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....
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[REPOST] Many years ago, I worked at a car dealership. The attached service garage was small and I was the only licensed mechanic....
Follow the expense policy to the letter, he said.
I've been lurking on the reddit sub for many years, but I finally have a story I'm excited to tell!...
"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...
"Don't touch my bag!" OK, I'll do exactly that!
Thanks for building up this community here! I used to love reading it on reddit. I have a story from many years ago, I'm not a good storyteller but I'll try!...
Can't go to the bathroom more than once per class? OK, I'll just stand outside the classroom.
I have a story that kinda fits! Never shared this before, but I'm sure many people have experienced something similar....
That time the boys team had our back against sexist uniforms
This story sort of fits here, just trying to add content....
Shorts not allowed as part of the school uniform? No problem!
Not my own story, but my original retelling of a public one....
[REPOST] Send 3 years' worth of documents? OK sure!
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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...
You need to know what I'm going to do with MY money? Ok...
This is a story from my dad....
How to close down Production 101
A few years ago I was working as an international buyer for a manufacturing company....
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WELCOME!...
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:...
Won't let me use someone else's (free) rewards card? No problem, i'll make you sign me up for another card!
(full disclosure - I posted this on reddit about 6 years ago, just saw it while I was deleting my reddit posts and thought I would port it over)...
Admin work matters!
To understand the context: this happened around 15 years ago, when automation was still somewhat new....
Don't want to listen to the information I have to tell you? Your loss.
Here's a shorter story of malicious compliance, again from when I was working front desk at a value/budget motel....
You really need to think about what is more important...
Almost 15 years ago. Not my MC, but I worked at the same company for several years leading into it. None of the glory is mine, and I am not any of the named or fired characters in this story....
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[REPOST] Years ago, I was the CTO of a software company that was perhaps the worst run company I've ever seen. It was run by a "chairman" who used to be a flight engineer, and who had no experience at all in the software industry. One day, in his expansive wisdom, Mr. Chairman decided that we were going to give his friend (a...
Dispose of financial records? You got it, boss.
So I once made the mistake permitting a client to store some (say a dozen) boxes of financial records in my home for a couple of weeks. By 'permit', I mean they just dumped them there, and I didn't physically restrain them from leaving. This is in Vietnam, where you are required by law to keep your corporate records for 35...