they stopped telling me I couldn't have snacks on me, just obvious stipulations of no chocolate and take care of your trash. My current doggy daycare was significantly more reasonable and even bought all daycare staff a fanny pack so everyone could safely keep snacks or emergency medication (Epipens, inhalers, insulin, etc) on them if they needed to. Also if you need to identify poison oak (western) or poison ivy (eastern) the absolute easiest way is to check the texture. If it looks rough, kind of like Velcro or sandpaper and glossy like it's covered in oil or lotion, don't touch. Those are very common indicators of a topically poisonous plant.
@@turtlnickel It's a hyper metabolism, unfortunately not much is known about it still and not a lot of doctors take it seriously. Most research done on it is as a temporary symptom that can occur for some diseases. However some people, with a surprisingly strong correlation to people with ADHD, can have a permanent version of it. More or less the metabolism is over active, rather than fully absorbing fats, proteins and nutrients (things the body stores and uses throughout the day) it burns it away too quickly. This can cause anemia or low blood pressure, muscle weakness as well as other issues due to nutrient deficiency. As a result I've also been underweight my entire life, though I am a bit healthier now at 115, only 10lbs below where I should be for my height and age.
@@RiveroftheWither I have ADHD and have had those exact issues all my life. (anemia, muscle weakness, and low blood pressure) You're right, doctors don't take it seriously. My blood sugar was always normal, so they would always tell me that the anemia must be from my monthly and pretty much ignored me. I was seen as a hypochondriac. I would specifically tell them that protein was the issue, not sugar, and they would roll their eyes at me. I'm happy that you are near the weight that you want to be and are healthier now. Thank you for indulging me. I feel a bit less crazy now. I appreciate it.
Seriously it fucking sickens me when i hear storys of "allergies dont exist!" And people both parents and bosses alike are shocked when the person NEARLY DIES from there stupidity
Story 2 reminds me of my time working the parking lot at my local Home Depot. I live in Florida so it gets REALLY hot out in the parking lot, especially in the middle of the day, so I was walking through the inside of the store whenever I had to go from one end of the store to the other in order to load a customer or something. My front end supervisor noticed this and instructed me to stop spending so much time inside. I explained to her that It was over 100 degrees outside, so I was using the A/C to regulate my temperature and using the water fountain near the Garden center to keep my water topped up. She disregarded this and reiterated "I don't want to see you inside. You are supposed to be outside collecting carts and loading customers." I have an issue with incompetent leadership, so I decided to teach her a lesson. I did as I was told and didn't go inside AT all the rest of my shift. I would wait by the door for customers rather than going to the register that called me, and I wasn't drinking as much water so I wouldn't run out. After a couple hours in the Florida sun on asphalt, I was experiencing the signs of heat exhaustion and moving toward heat stroke. I got another loading call and was waiting outside the door very unsteadily. I was unable to stand up straight and was sort of swaying in place. The woman promoting special windows at the door noticed and asked if I was okay. I told her I probably wasn't, to which she replied I should go inside and cool off. I explained what my supervisor told me and that I couldn't go inside. She proceeded to go inside and get the manager on duty to override my orders and force me to go inside. Apparently, those associates promoting special products are actually corporate level employees and have a bit of power in the store. I was ushered into the break room, given Gatorade to rehydrate, and told I could have the rest of the day off. My supervisor never hassled me about walking through the building again.
For the last story: that sounds EXACTLY like the kind of bs I used to put up with at my training center when teaching in China. They used to ask us to do all sorts of absolutely backwards things and then got huffy when they realized it was just making more work for everyone. The guy who owned the company had no idea what teaching was actually like, so he would always come up with new, "clever" ideas to profit off our labor. Only those "clever" ideas never panned out well, because they relied on just shoving more information down the kids' or their parents' throats without comprehension. I was so glad to leave that company. I will always miss China, but I think I would rather teach in a public school. To be fair, English training centers are now illegal, so it would have to be a regular school instead.
@@kyototomokui6676 It's after school and weekend tutoring in English. The concept was that Chinese kids would come to the training center to learn English in an immersive environment. Most schools start at 2-3 years old to get the most benefit, and they continue well into their teenage years. The children would learn English as a second language through easy games and activities. The idea was to build up their English ability naturally, as if they were growing up in an actual English environment. But throwing someone into scenarios where people spoke another language for two hours a week doesn't exactly yield fluency, you know? 🙄Heaven forbid the company owner listens to the teachers about their business model's flaws though.
TL;DR: I worked for a center that taught English to Chinese kids. They are run by businessmen and so don't work well. China banned them last year. @@kyototomokui6676
The last story is the purest form of malicious compliance I've seen. A command was given with an obvious meaning but with other technically correct interpretations. The workers woke up and chose violence. No provocation, no revenge, nothing to prove, just true malice.
To the last story. I'm guessing the boss wants more accuracy in the reports. By having them use their first language, she eliminates the risk of them making a mistake due to less familiarity with the language. They're also more likely to be more detailed if they're writing it out in a language they're more comfortable with.
A fair argument, but it's just flipping the problem the other way: rather than the students not being able to properly convey their thoughts, it's the teacher who can't properly absorb them.
How accurate is his interpretation of these accurate reports if he needs to use translate to read them. It sounds like an educational institution. My workplace has teachers representing 50 nationalities. It will be fun and games if he works here. I love the malicious compliance from the native speakers.
