Contractor Didn't Realize He Was Being Recorded. Ask Boss, I Caught You! r/MaliciousCompliance

welcome to r slash malicious compliance where we share stories of people conforming to the letter but not the spirit of request and today we have three great stories so subscribe hit the like button and let's begin the first story subcontractor tries to bill us for work he's not doing and wants us to do his job for him the second story boss forbade me to amuse clients and they started writing bad reviews the third story ahat complained about his carry-on and told me to do my job so i did and wasted his time the first story is cba doing your job no take-backs a-hole back story so i've recently started a new job with a construction company it's my job to log any issues our clients have assign subcontractors update the system on estimated completion dates etc but the contractor arranges access with the client if they don't do the work or at least don't give a good reason for the delay in a month it's my job to bother them to find out why and poke them with a stick to get it done anyone who's had the particular torture of dealing with contractors will know that one they don't like dealing with clients two they do not like paperwork unless it's sending extortionate invoices three they do not work past 5 pm on weekends flash forward to today manager asked me to chase a contractor over a job outstanding almost 100 days last update was work to be completed the first week in december having been pushed back twice in november client confirms that the contractor hasn't ever tried to contact her to arrange a date for this work she is justifiably peeved from here on i'll be me contractor will be db dumbbee and client will be c me hi db just after an update on c's address was she not in when you went round last week db well i only live around the block so i drove round but the lights were off so she wasn't in for me to do the work me right so you called ahead db she wasn't in me but you knocked db there was no car on the drive so she wasn't in me but you contacted her db she's impossible to get a hold of sweetheart nothing i can do about it so at this point i'm a little peeved on the client's behalf this p is telling us one thing so he can bill us his hours and the client is suffering the client's been an absolute peach up till now but is seriously losing patience with us and this guy is trying to fob off the noob me me right you tell me when you want to go around to complete the work and i'll contact the client to make sure you have access db instantly new year me fine what date in the first week db uh well sweetheart i don't know if you know how this works but it's my busiest time of year it's literally everyone's busiest time of year you'll get there but there's not a chance it's gonna be first week me it wasn't your busiest time in september when you accepted the work db well i don't know what to say sweetheart i'm just so busy me bashing my head on the desk so exactly what date in january would you like db let's call it the 11th me fine am or pm db well actually let's do the 12th i need to get caught up on other work first and you're gonna have to contact the client to confirm the booking today i can't hold it on my books i'm busy so at this point he thinks he's got me if i can't confirm this appointment today he's gonna book in something else a colonic a lobotomy literally anything else so that when the client calls back and that appointment is gone i'm the bad guy i glance at the clock game effing on me am or pm db morning it's a full day thing so c will have to take the full day off work if she wants the work done are you sure she still wants it done me she has a hole in her roof yeah she wants this fixed db oh and if she's not there i'll be billing my time for attending me fine db and i won't be trying to contact her again i've wasted far too much time on this already and i've done the contracted three attempts if she can't do the 12th i can't do the job me so just to confirm you want me to book the client in for january the 12th am db yes sweetheart you do that me not a problem i'll confirm with the client and call you straight back db sure sweetheart of course you will dial c i'm in luck she's still on her lunch break me hey c it's me from company just to confirm you don't work weekends do you c hi a midnight magpie nope i don't me awesome db will be there at 8am on saturday the 12th that work for you c genuinely stunned how'd you manage that me smirking well db isn't a bad guy he's just so busy he's really very sorry about this and asked me to offer you the date personally see we'll bless you both i'm sorry i got so upset i know you're all doing your best but i gotta live here and it's getting cold now after a few more minutes of calming c and her actually apologizing to us over going to management i dial db me hi db clients confirm for the date appointment you gave me db oh really she could book the time off work in five minutes me oh no c doesn't work weekends db what me the client confirmed for the date you gave me saturday the 12th am start db the heck you on about the 12th is a friday me nope it's not db well call her back and cancel me for a date you gave me db yes me for a date you confirmed db yes me you said that if it's not the 12th you can't do the job all of our calls are recorded you do the 12th or i'm contracted to cancel the job hire someone else and bill you for the work also it's been open over three months you're contracted to pay compensation to the client for cancelling an appointment for a date you've offered her db send her the effing appointment confirmation hangs up i hang up just as my workmates erupt into laughter in 15 years they haven't seen a contractor stitch themselves so well so fast enjoy your weekend db i'll be thinking to you saturday the 12th the second story is no more jokes at work you got it boss a few years back i worked the front desk in a small hotel just over 60 rooms in a small town in upstate new york that you really only came to if you were visiting the nearby colleges or the finger lakes area in general i'd been at this job for about a year when this story takes place i'm a very informal guy in general even at work i'm still professional of course but i like to have fun so when someone comes in i would joke around with them make fun of myself just trying to make their day a little bit better than it was a few minutes ago my thought process was if i'm able to put them in a better mood then they're more likely to enjoy the hotel and their trip in general also it was more likely they would remember me and mention my name on a tripadvisor review which my bosses like to see as it showed that the front desk staff were making good enough impressions on our guests that they would remember our names anyway so the day in question comes around in the late fall slash early winter and we aren't too busy i'm working the 3 to 11 pm shift which is mostly check-ins helping alleviate any problems that our guests have during the time i'm there and giving recommendations for where they should go to eat for the night and see in the morning standard stuff really