"Can I get that in writing?" "Are you sure you want to do that?" "You can certainly try." These phrases should be seen as warning flags the size of billboards. Anyone who ignores them does so at their own peril.
RSlash has said it over and over again: If you're a person in charge and you ask an employee to do something and they ask you to put that in writing, you better slam on the breaks and reevaluate what you're asking them to do.
The toothbrush story reminds me of a problem my friend used to have. The apartment building she lived was made of concrete slabs and boards that were manufactured off site and assembled on site. This makes most of such buildings conduct sounds very well for some reason. Her neighbor had a very active love life and both she and her partner were very vocal about it. The problem my friend had was they woke her up with their "sounds of nature" and interrupted her study time. Finally she asked me, what to do. I told her: "Next time they start to yell their pleasure, cheer them like a sports team." So she did. When they started, she would sit on her bed next to the wall and yell stuff like "Do her harder!" "Great job!", "Make him praise the Lord", etc. She would clap, tell them not to stop, praise their stamina, and so on. After two days they started to be more considerate and quieter...
That’s extremely imaginative and amazing! When I had _loud_ neighbours living above me I would play “dodgy 80s p0rn music” LOUDLY, or interject with commentary “She’s obviously faking, man, she ain’t worth your time!” “She sounds faker than Paris Hilton!” “I’ve heard better performances in the emergency room!” They quickly stopped being super loud, and always kept their eyes low when walking by my windows LMAO
First Story: Seems like people don’t learn. The moment someone ask for something in writing, that should be an immediate sign to re-think their decision. The COO really did deserved to get fired for this Second Story: Well, OP did all of this was done for a 10% discount for a pizza. The level of pettiness is crazy Comment: That guy is a real one to print out the flyer right then and there lol. Gotta get those discounts Third Story: The roommate brought that on himself. What he asked for was creepy as hell. Something tells me he does things to himself whenever he hears vibration coming from OP's side. I don’t get why he got uncomfortable though, OP did exactly what he asked Comment: Um ok? I don’t know what to say about this one but good luck in that roommate in not getting caught Fourth Story: The boss really expected OP to continue to work extra hours for free? OP did nothing wrong and worked the assigned hours and went home Fifth Story:U would think upper manangement would get rid of a guy who caused an ex employee to file a lawsuit and win it. This man shouldn’t have an form of power if he is being biased and doing all of this to just the female staff
Oh, I've absolutely printed out coupons after getting to the business and realizing it was available. Depends on the value of it but it can definitely be worth it! I love retail staff who keep a printed copy at the register and apply it for everybody. LOL
With the third story, I wonder if that would be grounds for OP or the roommate to be relocated? Because this is sexual harassment that the roommate does. And yeah I agree, I bet the roommate played the snake flute everytime he heard it.
As a manager I would honor most coupons that customers brought in. Heck sometimes I would just add them onto people's orders even if they didn't have the coupon. Unless they were jerks. In which case screw you. Pay full price and shut up.
The 10% discount for pizza one... if i was the worker i would have been laughing so hard as I took the phone order. Some people have no sense of humor.
At this point I can't tell if it's an actual mistake, or he's just doing it so we have something completely innocuous to complain about. Why? IDK, because he's self-conscious about people "tearing him apart" for bad takes, and with something no sane person cares about (like a typo) he can do the old motte and bailey thing. _-Hey waitaminute!-_
In the second story, i bet the worker was just maliciously complying with what his job said. Ive had to deal with that bs before cause my boss was so adamant about it.
Story2: getting a phone discount sounds like a pain and the people at the restaurant are making it harder especially since some of the employees don't know, managers need to tell employees this stuff wouldn't blame it all on them
In the pizza story, that sounds like a great way to make an extra buck or 2. Just stand outside with your mobile phone and offer to call in orders for people who have not called in in order so that they can get the discount. Just charge a dollar to use your phone. Win win! And I doubt they took the code away because of this compliance it was probably only going to be on there for a week or so anyway.
Pretty much everybody has a cell phone these days. The people you tell about the discount would just call it in themselves rather than pay somebody a dollar to call it in for them. And 10% off a pizza is probably around $1 anyways.
I worked my butt off for a company where time off was "at the discretion of the supervisor" (in writing). I started having medical issues, at which point it verbally became "you need to call me and the answer will be no." I told my boss that it needed to be in writing. He told me he wasn't going to do that, so...no, the change didn't exist to me. It didn't exist when HR refused to put it in writing. When his bosses wouldn't put it in writing. When the VP wouldn't put it in writing. When my lawyer demanded it in writing, especially. When I quit, it still didn't exist in writing, although I heard they did change the policy soon after (and started to bleed people due to that and other changes). Too bad, so sad.
Story 2 reminds me of a similar story I read once. OP was out and about. She was about to drive past her doctor’s office. Went inside and asked to make an appointment. The receptionist said they ONLY make appointments over the phone. So, OP called the office and made their appointment while maintaining eye contact with the receptionist.