Agreed, I thought maybe the boss assumed "use your home language" was the equivalent to "use Chinese _or_ English, doesn't matter which" and they just didn't account for "home language" being something other than those two.
For the peanut allergy story. I had almost the exact same thing happen to me. I was working at a pizza place at the flagship location. My boss was the GM for the region and the manager for this store, she and I were friends even before I started working there. Because it was the main location, it was the training location for all the managers and shift leads for the area. We had this one manager in training, MIT, who had this power trip stick up his ass all the time. I'm allergic to olives so when I did the dishes I did all but the olive container and someone else would do the olive bin later. I had the said dish to the side away from my pile and he kept walking by and putting it on the pile to dishes to do. I kept moving it aside so I wouldn't grab it by mistake. After the third time or so he said angrily that I had to do all the dishes. I calmly told him I'm allergic to olives and someone else will have to wash that dish later. He said that olive allergies don't exist, put the dish with olive juice on it into the water i was using and told me to do all the dishes. My GM friend was on shift in a few minutes, so I just did as he asked. By the end of the dishes my hands and arms up to midway up my upper arm were COVERED in hives. I came out from the back while GM was talking with MIT and was intentionally obviously wincing as i was drying my hands on a paper towel. MIT's face turned ghost white, GM turned and looked at my hands and asked if someone put the olive bin in the water again (something people would do by accident sometimes). I just said yes, someone did, and looked at MIT. GM friend got my hint and asked MIT what happened. He sputtered something about not a real allergy and that I was trying to get out of work. My friend went off on him about opening the store to lawsuits, about ADA compliance (idk if alergies count for ADA, but she seemed to think so), about how I'm a good worker and didn't he think it was weird I did the GIANT pile of dishes with no complaints but just didn't do ONE tiny dish, and about how treating subordinates like people instead of automatons would get further. It was worth the pain to watch her yell at him for it. All in all it was actually a cheap lesson for him, as I didn't sue, and he'd never ask someone to do something they couldn't do again.
Story 5: How toxic, someone files a false complaint, OP proves it was a false complaint, but they double down because they just want to get rid of OP. Glad OP doesn't work there anymore
They played themselves, why get rid of someone that is basically your backbone. And then complain about something that will expose you. Op made her competent and her actions was to say he messed up without providing proof he did or knowledge on how he could have messed up
@@bigjalapeno7061 ego probably, I had a friend from an old job whose was buddy buddies with me until they were in a position over or basically in charge of me. Then they were rude and a butthole. Some management think that they are superior and honestly would teach others to be that way too when they reach the level. I am saying from experience as someone who dealt with such
What also doesn’t make sense to me is even if the Students were Chinese the teacher would be dealing with over 200+ different versions of Chinese given how diverse/various forms of Chinese exist!
I was once in the position of the new hire from story 1. I came in to do accounts payable, not realizing that their former accounts payable person left over a month prior. I was "trained" by someone who not only didn't do that particular job, but also had her own work to do. So, not only was I poorly trained, I was also attempting to play a month's worth of catch up to bills that had to be paid. I lasted less than six months in that position. I never did manage to completely catch up.
One of my parents had a similar story to the poison ivy one but in reverse. It was poison ivy they and their siblings were unsure of what it was, but they themselves are immune. So it seemed safe, Unfortunately their siblings didn't share the immunity. It's also how they learned they were immune.
14:37 If the German one speaks dialect at home, the boss might need a human translator. Little Note: German isn't one language. It's a pluricentric language with at least three different standard forms. Learn German in Switzerland, and you're screwed in Germany. We also have dozens of different dialects. While people in Austria and bavaria can understand each other relatively well, while someone from Hamburg can be screwed.
First story: what worst that Op owner refuse to get OP a better computer and heard how OP descried the computer it was very old so OP owner was cheap person and didn't think it was worth it and he could effort it since he own two other company and thought OP was bluff but OP left and it literally cost him his both of his company, just pay your people and second story; OP bf could literally had died and Michael knew OP bf was allergies and didn't care till the owner yell at Michael for literally almost get OP bf killed, and aleast the owner apologized to OP bf
*not bad enough to need an epi pen… yet. After continual exposure some allergies worsen and. If he keeps getting exposed to his allergen he might experience a reaction that requires epi pen.
The line "My boss is now struggling, but refuses to admit defeat" and the image of her trying to use Google Translate on archaic slang, into a language other than English, just killed me!
Right in your home language with them being in China obviously meant Chinese, but he didn't want to come across as being culturally ignorant so tried to be clever but backfired XD
Hey rslash, I've been binging your videos the last few weeks. I wonder if you could do some more wholesome stuff like the AskReddit video "What's The Craziest Butterfly Effect You've Experienced From A Tiny Decision?". AITA is so depressing so I've stopped watching those. My best to you and your family. ^_^
Same! They're all so frustrating. At least with MaliciousCompliance and Prorevenge, there's some relief. AITA is just... depressing, knowing there are so many unaware or ignorant people.
@@freezycastform Yeah. It was fun... At first... Then it was just "And another person got gaslit by an asshole. And another person. And another person being an entitled clueless jerk." It just went on and on. Hell, even rSlash got affected by it and took a week off.
