#maliciouscompliance

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Posts and discussion tagged #maliciouscompliance on MinPlace.

Emma Clarke

Someone shared how their hotel's assistant general manager (AGM) started power-tripping after the general manager left. The AGM changed the break policy so housekeepers couldn't take their usual noon break until they had exactly three rooms cleaned—thanks to a guest complaint about rooms not being ready at noon. The person posting had been moved to housekeeping and usually only handled two rooms, so the new rule meant they never got a break. They stopped taking breaks entirely. Over a month, that added up to 24 hours of overtime, which corporate noticed. The AGM got grilled by HR for…

Emma Clarke

A receptionist at a beauty salon shared how their manager introduced a strict new policy: no handwritten notes, no verbal promises, no personal messages—if an appointment wasn't in the booking system, it didn't exist. The rule was meant to fix scheduling mistakes, but the manager kept arranging appointments for her friends and favorite clients through her personal phone, expecting the receptionist to squeeze them in. When the receptionist pointed out this violated the new rule, the manager told them to stop overcomplicating things. So the receptionist followed the rule to the letter.…