Every single time an employee asks you (if you're management) if they can get your request in writing, that should cause immediate pause. That should tell you that they are doing a cya & you will take this hit if/when it blows up. Make sure it's both worth it & that your career can bounce back from taking that hit. Once in awhile it is worth it but more often, it isn't & taking a bit to think if there is a different solution is a way better option than plowing ahead.
The pizza story reminds me of when I tried to phone in a order to the local pizza place years ago when I visited my Mom. Mom said they never pick up the phone but I insisted on at least trying. They picked up but immediately put me on hold. I had waited for a few minutes when my Mom told me to get into the car but wouldn't tell me where we were going. About 10 minutes later we arrive at the pizza place and I am STILL on hold. When we walked in there was a worker standing at the cash register ready to take orders but there was nobody in line. She greeted us and with my phone still at my ear I asked "don't you have someone on hold?" That resulted in a panicked expression and a few obscenities uttered as she rushed to grab the phone. It was obvious she forgot about my call. She took me off hold and said a tentative "Hello" not realizing it was me and expecting them to have hung up. I say with her hearing me both in person and thru the phone "at this point I'll just order in person".
first story I have no doubt if OP didn't tell COO to write down, that COO would easily put all the blame on OP cause he the boss and OP just another employee and I bet the COO was going get a cut from the guy if the deal went through but since it didn't the CCO would have just put the blame on OP and kept his job but thank god OP said put it in writing
Third story: Geez that guy is so gross- although if it was happening twice a day a very regularly wouldn’t a normal person assume it probably wasn’t what he thought it was? Regardless, good job OP
The phrase "are you sure about this?" or "can I get this in writing?" should be a red flag so big, it can be seen from space. Like, how can fortune 500 companies be so stupid and make stupid decisions and threaten people when they refused, and get suprised when they can't terminate them?
Yeah, that occurred to me. Though if that was the case, why not simply advise that you're not allowed to accept it? And why be angry when OP called from his mobile phone? I think that guy was the owner and that's why he was so salty to lose the 10% 🤣
I dislike snarky pepole like OP. I'm not gonna risk discipline because my manager found me throwing around discounts, and even if I wanted to, the computer system can probably tell the diffrence between a walking order and a phone order.
Story 1: Can We have a saying in DND for when a player wants to do something they shouldn't. "Are you sure? You are welcome to try." I feel like that's the same feeling as "Can I get that in writing?"
I did wonder if that was a recent story. The only reason for insisting on paper is 1) to reduce the number of people getting the discount 2) to track that employees are just giving it out to everyone/anyone. I've definitely had retail workers hold printed coupons at the register and just apply it for everyone who came through!
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I can just think!; - Boss: you will be paid hourly Me: are you sure? That’s a terrible decision! Boss: I don’t care! You’ll be paid hourly or your fired! Me: ok I accept. Im a palaeontologist! - Not a real story but I wish it was! Now that’s my dream job!
The mini story about the kitten being kept in the dorms is something that is surprisingly common. I am a resident advisor at my college and part of my job is room inspections and policy enforcement and you wouldn't believe how many animals are snuck into dorms. Like even some strange ones, 2 ferrets, a tarrantula, and a rain frog come to mind. One person had a cat tree, litter box, travel carrier, and cat toys and they swore up and down that they didn't have a cat. We couldn't take any action against them because without seeing the cat, we had no proof that would hold up. It took 2 years but eventually he was found with a cat in his room.
The toothbrush OP needs to be careful. You'd be surprised with the fact that individuals get turned on by what she does. The world is very interesting.
I always equated "Can I get that in writing" to being the corporate version of a parent saying "If you tell me I won't be angry". It's not a reassurance. It's a test to see if you'll say the dumb sh*t you're thinking about.
Story 2: people seem to think employees enforce rules just because. There's a protocol for a reason. Most likely they're trying to boost their phone sales, and thus you apply a discount on those ones, but if you applied a discount to a regular sale (which I guess their cash register system doesn't allow to) you could get in trouble. Also passing a regular sale as a phone sale could mean fraud depending on the local legislation. Stop thinking you're the man and follow instructions. Don't make minimum wage workers days worse just because you want stuff your way. Be thankful you never had to work those mind numbing, yet exhausting jobs.
At no point will the telephone discount stories ever be believable. That there’s places that do it, sure, but no one, and I mean NO ONE working minimum wage at the front counter is going to get pissed that someone does it, even if their manager is strict about only phone customers. Seriously, why would Bob the register guy give a flying crap? Why would he feel sooooo owned that a custy called in after being told nope? He wouldn’t, at all.
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That totally happened to me at an IHOP, I had an email coupon for a free meal. I showed it to my waiter and they gave me the meal and everything. When I went to the register to show they my coupon, they said they couldn't use it because it had to be printed on paper, when they could clearly see the coupon in my email. The manager insisted on me paying and I was really upset. It's just stupid. I never went back there again cause that was just uncalled for.
Story 2: The pizza guy was being a pain not accepting the discount BUT it's not a good idea to piss off people making your food. Chances are OP got some nice spit in his pizza.