I have absolutely done the allergy thing. Except for me, my allergies would just give me rashes. Not anything worse. Benadryl, Neosporin, and time heal it mostly. (Allergic to grass)
Story 2: That is actually nuclear malicious compliance material. If he gotten hospitalized for it, then he could've gotten Micheal backlisted from employment or fired immediately. Story 3: I was expecting the other guy to feel miserable about his challenge being how he gotten sick, but I wasn't expecting that "but I was wrong" part.
Finally something other than am I the asshole LMAO, I like maliciouscompliance, Petty prevention program ranging stuff, they're satisfying in the endings always give you a Justice boner, am I the asshole kind of just makes me rage and sad plus a lot of the stories there are clearly made up
That last story is a classic case of "poor choice of words". Since the management is based in China, my assumption is that they wanted all the reports solely in Mandarin, which I CAN understand, since Mandarin is widely spoken in the PRC. I am guessing that management assumed the foreign teachers all speak Mandarin at home, which there is some truth in it: if you don't know any Mandarin or their lexicon entering the countryside, you will face problems. Well ... someone assumed wrongly.
Second story: I have my own. I’ve always had a problem about my swear odor. It stinks bad. So, when my mother and I came across a lemon-based deodorant that actually worked we were thrilled about it. Long story short, the deodorant caused me hives after a week of use, but my father (who’s nose is very sensitive, I get it, but come on) wasn’t taking it. He made me use the deodorant because “we’ve spent a lot of money in a dozen of that just to throw it away”. So, I complied. That evening I was crying out of pain because the deodorant not only caused me hives, but it actually was eating my skin. That was painful. My mother scolded my dad, but I was in charge of my own pain. It took two hole weeks to heal.
Last story, there is malice, and there is a douchbag mean person, it is just that this time it is OP that fills those criteria. Asking the staff to write in their native language makes everything easier for the staff. They have a manager who is willing to put in the effort to translate afterwards. So douchebag OP thinks "Wow, rather than being grateful to have a boss that wants things to be easier for their staff, I need to find a way to fuck with their day." OP is an absolute see you next Tuesday!
Don't you love watching R/Slash so much and rewatch his older videos as much too, that you can recognize the stories being read out aloud either at the beginning or halfway through?
Dead battery story... I see what you did there when you said that the boss had his head so far up his own butt... Couldn't see the "light" of day, eh? lol
When I was 18, I worked for a plywood plant. I was on the "clean up crew" (they hired college kids during the summer to run weed eaters and other side jobs that are usually done in the summertime). One day, the boss had me weed eating at the back end of the property the plant was on, and the whole area I was cutting was covered with poison ivy. I didn't think anything about it because, as a kid, I used to mess around with it all the time, and it never bothered me. The next day, when I came to work, I was broke out all over my arms and legs. That's when I found out you can develop a sensitivity later in life. My boss gave me these little wipe things like alcohol prep pads, I still don't know what they were, but they worked like a charm. After using them, the itch stopped immediately, and the rash was gone by the next day.
I worked for two years at a startup after being unemployed for a long time due to layoffs. That place was horrible; we got TWO sick days a year and my job had MANDATORY overtime that was open-ended (finish all your work or you can't leave and if you do you'll be terminated). My immediate manager was a woman who obviously had no life outside the job, so not only was she a constant pain in my arse, she also had a tendency to hover and her people skills were virtually nil. I held on as long as I could and thank GOD I found a better job; better hours, better pay, and half the commute. Altogether a win win. And the day I left (telling no one I was leaving), my last act before I walked out the door was to hit "send" on an email I had composed basically slamming the company as a toxic work environment.
I'm guessing that, with that last story, the boss just.... assumed the "home language" would be English or Chinese? or maybe wanted to imply Chinese-only submissions, but did so badly/couldn't legally say so? that whole thing is so weird but I love it
1st story is the perfect example of "I'm so goodtisits", the owner never realized his business was relying on his workers, and thought he was the sh**, good luck in the line, buddy.
First Story: So basically the owner assumed OP wasn’t going to quit and decided it would he a good idea not to hire a replacement. All of that costed him his business Second Story: The owners knew that Jake could’ve sued for what Michael made him due. Michael was being creepy with high schoolers?! Wtf Comment: Well, OP is willing to sacrifice themselves to be right lmao Third Story: This is what happens when ur professor is being a dick. Imagine complaining about someone cleaning up earlier than usual Fourth Story: OP's boss sounds like a lazy, useless prick. This guy has the mindset of "the new guy should just figure it out". Thats what he gets for being a douché, having his battery die Fifth Story: Lmao, this manager tried to screw over an employee that knew how to do their job better than her and it completely backfired Sixth Story: Lmaoooo this is perfect. I mean she did say right in their native language, everyone just did exactly that
When I was doing management training, I was told that a manager doesn't need to how to do their underlings jobs. People management is its own skill. Never did sit well with me TBH.
the allergy story.... this is why you ALWAYS take allergies seriously.... no ifs and or butts.... unless the person does shit that shows its a lie (as in knowing the thing is in the food and eating it anyway), or tells you its a light class of "gives me indigestion" sorta allergy.... then you sorta just go with "Ill worn you, the next move is yours"
How do you get a job managing people in data analysed when you don't know that?!? Talk your way into it. That's how my sister got a similar job. Knows nothing about computer and never was a manager. She did learn everything she needed to on her own. And she's good at convincing people of stuff.
