Happy Birthday?

A Little Malicious Compliance in the Office

A redditor by the user name of u/dedayyt told a quick tale about how a little malicious compliance was able to help her out in the office. She details the high turnover rate of receptionists at her office and how she got on well with one receptionist that had it going on. Alas, it wasn’t to last and who was then asked to take over a duty of the receptionist? You guessed it. But here it is in her own words:

I was a bookkeeper for a company that celebrated employee birthdays once a month. It was the receptionist’s job to get the cake and ice cream into the break room for the monthly celebrations.

We went through a lot of receptionists. Most of them deserved to be terminated, but one of them was at the top of her game and the best one I’d worked with in years. She was fired the day before the monthly birthday party.

I was upset that she was gone. Not only was she efficient, she had a hilarious sense of humor that kept everyone laughing and happy.

I was even more upset that I had to stop working on a report to hop in my car and get a damn birthday cake for some stupid birthday celebration. Do you see where this is going?

When I got to the store, I requested customized writing on the cake. The look on the owners’ faces was worth it when they opened the box before they put candles on the cake.

“Happy Birthday, Bitches!!”

I was excused from getting any future celebratory cakes.