It depends, if the pizza guy is an employee, he has to follow the rules of his boss, if its the boss, then they are being a pain. Also yeah, dont upset your food guys.
@@RisingRevengeance anyone who spat in your food would be fired so the whole concept that they constantly do it anytime somebody annoys them if false it's basically spreading this information and it's kind of stupid like faster workers probably wouldn't even do that if they wanted to and most of them don't even want to even when somebody is annoying them it's a stupid thing to spread it's not true and it's a pointless threat because not many people would do it it's like saying don't piss off somebody because that person might attack you but attacking you would be illegal and they'd get in more trouble than you would anyone spits in your food they're going to be the ones in trouble so that's not really an effective threat to stop people from being annoying or whatever else
I'm convinced that corporations only get away with wage theft because they give you your pay without you (usually) having any real way of determining what you're actually worth to them. A friend once told me that doing this math is actually one of the ways larger union orgs try to persuade workers to unionize.
Story 1 - I worked in a transport company 2 years ago. This guy worked for our client as the procurements manager but had his own business. He would request we mail him a quotation for services then he would add his 25% and quote the company he would work for. One night I am having dinner with a group of friends and family and the MD of the Client happened to be there as a friend. He asks me why we never quote his company for work, as he had been trying to push work through us. Long story short I blind copied the MD in the next quotation. Up to this point we were unaware what was happening just that we were losing the work. We knew we were not the cheapest so figured we did not match the budget. But once that email when out his exercise was unraveled Turned out over the 10 years he had siphoned around 100k USD through various orders
Regarding the second story: literally every place I’ve worked at has said that they consider coupons money. Any kind of discount, code, whatever it is, is money. Any mishandling of that coupon or code has the risk of being considered the mishandling of cash money. And every place I’ve worked at has a Different way of inputting coupons or discounts. Some places I had lots of autonomy and could easy just be like yeah here’s the discount go ahead. Other places I couldn’t and it had to be scanned in or input to the computer a certain way or I could lose my job for “stealing”. Point is, generally speaking employees aren’t trying to screw you over or trying to be a butthead. And they prob get yelled at a lot for the exact issue. If you are having an issue with a coupon or a discount assume lots of other ppl are too. This makes the employees feel jaded and cornered and defensive. Have patience, read the fine print and just be chill about it.
Not sure why everyone assumes the guy at the counter is also making pizzas. Typically not the case in my experience. Frankly if he wouldn't accept in person orders for the discount because of the boss' rules, he should have just said that. Not sure why he'd be angry at a customer making the sensible decision to call from a mobile phone. That makes me wonder if the counter guy was actually the owner! What employee would care about that?
I currently work in a pizza place, that second story about sums up some of our customers, but there is a little bit of an exception. Sometimes there is a special offered online and we have no option in the store to honor it so we have to try and explain to people that although they are here now in order to get the discount they MUST order online because no manager is going to override a 50% discount randomly because someone doesn't know how to use an app or a website.
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Because the obvious thing to do would be to cancel your order, walk outside, phone it in to get the discount and go back in. Asking could have saved them all the trouble if they would have done it.
The OP in the pizza story was an ass hole. Seriously?! He walked in to place an order for pizza, saw the 10% off phone orders and wanted it even though he walked in to order. OP should've waited for the next time he ordered a pizza for the discount. Call it in and then pick it up and get your 10% off. It's not a malicious compliance, it's just being petty.
Story 4:legit after the second time you came for help using your electric device I would have absolutely brushed your teeth for you. Let it be awkward for all of us!
2nd story: OP is being a jerk. They obviously give that discount because people calling ahead of time helps them manage the work load more efficiently. If they gave the discount to a guy who came in and ordered, already inconveniencing them, it defeats the purpose. Can't stand people like that, looking to exploit struggling businesses for free stuff. A normal person would be like, "Okay, cool, next time I'll order over the phone." OP is petty and selfish. Also, you know that guy had his pizza spit on.
I work at dominos and we’ve had something similar. We have a few online only coupons that we can’t access from our computers in store. So we’ve had a few customers place online orders right there in the lobby lol
There was a similar story where a kid in school did the same thing for the same reason dress code and principal wanted him in detention the teacher was out of the room and didn’t see the kid and bye bye belt loops lol
Why is it so hard for business owners/managers/supervisors/bosses to understand? If you want your employees to work outside their regular scheduled times: *THEN PAY THEM FOR IT!!!!*
Oh, they understand. They understand that every free hour they steal from you is money in their pocket. That's why it's SO common. Jobs try to induce employees to work for free and/or to take on extra duties by dangling the vague promise of a future raise or promotion which in most cases is never gonna materialize.
The kitten story was hella cute. When I heard "Weird story" my in the gutter mind went to "Kink things" lmao and was pleasantly surprised it was a kitten lol
In Australia there's this thing where employers have the option to advertise for juniors (anyone under age 21) this comes with a smaller hourly rate because they're young and learning. #1- I don't understand how this doesn't cross the discrimination boundary, I mean I can't advertise work for white people only- that would be racist right, but aboriginal jobs only, is also accepted 😳 the irony, right 🤮 #2- age should not play a part in someone's skill level, my daughter is 11 and knows tech better than me, but as an adult with dementia and mobility issues, I need just as much time and effort to train than a junior as I need supervision and may need to ask questions if I forget what I was supposed to be doing... but no, as a 35 yo woman, my pay rate is higher, why would a company employ someone more expensive when they can exploit a young person to do the same job, for less
"Can I get that in writing?"