I know of at least one household that the common language was klingon. It is indeed a language created by a linguist. And Google doesn't translate it you have to learn it
i have the same level of allergy to peanuts, and i was forced to work around them at my produce job. my coworkers were assholes. i'd just let the display empty and when a store manager walked by and asked about it i told them i can't touch it and they did it for me. nothing changed w my coworkers tho
my manager thought i could be replaced, since her right hand works weekends and i work monday-friday with a instructor, that instructor was horrible at training and didnt know how to look at stats which are huge every shift part, the weekend guys just sat at phones and couldnt deal with 70 euros per hour, while i ran 130 alone all areas. So when i changed locations, they had to hire 3part time workers to cover 4shifts a week to cover me, took them almost a year to replace me with anyone, and guess what i work at head location training new workers and my old location is hiring again.
The last one what were they thinking hmm maybe they secretly wanted to learn other languages but needed a gun to head style situation to bother so created one on themselves.
My grandfather worked for a city garage. He would regularly tell his supervisors, "I need X tool to complete Y job." and would be told, "Sorry, it's not in the budget." then he would buy X tool out of his own pocket. When he retired he started packing up all the tools he'd purchased and his supervisor at the time said, "You can't take those, we need them!" Grandpa showed him all the receipts, which he had saved, and said, "These are my tools, I paid for them, this department should have purchased them when I told them they were needed." In retirement Grandpa had a VERY well equipped garage and did most of the work on cars and motors of all his kids and grandkids.
That's awesome
What a legend
On the one hand, great story. On the other, if the worker keep buying things out of their own pockets when told the employer won't for whatever reason, of course there's never going to be budgets for it. They know they'll still get the tool and wouldn't have to pay for it. (Yes, until the employee leaves with it...)
I bet he was such a boon to you guys. My grandpa and my uncle (his brother) owned a garage in town and they helped with all their kids and grandkids too. My grandpa was the one who taught me how to drive, went with me to pick out my first car, taught me how to take care of it, and helped me whenever there was a issue which honestly there was barely any with his guidance! I had that car for 2 years before it needed any work on it and to this day my uncle told me that my car had the cleanest interior he's ever worked on and he's proud of how well I keep the thing going. I miss my grandpa but these are awesome memories I can only attribute to him :)
W grandpa
My husband refused to believe that he was in a patch of poison ivy when he was a kid. Other parents were super concerned and got his mom. Apparently his entire maternal side is immune to poison ivy and poison oak. We hope that our daughter inherited it.
YES MORE R/TREELAW WE NEED IT 🌳 🏡 🌲
More like plant immunity
11:42 “I guess probably because his head was so far up his own butt that he couldn’t see the light of day.”
I suppose he couldn’t see the lights on his car either.
"I raced off before boss could blame me."
This line has so much "Aight, Imma head out" energy. XD
I remember when that meme was still popular. Good times
@@bigjalapeno7061 What do you mean "was"? lol. It still is
@@InkHyaena I haven't seen it nearly as much. It's still good though
The owner thought he was playing chicken with OP; turns out he was just playing in traffic with the hope of not getting hit.
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That is a great analogy, and ties in so well with the "why did the chicken cross the road" joke.
Bravo
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Story 4: Man, what an idiot. Like, he asks if OP has any questions, gets mad when OP has a number of questions, and then gets karma via flat battery
I've heard of people who do that. They just ask if there's any questions but get mad when there are
Story 2: I've done something similar, but with a different medical condition. It's kinda similar to hypoglycemia except with fats, protein and iron. Basically if I don't eat some kind of protein or fat when my body tells me to, I get very weak and anemic. Depending on my activity level for the day, this can trigger every 2-4 hours, so I always carry things like nuts, jerky, potato chips, slim Jim's, etc. Usually just something small and portable to hold me over till my next meal. Well the first doggy daycare I worked at didn't think this was a real issue and forbade me from having a snack on me or to be able to leave group to eat one. So I agreed and next work day volunteered to cover everyones break, by the second breaks end I hadn't eaten in 5 hours. I was leaning against the fence so close to passing out. I was escorted to the break room and people were freaking out about if they needed to call an ambulance and asking me what was wrong. To which I again explained my medical issues and proceeded to eat my snacks as my lunch was heating up. The manager saw that my condition was quickly improving after eating, literally just 15-20 minutes and I was fine. After that they stopped telling me I couldn't have snacks on me, just obvious stipulations of no chocolate and take care of your trash.
My current doggy daycare was significantly more reasonable and even bought all daycare staff a fanny pack so everyone could safely keep snacks or emergency medication (Epipens, inhalers, insulin, etc) on them if they needed to.
Also if you need to identify poison oak (western) or poison ivy (eastern) the absolute easiest way is to check the texture. If it looks rough, kind of like Velcro or sandpaper and glossy like it's covered in oil or lotion, don't touch. Those are very common indicators of a topically poisonous plant.
@@mongoose9851 I mean, it's relevant to the video if you actually listened/watched it lmao, not off topic
Do you remember the name of the condition? I think I may actually have that.
