r/Maliciouscompliance My Sister Thinks She's a DOG

Malicious Compliance: Eating Like a Dog and Ghost Stories

This transcript covers two stories. The first story is about a sister who decides to eat like a dog after watching 101 Dalmatians, and her mother's response. The second story is about an elementary school teacher who tells ghost stories to his class, leading up to a prank.

Eating Like a Dog

• Sister eats like a dog after watching 101 Dalmatians.

• Mother convinces sister to eat at the table with the rest of the family.

• Mother decides to feed sister dog food until she realizes being a dog isn't all it's cracked up to be.

• Sister holds out for a day and a half before giving up.

Ghost Stories Prank

• Elementary school art class complains about projects and art.

• Art teacher tells ghost stories during pottery and carving projects.

• Teacher starts telling made-up stories about ghosts in the school basement.

• Class demands to see the ghost in the basement, teacher warns them it will be scary.

• Teacher pranks class by showing them a glowing towel instead of an actual ghost.

• Teacher uses prank as lesson on using glow-in-the-dark paint and unusual mediums for painting.

Clever Teachers and Stupid Kids

The speaker shares stories about clever teachers who taught valuable lessons to their students. They also reflect on how kids can be easily fooled.

Jello Pudding Paint

• The teacher made different kinds of Jello pudding and used them as paint.

• This was a clever way to teach the students not to take the world at face value.

Math Equations on Arm

• The speaker's mom, who was a math teacher, would write the answer to a math equation in soap on her arm before class.

• She would then rub pencil shavings on her arm during class, which would stick to the soap and reveal the answer.

• This trick engaged students and made them think that their teacher had some sort of magical power.

Moral of the Story

• The speaker reflects that these stories show how kids can be easily fooled.

Takeover by National Chain

The speaker talks about their experience working for a small locally owned supermarket chain that was taken over by a national chain. They discuss how this takeover led to changes in management style and product offerings.

Bureaucracy and Image Focus

• After being taken over by a national chain, there were more bureaucracies in place.

• There was also a high focus on image, with staff at head office ensuring that similar size products sat next to each other on each shelf.

Manager Incentives

• The manager's bonuses were based on the operating budget of their store minus wages, expenses, and written off stock.

• This led to managers trying to get as much money as they could before the takeover.

Changes in Product Offerings

• The new firm closed down the award-winning butcher department and filled chillers with pre-packed sliced meats instead.

• They also frequently had to discount products to prevent them from being thrown away.

Labeling Issue

• The speaker once received a dozen cases of a high-end cut of meat that was at risk of running past its sell-by date because there was no price label for it.

• After waiting for the system to update, they emailed head office for a label and used a pricing gun left over from the takeover to label up each individual packet.

• However, management demanded that the packets be taken off the shelves until a proper label was ready. They sat in the fridge for a month until they expired.

Wastage Increase

• Someone at head office noticed an enormous increase in wastage after this incident.

• When management tried to find someone to blame for $3,000 worth of wasted product, the speaker didn't care since they only got paid by the hour.

Notoriously Cheap Mother-in-Law

The speaker shares a story about their mother-in-law, who was notoriously cheap with food and drink.

Tiny Portions and Watered-Down Sauces

• The speaker's mother-in-law would serve tiny portions of cheap food at dinner parties.

• She would also water down sauces, soups, and drinks mercilessly.

Christmas Dinner

• One year, the extended family was getting together for Christmas dinner at the mother-in-law's place.

• When the father-in-law went to fetch the wine, he found a single bottle of the cheapest dessert wine available.

• He opened this bottle as well as a bottle of really nice wine that he brought with him. When the mother-in-law saw the other bottle, she started yelling that she wanted that instead.

Expensive Beer vs Cheap Beer

A woman who could afford expensive beer or spirits chose to buy cheap beer instead. When her friends brought the same cheap beer to a barbecue, she was furious.

Woman's Choice of Beer

• The woman could afford expensive beer or spirits but chose to buy cheap beer instead.

• When asked why she would get the cheap beer, she said that she loved it.

Barbecue Incident

• At a barbecue, when everyone showed up with six packs of the cheap beer, the woman was beyond furious.

Bratty Birthday Boy

A delivery person arrived at a house and was met by a bratty boy who told them to go away. The mother apologized for her son's behavior and became more agreeable once the bounce house was deployed.

Delivery Person Meets Bratty Boy

• A delivery person arrived at a house to do a routine delivery and setup.

• A boy about six years old with an absolutely sour look on his face opened the door and told them to go away.

• The mother came down the stairs behind him and apologized for her son's behavior.

Bounce House Deployment

• Once the bounce house was deployed, the boy became much more agreeable and reluctantly apologized.

• The mother apologized again for her bratty birthday boy.

Arrogant Intern Learns Politeness

An arrogant 16-year-old intern forgot his badge one day while working as a laboratory scientist. He was rude to security guards, and his mentor had to teach him the importance of treating everyone with respect.

Arrogant Intern

• The intern was a child prodigy with an IQ off the charts.

• He was arrogant as only a hyper-talented 16-year-old can be.

• He had no patience for anyone who couldn't keep up with him.

Forgot Badge Incident

• One day, the intern forgot to bring his badge, which was necessary for going through just about any door in the facility.

• His mentor walked him down to the security office to get him a temporary badge for the day.

• The intern was rude to the security guards.

Politeness Lesson

• The mentor apologized to the security guards and dragged the intern by his ear out of their office.

• The mentor proceeded to lay on a full authority figure guilt trip on this kid and told him that it was conduct unbecoming of a scientist.

• Finally, he pointed out that people like secretaries and waiters and security guards are in a position to abjectly ruin his life by doing nothing but following rules.

Malicious Compliance at Breakfast

A mother served up some malicious compliance when her two kids were telling on each other for everything. Kid number two wanted breakfast while kid number one was still watching TV, so she sat down at the kitchen table where technically she could still see the TV.

House Rule

• The house rule is that they're not allowed to watch TV while eating meals.

Breakfast Incident

• Kid number two decided that she wanted her breakfast while kid number one was still watching a show.

• Kid number two sat down at the kitchen table to eat it, and technically the TV was still visible from there.

• The mother was going to let it go until kid number one complained.

Malicious Compliance

• The mother turned off the TV, and kid number two had to watch her show later.

• The mother got to drink her coffee without having to listen to an episode of Pokemon in the background.