"Are you sure you want to do that?"
"You can certainly try."
These phrases should be seen as warning flags the size of billboards. Anyone who ignores them does so at their own peril.
Unless its D&D, in which case, they should proceed at full steam. You get more drama that way.
WHEN WILL YOU LEARN, THAT YOUR ACTIONS HAVE CONSEQUENCES!!
Boss: "Do this!"
Employee: "Put it in writing."
Boss: "Ok."
Employee: "AHA! You activated my Trap Card!"
RSlash has said it over and over again: If you're a person in charge and you ask an employee to do something and they ask you to put that in writing, you better slam on the breaks and reevaluate what you're asking them to do.
The toothbrush story reminds me of a problem my friend used to have. The apartment building she lived was made of concrete slabs and boards that were manufactured off site and assembled on site. This makes most of such buildings conduct sounds very well for some reason. Her neighbor had a very active love life and both she and her partner were very vocal about it. The problem my friend had was they woke her up with their "sounds of nature" and interrupted her study time. Finally she asked me, what to do. I told her:
"Next time they start to yell their pleasure, cheer them like a sports team."
So she did. When they started, she would sit on her bed next to the wall and yell stuff like "Do her harder!" "Great job!", "Make him praise the Lord", etc. She would clap, tell them not to stop, praise their stamina, and so on. After two days they started to be more considerate and quieter...
🤣🤣👍
*Oh praise the lord for your [ censured ] _clap clap clap_
That’s extremely imaginative and amazing! When I had _loud_ neighbours living above me I would play “dodgy 80s p0rn music” LOUDLY, or interject with commentary
“She’s obviously faking, man, she ain’t worth your time!”
“She sounds faker than Paris Hilton!”
“I’ve heard better performances in the emergency room!”
They quickly stopped being super loud, and always kept their eyes low when walking by my windows LMAO
Story 1: Reminds me of the "As per my last email" joke. Once you get something in writing, you basically can defend yourself from any bus throwing
Getting thrown under the bus is your boss.
Getting a bus thrown at you is the CEO.
"As per my last email..."
translation:
"OMG can't you fkn read?"
?
"Can i get that in writing"
"Are you certain you want to get fired?"
Corporate would like you to find the difference in these statements.
CYA. The corporate "get out of jail free card."
First Story: Seems like people don’t learn. The moment someone ask for something in writing, that should be an immediate sign to re-think their decision. The COO really did deserved to get fired for this
Second Story: Well, OP did all of this was done for a 10% discount for a pizza. The level of pettiness is crazy
Comment: That guy is a real one to print out the flyer right then and there lol. Gotta get those discounts
Third Story: The roommate brought that on himself. What he asked for was creepy as hell. Something tells me he does things to himself whenever he hears vibration coming from OP's side. I don’t get why he got uncomfortable though, OP did exactly what he asked
Comment: Um ok? I don’t know what to say about this one but good luck in that roommate in not getting caught
Fourth Story: The boss really expected OP to continue to work extra hours for free? OP did nothing wrong and worked the assigned hours and went home
Fifth Story:U would think upper manangement would get rid of a guy who caused an ex employee to file a lawsuit and win it. This man shouldn’t have an form of power if he is being biased and doing all of this to just the female staff
Oh, I've absolutely printed out coupons after getting to the business and realizing it was available. Depends on the value of it but it can definitely be worth it! I love retail staff who keep a printed copy at the register and apply it for everybody. LOL
With the third story, I wonder if that would be grounds for OP or the roommate to be relocated? Because this is sexual harassment that the roommate does. And yeah I agree, I bet the roommate played the snake flute everytime he heard it.
Any time I've asked for something in writing, the answer's been "no," and I've gone with existing policy and the obvious ethics required.
As a manager I would honor most coupons that customers brought in. Heck sometimes I would just add them onto people's orders even if they didn't have the coupon.
Unless they were jerks. In which case screw you. Pay full price and shut up.
The 10% discount for pizza one... if i was the worker i would have been laughing so hard as I took the phone order. Some people have no sense of humor.
I'm wondering if the 'worker' was actually the owner. Who else would care that much about OP getting 10% off his pizza?
It would have been better if OP phoned from _inside_ the pizza place, standing right in front of the counter.
@@condorboss3339 I agree, but at least he was visible from outside
@@fdm2155 i agree, I find it hard to believe that anyone other than the owner would care about someone doing this
@@Crazed3raser337 maybe he's actually a worker but needs to justify the discount with a call as a prof, idk.