That's good to know
@@turtlnickel It's a hyper metabolism, unfortunately not much is known about it still and not a lot of doctors take it seriously. Most research done on it is as a temporary symptom that can occur for some diseases. However some people, with a surprisingly strong correlation to people with ADHD, can have a permanent version of it. More or less the metabolism is over active, rather than fully absorbing fats, proteins and nutrients (things the body stores and uses throughout the day) it burns it away too quickly. This can cause anemia or low blood pressure, muscle weakness as well as other issues due to nutrient deficiency. As a result I've also been underweight my entire life, though I am a bit healthier now at 115, only 10lbs below where I should be for my height and age.
@@RiveroftheWither I have ADHD and have had those exact issues all my life. (anemia, muscle weakness, and low blood pressure) You're right, doctors don't take it seriously. My blood sugar was always normal, so they would always tell me that the anemia must be from my monthly and pretty much ignored me. I was seen as a hypochondriac. I would specifically tell them that protein was the issue, not sugar, and they would roll their eyes at me. I'm happy that you are near the weight that you want to be and are healthier now. Thank you for indulging me. I feel a bit less crazy now. I appreciate it.
"Is this an emergency?!"
"Not to _me."_
Lmao, that should have been a flag.
"The silver lining, it wasn't poison ivy, I was wrong" I laughed so hard at that omfg
Seriously it fucking sickens me when i hear storys of "allergies dont exist!" And people both parents and bosses alike are shocked when the person NEARLY DIES from there stupidity
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entitlement gives you a big “if it doesn’t happen to me, it doesn’t happen at all” complex. Proof and common sense be damned.
@@YesIlikebananasSo fucking facts
It's a million times worse when it is at commercial food preparation locations as well!
Story 2 reminds me of my time working the parking lot at my local Home Depot. I live in Florida so it gets REALLY hot out in the parking lot, especially in the middle of the day, so I was walking through the inside of the store whenever I had to go from one end of the store to the other in order to load a customer or something. My front end supervisor noticed this and instructed me to stop spending so much time inside. I explained to her that It was over 100 degrees outside, so I was using the A/C to regulate my temperature and using the water fountain near the Garden center to keep my water topped up. She disregarded this and reiterated "I don't want to see you inside. You are supposed to be outside collecting carts and loading customers." I have an issue with incompetent leadership, so I decided to teach her a lesson. I did as I was told and didn't go inside AT all the rest of my shift. I would wait by the door for customers rather than going to the register that called me, and I wasn't drinking as much water so I wouldn't run out. After a couple hours in the Florida sun on asphalt, I was experiencing the signs of heat exhaustion and moving toward heat stroke. I got another loading call and was waiting outside the door very unsteadily. I was unable to stand up straight and was sort of swaying in place. The woman promoting special windows at the door noticed and asked if I was okay. I told her I probably wasn't, to which she replied I should go inside and cool off. I explained what my supervisor told me and that I couldn't go inside. She proceeded to go inside and get the manager on duty to override my orders and force me to go inside. Apparently, those associates promoting special products are actually corporate level employees and have a bit of power in the store. I was ushered into the break room, given Gatorade to rehydrate, and told I could have the rest of the day off. My supervisor never hassled me about walking through the building again.
For the last story: that sounds EXACTLY like the kind of bs I used to put up with at my training center when teaching in China. They used to ask us to do all sorts of absolutely backwards things and then got huffy when they realized it was just making more work for everyone. The guy who owned the company had no idea what teaching was actually like, so he would always come up with new, "clever" ideas to profit off our labor. Only those "clever" ideas never panned out well, because they relied on just shoving more information down the kids' or their parents' throats without comprehension.
I was so glad to leave that company. I will always miss China, but I think I would rather teach in a public school. To be fair, English training centers are now illegal, so it would have to be a regular school instead.
What the hell is an English training center?
@@kyototomokui6676 It's after school and weekend tutoring in English. The concept was that Chinese kids would come to the training center to learn English in an immersive environment. Most schools start at 2-3 years old to get the most benefit, and they continue well into their teenage years. The children would learn English as a second language through easy games and activities. The idea was to build up their English ability naturally, as if they were growing up in an actual English environment. But throwing someone into scenarios where people spoke another language for two hours a week doesn't exactly yield fluency, you know? 🙄Heaven forbid the company owner listens to the teachers about their business model's flaws though.
@@TheHarvestGoddessChloe I don’t understand how any of that makes it illegal…
TL;DR: I worked for a center that taught English to Chinese kids. They are run by businessmen and so don't work well. China banned them last year. @@kyototomokui6676
The last story is the purest form of malicious compliance I've seen. A command was given with an obvious meaning but with other technically correct interpretations. The workers woke up and chose violence. No provocation, no revenge, nothing to prove, just true malice.
To the last story. I'm guessing the boss wants more accuracy in the reports. By having them use their first language, she eliminates the risk of them making a mistake due to less familiarity with the language. They're also more likely to be more detailed if they're writing it out in a language they're more comfortable with.
A fair argument, but it's just flipping the problem the other way: rather than the students not being able to properly convey their thoughts, it's the teacher who can't properly absorb them.
Either way, it's just a case of good intentions backfiring hilariously. Still kinda wholesome
Good point. Didn’t think of it that way. Tbh still backfired on her tho
How accurate is his interpretation of these accurate reports if he needs to use translate to read them. It sounds like an educational institution. My workplace has teachers representing 50 nationalities. It will be fun and games if he works here. I love the malicious compliance from the native speakers.
