Trans men enter Miss Italy contest to protest anti-trans ‘women from birth’ rule (sh.itjust.works)
More details: thepinknews.com/…/miss-italy-trans-men-trans-wome…

Shorts not allowed as part of the school uniform? No problem!
Not my own story, but my original retelling of a public one....
Here's all the source code
In 2000, I wrote a Linux device driver that “decrypted” the output of a certain device, and my company, which hosted open-source projects, agreed to host it....
[REPOST] Woman says she started wearing ‘terrible wigs’ after work banned her pink hair (www.thelondoneconomic.com)
cross-posted from: rabbitea.rs/post/280182...

Businesses can discriminate against their customers? Alright then... (lemmy.world)

The Contract Conundrum
I apologize if this is too long for this community or if there isn’t enough maliciousness to it. This is a true story that happened to me and I have never really talked about it in detail since it happened. Feel free to skip to the TL;DR at the end....
The coupons have been applied, as requested (lemmy.world)

How to close down Production 101
A few years ago I was working as an international buyer for a manufacturing company....
Pretty funny indeed (Crossposter note: thought it would fit here very well) (midwest.social)

[repost] Want an empty omelette? Sure
So it was my first job was a server at a very popular 24 hour breakfast diner/chain. We had lots of colorful customers....
Viral Wheelchair Riders in China Highlight Concerns Over E-Bike and Scooter Crackdown (time.com)

That time I followed my employment contract to the letter
It’s a 3 months long malicious compliance but it was the first time I didn’t cave in front of a bullying team of managers:...
[REPOST] A Manager Has To Dismiss Me? OK, I'll Just Get Overtime For Doing Nothing Then
[reposted from reddit - I am not OP]...
"Picture of a skin" (www.boredpanda.com)

"Unless the house is on fire or you are hurt, do not interrupt me on the phone!"
Hi everyone, this is a small but hopefully enjoyable bit of MC from my childhood. Way back when, my Dad worked in IT and worked from home. This is back in the early days of telecommuting and so most of his day was spent on calls in between actual technical stuff. The internet was in its infancy, so if he was working he really...
Knock Knock. (Short story)
The managers offices have windows that look out onto the main floor, I’m a training officer and sometime supervisor so although I look in the windows before I go in I’m generally “read in” on anything going on so If the doors closed I dont pay it much mind unless the boss is having a closed door with a staff member....
[REPOST] Military Wife Demands Salute? Never!
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Reddit: open /r/pics or else. Mods: OK but you didn't say how (old.reddit.com)
I honestly don't know if this is allowed here but I thought this is malicious compliance at its finest....

[REPOST] Don’t Want A Woman Working On Your Car? Have Fun Waiting
[REPOST] Many years ago, I worked at a car dealership. The attached service garage was small and I was the only licensed mechanic....
[REPOST] Send 3 years' worth of documents? OK sure!
[reposted from reddit]...
Don't follow the manual, follow what I say!
I used to work the evening/night shift at a coffee shop chain. That time of night in inherently slow, so we would get saddled with the general upkeep of the equipment. Nothing too high tech, just simple disassemble, clean, re-assemble (coffee grounds get into EVERYTHING). I took a shining to the task because I’m fairly handy...
[REPOST] Super extra spicy fried chicken
[NOT OC - REPOST]...
I can guess what happened here (voltage.vn)
I'm sure someone was complying maliciously here, but I'm not sure who....
You can’t be behind the counter while the register is running on the computer
Not my story, but an adorable ex-coworkers adorable daughters. I witnessed it, though....