Someone should make a subreddit named Maliicouscompliance, where the truest of the true malicious compliance comes into play. Hehehehe
Clearly that's what this video is. I mean, rSlash isn't capable of making mistakes lol
Maybe a subreddit where all Maliicous Compliance stories have very slight spelling mistakes in every word lol
At this point I can't tell if it's an actual mistake, or he's just doing it so we have something completely innocuous to complain about. Why? IDK, because he's self-conscious about people "tearing him apart" for bad takes, and with something no sane person cares about (like a typo) he can do the old motte and bailey thing. _-Hey waitaminute!-_
I like that title, cus the two II being the roman numeral for two
The craziest part of story 5 is that a college dorm room had housekeeping services for private bathrooms.
What we see
"Can i get that in writing?"
What Rslash sees
"They killed his dog and stole his car"
Well you can't write without a pen or pencil.
First story has the can I get that in writing is the equivalent of a DnD DM asking Are you sure about that?
I love that comparison. Ive been both the victim and perpetrator of the "are you sure?"
Oh the horror
In the second story, i bet the worker was just maliciously complying with what his job said. Ive had to deal with that bs before cause my boss was so adamant about it.
Same. And op sounds like a Karen a bit. 10% is literally nothing. But they left cuz they didn’t get.
Maybe I’m biased bc I work at a pizza shop with specific deals people try to find every loophole for, but that seriously annoyed me.
It seems this video is about maliicious compliance, with double "i". Because it is extra malicious
its actually about maliicous compliance. with the same amount of "i". because there is a completely normal amount of malice.
"Can I get that in writing" turns a regular sheet of paper into 24K gold leaf in the right situation.
Someone tell Rslash there's a typo in the title 😂
He put the I in Mali-I-cious.
No
@@BronzeDragon133 nah, he just mixed up the c and the I
Also, he used the dollar sign instead of the Pound sign.
It’s probably pre recorded and has been scheduled for a while so he can take a Christmas holiday
Story2: getting a phone discount sounds like a pain and the people at the restaurant are making it harder especially since some of the employees don't know, managers need to tell employees this stuff wouldn't blame it all on them
In the pizza story, that sounds like a great way to make an extra buck or 2. Just stand outside with your mobile phone and offer to call in orders for people who have not called in in order so that they can get the discount. Just charge a dollar to use your phone. Win win! And I doubt they took the code away because of this compliance it was probably only going to be on there for a week or so anyway.
He didn't read it, but it looks like the deal itself wasn't cancelled, just the phone requirement.
Pretty much everybody has a cell phone these days. The people you tell about the discount would just call it in themselves rather than pay somebody a dollar to call it in for them. And 10% off a pizza is probably around $1 anyways.
I worked my butt off for a company where time off was "at the discretion of the supervisor" (in writing). I started having medical issues, at which point it verbally became "you need to call me and the answer will be no."
I told my boss that it needed to be in writing. He told me he wasn't going to do that, so...no, the change didn't exist to me. It didn't exist when HR refused to put it in writing. When his bosses wouldn't put it in writing. When the VP wouldn't put it in writing. When my lawyer demanded it in writing, especially. When I quit, it still didn't exist in writing, although I heard they did change the policy soon after (and started to bleed people due to that and other changes).
Too bad, so sad.
Story 2 reminds me of a similar story I read once. OP was out and about. She was about to drive past her doctor’s office. Went inside and asked to make an appointment. The receptionist said they ONLY make appointments over the phone. So, OP called the office and made their appointment while maintaining eye contact with the receptionist.
"How many varieties of the belt loop story would you like to tell?"
RSlash: "Yes."
He's told it before?
@@GamerGrovyle Two or three times. Once it was a male student.
For the pizza discount story, I would have stood inside, right next to the register, while calling him with my order.
Every single time an employee asks you (if you're management) if they can get your request in writing, that should cause immediate pause. That should tell you that they are doing a cya & you will take this hit if/when it blows up. Make sure it's both worth it & that your career can bounce back from taking that hit.
Once in awhile it is worth it but more often, it isn't & taking a bit to think if there is a different solution is a way better option than plowing ahead.
The pizza story reminds me of when I tried to phone in a order to the local pizza place years ago when I visited my Mom. Mom said they never pick up the phone but I insisted on at least trying. They picked up but immediately put me on hold. I had waited for a few minutes when my Mom told me to get into the car but wouldn't tell me where we were going. About 10 minutes later we arrive at the pizza place and I am STILL on hold. When we walked in there was a worker standing at the cash register ready to take orders but there was nobody in line. She greeted us and with my phone still at my ear I asked "don't you have someone on hold?" That resulted in a panicked expression and a few obscenities uttered as she rushed to grab the phone. It was obvious she forgot about my call. She took me off hold and said a tentative "Hello" not realizing it was me and expecting them to have hung up. I say with her hearing me both in person and thru the phone "at this point I'll just order in person".
first story I have no doubt if OP didn't tell COO to write down, that COO would easily put all the blame on OP cause he the boss and OP just another employee and I bet the COO was going get a cut from the guy if the deal went through but since it didn't the CCO would have just put the blame on OP and kept his job but thank god OP said put it in writing
Absolutely.