Agreed, I thought maybe the boss assumed "use your home language" was the equivalent to "use Chinese _or_ English, doesn't matter which" and they just didn't account for "home language" being something other than those two.
For the peanut allergy story. I had almost the exact same thing happen to me. I was working at a pizza place at the flagship location. My boss was the GM for the region and the manager for this store, she and I were friends even before I started working there. Because it was the main location, it was the training location for all the managers and shift leads for the area. We had this one manager in training, MIT, who had this power trip stick up his ass all the time. I'm allergic to olives so when I did the dishes I did all but the olive container and someone else would do the olive bin later. I had the said dish to the side away from my pile and he kept walking by and putting it on the pile to dishes to do. I kept moving it aside so I wouldn't grab it by mistake. After the third time or so he said angrily that I had to do all the dishes. I calmly told him I'm allergic to olives and someone else will have to wash that dish later. He said that olive allergies don't exist, put the dish with olive juice on it into the water i was using and told me to do all the dishes. My GM friend was on shift in a few minutes, so I just did as he asked. By the end of the dishes my hands and arms up to midway up my upper arm were COVERED in hives. I came out from the back while GM was talking with MIT and was intentionally obviously wincing as i was drying my hands on a paper towel. MIT's face turned ghost white, GM turned and looked at my hands and asked if someone put the olive bin in the water again (something people would do by accident sometimes). I just said yes, someone did, and looked at MIT. GM friend got my hint and asked MIT what happened. He sputtered something about not a real allergy and that I was trying to get out of work. My friend went off on him about opening the store to lawsuits, about ADA compliance (idk if alergies count for ADA, but she seemed to think so), about how I'm a good worker and didn't he think it was weird I did the GIANT pile of dishes with no complaints but just didn't do ONE tiny dish, and about how treating subordinates like people instead of automatons would get further. It was worth the pain to watch her yell at him for it. All in all it was actually a cheap lesson for him, as I didn't sue, and he'd never ask someone to do something they couldn't do again.
Story one is so shitty and and so moronic. He definitely want OP to stay longer for no extra pay to train the new guy out of "loyalty".
I like Sue, she sounds like a great Co-Worker.
Story 5: How toxic, someone files a false complaint, OP proves it was a false complaint, but they double down because they just want to get rid of OP.
Glad OP doesn't work there anymore
They played themselves, why get rid of someone that is basically your backbone. And then complain about something that will expose you. Op made her competent and her actions was to say he messed up without providing proof he did or knowledge on how he could have messed up
I don't understand why some people would do stuff like that for no reason
@@bigjalapeno7061 ego probably, I had a friend from an old job whose was buddy buddies with me until they were in a position over or basically in charge of me. Then they were rude and a butthole. Some management think that they are superior and honestly would teach others to be that way too when they reach the level. I am saying from experience as someone who dealt with such
That last story boss: Yes, with this I will learn all the languages and be paid overtime for it. My evil plan came to... why is a class a dog butt?
Petition to bring back r/treelaw and r/storiesaboutkevin
Yes! Tree Law is the best, it was gold listening to those stories! 😀
wish i could like this multiple times, i hope this reply boosts it
Tree law is the best and kevin would make a nice change of subreddit!
I come from the future, you will LOVE the newest video (25th May) as it’s all about Kevin!
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Last story:now I understand why some people call their bosses manglers
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What also doesn’t make sense to me is even if the Students were Chinese the teacher would be dealing with over 200+ different versions of Chinese given how diverse/various forms of Chinese exist!
I was once in the position of the new hire from story 1. I came in to do accounts payable, not realizing that their former accounts payable person left over a month prior. I was "trained" by someone who not only didn't do that particular job, but also had her own work to do. So, not only was I poorly trained, I was also attempting to play a month's worth of catch up to bills that had to be paid. I lasted less than six months in that position. I never did manage to completely catch up.
For story 5: his head was also so far up his behind that he couldn't see his own headlights going out.
I prefer, his head was so far up his ass he hasn't smelled fresh air for years
11:46 Apparently he couldn't see the headlights either.
Burst out laughing when it wasn't even poison ivy
My sisters woke up at six and my parents left for errands so I have to be up with them, but this video makes me feel better about how early it is
One of my parents had a similar story to the poison ivy one but in reverse.
It was poison ivy they and their siblings were unsure of what it was, but they themselves are immune. So it seemed safe, Unfortunately their siblings didn't share the immunity.
It's also how they learned they were immune.
The british slang part almost made me choke as im trying to eat my dinner. That was awesome! 🤣
Is it an emergency! Lol, got what he deserved!😂😂😂
14:37 If the German one speaks dialect at home, the boss might need a human translator.
Little Note: German isn't one language. It's a pluricentric language with at least three different standard forms.
Learn German in Switzerland, and you're screwed in Germany.
We also have dozens of different dialects. While people in Austria and bavaria can understand each other relatively well, while someone from Hamburg can be screwed.