this husband and wife arrive and check in with me smooth as butter no problems with their payment information or anything give them their keys and off they go to their room i don't see or talk to them again until they come back down to the desk a few minutes later to ask me about local restaurants and attractions which is where i made my mistake the conversation went something like this wife so what's there to do in this town me completely deadpan nothing i waited about two beats before laughing to show i wasn't serious and explained that i was just kidding around the husband laughed the wife kind of tissed but i thought oh well you can't get them every time i then handed them a list of restaurants and told them my recommendations based on what kind of food they were looking for and what activities i would recommend if they wanted to stay in town or if they were willing to drive a little to see some cool stuff they both gladly took the info i gave them and went along their way i didn't see them again for the rest of their stay coming in for my next shift after a few days off one of my bosses told me she was very angry with me and told me to check out our latest trip advised reviews i did so and saw that a review was left saying that op made this woman feel like a [ __ ] for staying in this town because i told her that there was nothing to do or see and that no one ever stays in this town if they know better which of course not what i said at all fun fact we still got a 3 out of 5 rating the great thing about my bosses was as overbearing as they were at times they always stood by and believed their employees i told my boss my side of the story and she calmed a little and said i believe you but no more jokes no more fun okay i don't want to have this kind of thing happen again if you've ever worked in hospitality you know how important tripadvisor reviews are so i understood where she was coming from but asking me not to tell jokes is like telling a cat not to meow it goes against my nature but hey she pays my wages so i'll do it which is where my emcee comes in for the next few days i didn't tell any jokes at work but to try and make it a little more exciting i also spoke in a complete monotone remains stone face at all times and tried as hard as i could to make it look like i was having no fun at all while still doing all the tasks of the job i had to and being completely professional at all times it only took a few more days for another trip advisor of you to come in and say something to the effect of hotel was great but staff wall professional is lifeless and seems to hate their strict working environment this probably falls on management's shoulders so i don't blame the staff themselves too much we got a two out of five rating i'm sure i don't need to tell you the end of this story but guess who is allowed to actually make the guests feel more welcome by being fun and friendly again that's right this guy and the last story is just do your job when i was a passenger check-in agent for an international airline i've had the pleasure of meeting tons of people from across the world unfortunately that also meant i met a lot of a-holes in my line of work one of them stuck out in particular when passengers come in from a connecting flight most of the time they're not informed that they're transferring flights this also means that they had no clue that they're flying with another airline with a new set of rules and policies there's a lot of rules we have to follow the most common issue we get is with carry on luggage guys i get it you don't want to pay for extra checked in luggages you have very important things and you want to keep them on you at all times it just seems ridiculous that airlines are being that strict about carry-ons and what you can and cannot carry trust me i completely understand and i'm here to help but not if you're going to be an a-hat a hat rushes right up to the counter with his two friends who are also traveling with him i noticed they're coming from a connecting flight and i begin to check them in normally now it's time to check their carry-ons i weighed ahat's carry-on and it weighed 11 kilograms according to policy carry-on luggages can have a maximum weight of seven kilograms but we try to be flexible if a carry-on pops out of the overhead bin it could hurt guess our company chose seven kilograms as the cutoff point between bump on the head and concussion me excuse me sir i'm sorry but your carry-on is too heavy to be brought on board it's currently at 11 kilograms is there any way to remove some of the weight a hat what me i'm sorry sir it's a safety issue your carry-on a-hat i travel with this bag all the time and i've never had this problem why didn't you guys tell me before me i'm sorry sir your previous airline has a different baggage allowance for mars is it possible to remove maybe two kilograms from your carry-on i can let it go at nine kilograms he begins to angrily open his bag and remove some items he gives it to their friend to hold the bag is weighing at 10 kilograms a hat well me i'm sorry sir it's just a tiny bit over do you think you can remove one more kilogram a hat are you kidding me unlike you i actually have somewhere to be you know this wouldn't have been a problem if you just knew how to do your effing job at this point i've never been openly yelled at like this at the counter in front of everybody a hat's friends were actually pretty nice and tried to calm him down even my supervisor looks over to me with concern and sees if i need her help i smile back to her and let her know i'll handle this after all the customer is always right a hat finally gets his carry on to nine kilograms a hat there are we done here me i'm sorry sir but according to airline policy carry-ons can only have a maximum weight of 7 kilograms a hat what but you said 9 kilograms me i'm sorry sir but i'm just doing my job a hat you at this point you can see him starting to become bright red in the face whether it be anger or embarrassment i don't know he holds his tongue and angrily removes items until the scale reads seven kilograms me okay the weight is good but i have to check the size then i took his carry-on and brought it to a mock carry-on container that measures its size it did fit but i had to do my job right me your bag did fit the model that we have but i have to make sure one second please i took measuring tape that we rarely used and proceeded to measure the carry-on's length width and height just to waste his time me additionally can you please answer the following security questions for me concerning your carry-on and checked-in luggage by the time he had gotten his boarding pass it was well over 30 minutes he snatched his boarding pass and stormed off screaming my absolute favorite saying a hat i'm never flying with you ever again the cherry on top as a hat walked off i made sure he heard me say this to his friends me oh your carry-ons they look fine here's your boarding pass and enjoy your flight thanks for watching have a great day

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Length: 13min 13sec (793 seconds)

Published: Tue Apr 27 2021