Third story: Geez that guy is so gross- although if it was happening twice a day a very regularly wouldn’t a normal person assume it probably wasn’t what he thought it was? Regardless, good job OP
Well, maybe it wouldn't occur to a horny college guy with too active an imagination 😂
The phrase "are you sure about this?" or "can I get this in writing?" should be a red flag so big, it can be seen from space. Like, how can fortune 500 companies be so stupid and make stupid decisions and threaten people when they refused, and get suprised when they can't terminate them?
story 2: If dude give you discount while in shop, he could be punished by managers.. seen that.
Yeah, that occurred to me. Though if that was the case, why not simply advise that you're not allowed to accept it? And why be angry when OP called from his mobile phone? I think that guy was the owner and that's why he was so salty to lose the 10% 🤣
Op says the story was from 15 years ago so its kind of hard to trust he's not just remembering it in a way that makes him look better
I dislike snarky pepole like OP. I'm not gonna risk discipline because my manager found me throwing around discounts, and even if I wanted to, the computer system can probably tell the diffrence between a walking order and a phone order.
Getting revenge against a terrible boss is always so satisfying 😂😊
"Can I get that in writing?" is basically you loading the gun they're going to shoot themselves in the foot with.
Or in the mouth 😆
Story 1: Can We have a saying in DND for when a player wants to do something they shouldn't. "Are you sure? You are welcome to try." I feel like that's the same feeling as "Can I get that in writing?"
4:09 No, it's more like the auditory equivalent of saying "I'd like to be fired NOW, please." That's maybe more in the US, but still.
It would have been hilarious if that creepy roommate was actually turned on by dental hygiene
4:10 or Clint Eastwood clicking his .44 saying "go ahead make my day"
6:33 Should have added a note saying "It's 2022, who even uses printers anymore?"
I did wonder if that was a recent story. The only reason for insisting on paper is 1) to reduce the number of people getting the discount 2) to track that employees are just giving it out to everyone/anyone. I've definitely had retail workers hold printed coupons at the register and just apply it for everyone who came through!
"Can i get that in writing" is the real world of the DnD "are you sure"
Maliicouscompliance
Hey rslash I just want to thank you for all of your amazing videos you produce for us everyday. I recently lost my dog and hearing your story’s calms me down. So thank you for being that light I can go to when times are bad and never stop being you
That kitten sub-story was actually quite nice & wholesome.
OP: "Can I get that in writing?"
Boss: "Ok."
"This was when the boss knew, he f*cked up."
Correction: This is when the boss SHOULD HAVE KNOWN he f*cked up 😂 But they never seem to know until it's too late!
The maliicouscompliance so nice, i am bad at spelling so It is better than usual, keep up the good work.
I can just think!;
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Boss: you will be paid hourly
Me: are you sure? That’s a terrible decision!
Boss: I don’t care! You’ll be paid hourly or your fired!
Me: ok I accept.
Im a palaeontologist!
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Not a real story but I wish it was!
Now that’s my dream job!
8:45 I would double down and joke arround it lmao
Story 3: Wow, that was creepy as peck. Like, who would really say that?
The mini story about the kitten being kept in the dorms is something that is surprisingly common. I am a resident advisor at my college and part of my job is room inspections and policy enforcement and you wouldn't believe how many animals are snuck into dorms. Like even some strange ones, 2 ferrets, a tarrantula, and a rain frog come to mind. One person had a cat tree, litter box, travel carrier, and cat toys and they swore up and down that they didn't have a cat. We couldn't take any action against them because without seeing the cat, we had no proof that would hold up. It took 2 years but eventually he was found with a cat in his room.
Emotional support animal….. college is stressful, you know.
Hid a cat for two years? I hope he was diligent about his studies. LOL
@@madgevanness4011 it was not registered with our college and was not a recognized ESA.
The toothbrush OP needs to be careful. You'd be surprised with the fact that individuals get turned on by what she does. The world is very interesting.
just watched the fallout and am trying to calm down. thanks rslash for providing good content i can laugh at
13:35 no, exactly not. There are no belt loops anymore
Story 2
Idk man OP sounds a bit like a cheapskate, i get it the employee wasn't very nice but working in a pizza place can be quite a pain i guess
How is it a 'weird story' with someone hiding a kitten? I had to go back and relisten cuz it was just cute???
For Story #1 I feel like OP may still have done enough to possible get themselves in legal trouble even with their paper shield of an email trail.
I always equated "Can I get that in writing" to being the corporate version of a parent saying "If you tell me I won't be angry". It's not a reassurance. It's a test to see if you'll say the dumb sh*t you're thinking about.
Ah yes, Maliicous compliance is my favorite 🤭
Story 1: The equivalent of the DM asking “are you sure?”
Story 2: people seem to think employees enforce rules just because. There's a protocol for a reason. Most likely they're trying to boost their phone sales, and thus you apply a discount on those ones, but if you applied a discount to a regular sale (which I guess their cash register system doesn't allow to) you could get in trouble. Also passing a regular sale as a phone sale could mean fraud depending on the local legislation.