First story: what worst that Op owner refuse to get OP a better computer and heard how OP descried the computer it was very old so OP owner was cheap person and didn't think it was worth it and he could effort it since he own two other company and thought OP was bluff but OP left and it literally cost him his both of his company, just pay your people and second story; OP bf could literally had died and Michael knew OP bf was allergies and didn't care till the owner yell at Michael for literally almost get OP bf killed, and aleast the owner apologized to OP bf
Hey @rslash, I can see your mouse cursor over the guys eye in your thumbnail 😅
Refreshing hoping for something good, just to see a new rSlash video 😎
*not bad enough to need an epi pen… yet. After continual exposure some allergies worsen and. If he keeps getting exposed to his allergen he might experience a reaction that requires epi pen.
The line "My boss is now struggling, but refuses to admit defeat" and the image of her trying to use Google Translate on archaic slang, into a language other than English, just killed me!
Omg🤣 the last story..
If my nanager ask me to write in my home language, they're doomed!😂
I hv a dialect that doesnt exist in google translate 😂😂😂😂
“That’s not poison ivy!”
“Ok. Then I’ll do what you asked as soon as you prove me wrong and rub it on your chest.”
Right in your home language with them being in China obviously meant Chinese, but he didn't want to come across as being culturally ignorant so tried to be clever but backfired XD
Hey rslash, I've been binging your videos the last few weeks. I wonder if you could do some more wholesome stuff like the AskReddit video "What's The Craziest Butterfly Effect You've Experienced From A Tiny Decision?". AITA is so depressing so I've stopped watching those. My best to you and your family. ^_^
yeah man same, I don't wanna just be enraged because of AITA,
Same! They're all so frustrating.
At least with MaliciousCompliance and Prorevenge, there's some relief. AITA is just... depressing, knowing there are so many unaware or ignorant people.
@@freezycastform Yeah. It was fun... At first... Then it was just "And another person got gaslit by an asshole. And another person. And another person being an entitled clueless jerk." It just went on and on. Hell, even rSlash got affected by it and took a week off.
11:40 you mean the light of the car
The first story is a classic example of “don’t put all your eggs in one basket.”
I have absolutely done the allergy thing. Except for me, my allergies would just give me rashes. Not anything worse. Benadryl, Neosporin, and time heal it mostly. (Allergic to grass)
Story 2: That is actually nuclear malicious compliance material. If he gotten hospitalized for it, then he could've gotten Micheal backlisted from employment or fired immediately.
Story 3: I was expecting the other guy to feel miserable about his challenge being how he gotten sick, but I wasn't expecting that "but I was wrong" part.
Anyone else think that the thumbnail for this video bears a resemblance to Will Ferrell? Or is that just me?
Can we start calling AITA "bad guy score" the "stink star"
"I give them 4/5 stink stars"
You know you are a true Rslash enjoyer when you say huh I forgot to watch the Rslash video
Best channel to fall asleep to, thanks rslash
Nice malicious compliance, my favourite!
Finally something other than am I the asshole LMAO, I like maliciouscompliance, Petty prevention program ranging stuff, they're satisfying in the endings always give you a Justice boner, am I the asshole kind of just makes me rage and sad plus a lot of the stories there are clearly made up
That last story is a classic case of "poor choice of words". Since the management is based in China, my assumption is that they wanted all the reports solely in Mandarin, which I CAN understand, since Mandarin is widely spoken in the PRC. I am guessing that management assumed the foreign teachers all speak Mandarin at home, which there is some truth in it: if you don't know any Mandarin or their lexicon entering the countryside, you will face problems. Well ... someone assumed wrongly.
Second story: I have my own. I’ve always had a problem about my swear odor. It stinks bad. So, when my mother and I came across a lemon-based deodorant that actually worked we were thrilled about it. Long story short, the deodorant caused me hives after a week of use, but my father (who’s nose is very sensitive, I get it, but come on) wasn’t taking it. He made me use the deodorant because “we’ve spent a lot of money in a dozen of that just to throw it away”. So, I complied. That evening I was crying out of pain because the deodorant not only caused me hives, but it actually was eating my skin. That was painful. My mother scolded my dad, but I was in charge of my own pain. It took two hole weeks to heal.
Last story, there is malice, and there is a douchbag mean person, it is just that this time it is OP that fills those criteria.
Asking the staff to write in their native language makes everything easier for the staff. They have a manager who is willing to put in the effort to translate afterwards. So douchebag OP thinks "Wow, rather than being grateful to have a boss that wants things to be easier for their staff, I need to find a way to fuck with their day."
OP is an absolute see you next Tuesday!
As a Michael who’s allergic to Peanuts I should not do that
Last story : Can anyone imagine the Nightmare translating all of that ?.
Hahaha...
ok but if you have an allergy that makes your throat swell you ABSOLUTELY should carry an EpiPen
Don't you love watching R/Slash so much and rewatch his older videos as much too, that you can recognize the stories being read out aloud either at the beginning or halfway through?
Dead battery story... I see what you did there when you said that the boss had his head so far up his own butt... Couldn't see the "light" of day, eh? lol
When I was 18, I worked for a plywood plant. I was on the "clean up crew" (they hired college kids during the summer to run weed eaters and other side jobs that are usually done in the summertime). One day, the boss had me weed eating at the back end of the property the plant was on, and the whole area I was cutting was covered with poison ivy. I didn't think anything about it because, as a kid, I used to mess around with it all the time, and it never bothered me. The next day, when I came to work, I was broke out all over my arms and legs. That's when I found out you can develop a sensitivity later in life. My boss gave me these little wipe things like alcohol prep pads, I still don't know what they were, but they worked like a charm. After using them, the itch stopped immediately, and the rash was gone by the next day.