Stop thinking you're the man and follow instructions. Don't make minimum wage workers days worse just because you want stuff your way. Be thankful you never had to work those mind numbing, yet exhausting jobs.
I always say that "Can I get that in writing" is the equivelent of the DM saying "Are you sure you want to do that?"
As a cat-owner, I can confidently say someone in housekeeping definitely knew about that kitten.
Hey rslash just a question why out of the original 151 pokemon red and blue haunter out of all?
At no point will the telephone discount stories ever be believable. That there’s places that do it, sure, but no one, and I mean NO ONE working minimum wage at the front counter is going to get pissed that someone does it, even if their manager is strict about only phone customers. Seriously, why would Bob the register guy give a flying crap? Why would he feel sooooo owned that a custy called in after being told nope? He wouldn’t, at all.
Greetings once again from nova Scotia, thanks for another great video, I hope you had a great Christmas with the little one, all of mine are grown up men. I worked for a small hotel chain as head chef, I was on salary for 40hrs per week, the shortest week I worked that season was 60-70 hrs, average was 80hrs. You weren't kidding when you mentioned theft of work hours. Thanks for your time and attention to this comment, be well, have a great 2023, best regards Arthur
story 2: One could argue "telephone orders only" is discriminatory, as it can discriminate against the mute and deaf.
There are handicap accessible phones
@@natkatmac smartphones are, and flip phones to a degree, but what about land lines?
@@natkatmac not everyone has the money.
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Remember: If something goes against policy, law, or ethics, get it in writing.
If you're refused, then just follow policy/ethics/law.
That totally happened to me at an IHOP, I had an email coupon for a free meal. I showed it to my waiter and they gave me the meal and everything. When I went to the register to show they my coupon, they said they couldn't use it because it had to be printed on paper, when they could clearly see the coupon in my email. The manager insisted on me paying and I was really upset. It's just stupid. I never went back there again cause that was just uncalled for.
I love those worker's handbook rules with IF in them
I've lived by: You go to work to make money, not friends. What that manager did was petty AF.
Story 2: The pizza guy was being a pain not accepting the discount BUT it's not a good idea to piss off people making your food. Chances are OP got some nice spit in his pizza.
It depends, if the pizza guy is an employee, he has to follow the rules of his boss, if its the boss, then they are being a pain. Also yeah, dont upset your food guys.
He was just following the rules
I'm actually pretty sure that's illegal and therefore that whole warning is a misconception
@@lahlybird895 Yes I'm sure it's illegal, I don't see why that matters.
@@RisingRevengeance anyone who spat in your food would be fired so the whole concept that they constantly do it anytime somebody annoys them if false it's basically spreading this information and it's kind of stupid like faster workers probably wouldn't even do that if they wanted to and most of them don't even want to even when somebody is annoying them it's a stupid thing to spread it's not true and it's a pointless threat because not many people would do it it's like saying don't piss off somebody because that person might attack you but attacking you would be illegal and they'd get in more trouble than you would anyone spits in your food they're going to be the ones in trouble so that's not really an effective threat to stop people from being annoying or whatever else
Pizza story deffo had some spit in his pizza
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Ah my favorite subreddit, r/Maliicouscompliance. Sister to r/Maliciouscompliance.
Can't stop won't stop don't tell me what to do!
I'm convinced that corporations only get away with wage theft because they give you your pay without you (usually) having any real way of determining what you're actually worth to them.
A friend once told me that doing this math is actually one of the ways larger union orgs try to persuade workers to unionize.
Story 1 - I worked in a transport company 2 years ago. This guy worked for our client as the procurements manager but had his own business. He would request we mail him a quotation for services then he would add his 25% and quote the company he would work for. One night I am having dinner with a group of friends and family and the MD of the Client happened to be there as a friend. He asks me why we never quote his company for work, as he had been trying to push work through us. Long story short I blind copied the MD in the next quotation. Up to this point we were unaware what was happening just that we were losing the work. We knew we were not the cheapest so figured we did not match the budget. But once that email when out his exercise was unraveled
Turned out over the 10 years he had siphoned around 100k USD through various orders
Regarding the second story: literally every place I’ve worked at has said that they consider coupons money. Any kind of discount, code, whatever it is, is money. Any mishandling of that coupon or code has the risk of being considered the mishandling of cash money. And every place I’ve worked at has a Different way of inputting coupons or discounts. Some places I had lots of autonomy and could easy just be like yeah here’s the discount go ahead. Other places I couldn’t and it had to be scanned in or input to the computer a certain way or I could lose my job for “stealing”.
Point is, generally speaking employees aren’t trying to screw you over or trying to be a butthead. And they prob get yelled at a lot for the exact issue. If you are having an issue with a coupon or a discount assume lots of other ppl are too. This makes the employees feel jaded and cornered and defensive. Have patience, read the fine print and just be chill about it.
If the first story is in energy sector than I was the buyer and thanks for giving me closure on that story.
The discount pizza where he saw them standing outside waving, that guy definitely spit in that pizza.
Not sure why everyone assumes the guy at the counter is also making pizzas. Typically not the case in my experience. Frankly if he wouldn't accept in person orders for the discount because of the boss' rules, he should have just said that. Not sure why he'd be angry at a customer making the sensible decision to call from a mobile phone. That makes me wonder if the counter guy was actually the owner! What employee would care about that?
OH MAN SURE DO LOVE MY MALIICIOUS COMPLIANCE
As a former manager, I have definitely not not told people to cut off the belt loops if they don't want to or like wearing belts.
"Can I Get That In Writing?" = "Are You Sure About That?"
For story 2: I think they need it to be by telephone bc they are tracking how many phone orders they are getting and stuff.
I currently work in a pizza place, that second story about sums up some of our customers, but there is a little bit of an exception. Sometimes there is a special offered online and we have no option in the store to honor it so we have to try and explain to people that although they are here now in order to get the discount they MUST order online because no manager is going to override a 50% discount randomly because someone doesn't know how to use an app or a website.
Hey so not related to this video, but your channel has been a constant in my life for the past few years and I find your vids really comforting. Depending on how life events and my priorities are tracking, I listen to each new video either first thing in the morning as I'm getting ready for work, or last thing at night as I'm winding down and getting ready for bed. It's almost 2023 now and I just wanted to take this chance to let you know that you're doing a good job and that I appreciate you and what you do. Thanks Dabney!
For the second story op new it was for phone orders so why would he even ask
Because the obvious thing to do would be to cancel your order, walk outside, phone it in to get the discount and go back in. Asking could have saved them all the trouble if they would have done it.
Reading an early morning type-o on the video title was fun to see. Good morning all, hope your day is grand!
The OP in the pizza story was an ass hole. Seriously?! He walked in to place an order for pizza, saw the 10% off phone orders and wanted it even though he walked in to order. OP should've waited for the next time he ordered a pizza for the discount. Call it in and then pick it up and get your 10% off. It's not a malicious compliance, it's just being petty.
Story 4:legit after the second time you came for help using your electric device I would have absolutely brushed your teeth for you. Let it be awkward for all of us!
Her college neighbor/roommate tried to flirt with her? That IS disgusting. I certainly hope nobody ever tried that with her again.
My previous job had the same rule about belt loops and alot of people just cut off their loops
about the second story, if you dont read the ending you change the whole context on how it worked out, that shouldnt be skipped
"So you found a loophole." Grats Rslash my stoned ass hasent laughed harder at a dry joke before 😂
Its been SOOO long since Ive seen an rSlash video!! missed you in my recommends, man!!
2nd story: OP is being a jerk. They obviously give that discount because people calling ahead of time helps them manage the work load more efficiently. If they gave the discount to a guy who came in and ordered, already inconveniencing them, it defeats the purpose. Can't stand people like that, looking to exploit struggling businesses for free stuff. A normal person would be like, "Okay, cool, next time I'll order over the phone." OP is petty and selfish. Also, you know that guy had his pizza spit on.
I work at dominos and we’ve had something similar. We have a few online only coupons that we can’t access from our computers in store. So we’ve had a few customers place online orders right there in the lobby lol
Huh? You can't say bomb but you can say murder?
There was a similar story where a kid in school did the same thing for the same reason dress code and principal wanted him in detention the teacher was out of the room and didn’t see the kid and bye bye belt loops lol
I think RSlash covered that one a _long_ time ago.
Why is it so hard for business owners/managers/supervisors/bosses to understand? If you want your employees to work outside their regular scheduled times: *THEN PAY THEM FOR IT!!!!*
Oh, they understand. They understand that every free hour they steal from you is money in their pocket. That's why it's SO common. Jobs try to induce employees to work for free and/or to take on extra duties by dangling the vague promise of a future raise or promotion which in most cases is never gonna materialize.
“Can I have that in writing?” is the equivalent of the JAWS shark theme 🦈
The kitten story was hella cute. When I heard "Weird story" my in the gutter mind went to "Kink things" lmao and was pleasantly surprised it was a kitten lol
Omg the girl with the kitten in the dorm room...me in the future probably. Not like I need anymore cats though, since I'm allergic and own 5.
In Australia there's this thing where employers have the option to advertise for juniors (anyone under age 21) this comes with a smaller hourly rate because they're young and learning. #1- I don't understand how this doesn't cross the discrimination boundary, I mean I can't advertise work for white people only- that would be racist right, but aboriginal jobs only, is also accepted 😳 the irony, right 🤮 #2- age should not play a part in someone's skill level, my daughter is 11 and knows tech better than me, but as an adult with dementia and mobility issues, I need just as much time and effort to train than a junior as I need supervision and may need to ask questions if I forget what I was supposed to be doing... but no, as a 35 yo woman, my pay rate is higher, why would a company employ someone more expensive when they can exploit a young person to do the same job, for less
@rSlash, maybe we can start a r/Maliicouscompliance subreddit, all for slight spelling mistakes :)
OP from the voucher that he printed off should’ve got like 20 done and just handed them out to random people in the cue