Malicious compliance? More like deadly compliance.
11:45 "Couldn't see the light of day" How could you not make it a joke about the headlights???
I'm disappointed.
"Emergency" story Is a re-run. I will continue calling this out 😁
Last story is a re-run aswell
How did he take a picture of both of his hands?
i think he is using ai to make his thumbnails but, it makes it so moch better lol
I mean this in the nicest way possible but your voice is great at both relaxing me and putting me to sleep
I worked for two years at a startup after being unemployed for a long time due to layoffs. That place was horrible; we got TWO sick days a year and my job had MANDATORY overtime that was open-ended (finish all your work or you can't leave and if you do you'll be terminated). My immediate manager was a woman who obviously had no life outside the job, so not only was she a constant pain in my arse, she also had a tendency to hover and her people skills were virtually nil.
I held on as long as I could and thank GOD I found a better job; better hours, better pay, and half the commute. Altogether a win win. And the day I left (telling no one I was leaving), my last act before I walked out the door was to hit "send" on an email I had composed basically slamming the company as a toxic work environment.
Peanut butter is why Jake went to state farm
I love how sexual harassment of minors wasn’t enough to get that dude fired, but a health crisis was, like damn
Omg XD
I come from a household where we speak 2 languages mixed. It's as if you mixed italian and french together.
Story 5: Buffy reference ftw
I'm guessing that, with that last story, the boss just.... assumed the "home language" would be English or Chinese? or maybe wanted to imply Chinese-only submissions, but did so badly/couldn't legally say so? that whole thing is so weird but I love it
The last one was a Chinese nationalist thinking that her workers were 100% Chinese like her… 😂😂😂
That last one made me laugh so hard that it caused me to drop my phone! LOL! 😂
Or the light of the head lights 😂
Maliciously comply and call your mom 😂
Hey Rslash, how's ur day rn? hope its well.
1st story is the perfect example of "I'm so goodtisits", the owner never realized his business was relying on his workers, and thought he was the sh**, good luck in the line, buddy.
Ah. Sweet malicious compliance.
I hope this channel never stops uploading
Why are you skipping over the technical details?
11:17 how?
Id write as if I was Snoop Dogg
11:45 or the light of his headlights
last story, yeah the boss' decision was dumb but we can give it to her, at least she assume her mistake and doesn't complain !
That last story!!! 😂
For that last one, all of your questions can be answered with two simple words: "it's China".
First Story: So basically the owner assumed OP wasn’t going to quit and decided it would he a good idea not to hire a replacement. All of that costed him his business
Second Story: The owners knew that Jake could’ve sued for what Michael made him due. Michael was being creepy with high schoolers?! Wtf
Comment: Well, OP is willing to sacrifice themselves to be right lmao
Third Story: This is what happens when ur professor is being a dick. Imagine complaining about someone cleaning up earlier than usual
Fourth Story: OP's boss sounds like a lazy, useless prick. This guy has the mindset of "the new guy should just figure it out". Thats what he gets for being a douché, having his battery die
Fifth Story: Lmao, this manager tried to screw over an employee that knew how to do their job better than her and it completely backfired
Sixth Story: Lmaoooo this is perfect. I mean she did say right in their native language, everyone just did exactly that
I’m not getting notifications for rslash. Anyone else?
When I was doing management training, I was told that a manager doesn't need to how to do their underlings jobs. People management is its own skill. Never did sit well with me TBH.
the allergy story.... this is why you ALWAYS take allergies seriously.... no ifs and or butts.... unless the person does shit that shows its a lie (as in knowing the thing is in the food and eating it anyway), or tells you its a light class of "gives me indigestion" sorta allergy.... then you sorta just go with "Ill worn you, the next move is yours"
How do you get a job managing people in data analysed when you don't know that?!? Talk your way into it. That's how my sister got a similar job. Knows nothing about computer and never was a manager. She did learn everything she needed to on her own. And she's good at convincing people of stuff.
Story 1: That’s what happens when you mess with the IT guy.
I know of at least one household that the common language was klingon. It is indeed a language created by a linguist. And Google doesn't translate it you have to learn it
i have the same level of allergy to peanuts, and i was forced to work around them at my produce job. my coworkers were assholes. i'd just let the display empty and when a store manager walked by and asked about it i told them i can't touch it and they did it for me. nothing changed w my coworkers tho
Always great to hear your voice, happy Saturday!
makes me feel bad when they use the name michael and some fcked up boss goies insane like that... and i had hope for fellow michaels 😥
my manager thought i could be replaced, since her right hand works weekends and i work monday-friday with a instructor, that instructor was horrible at training and didnt know how to look at stats which are huge every shift part, the weekend guys just sat at phones and couldnt deal with 70 euros per hour, while i ran 130 alone all areas.
So when i changed locations, they had to hire 3part time workers to cover 4shifts a week to cover me, took them almost a year to replace me with anyone, and guess what i work at head location training new workers and my old location is hiring again.
The last one what were they thinking hmm maybe they secretly wanted to learn other languages but needed a gun to head style situation to bother so created one on themselves.
Day 36 of asking rSlash to bring back r/storiesaboutkevin
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