Malicious Compliance

19600 readers

3 users here now

People conforming to the letter, but not the spirit, of a request. For now, this includes text posts, images, videos and links. Please ensure that the “malicious compliance” aspect is apparent - if you’re making a text post, be sure to explain this part; if it’s an image/video/link, use the “Body” field to elaborate.

======

We ENCOURAGE posts about events that happened to you, or someone you know.
We ACCEPT (for now) reposts of good malicious compliance stories (from other platforms) which did not happen to you or someone you knew. Please use a [REPOST] tag in such situations.
We DO NOT ALLOW fiction, or posts that break site-wide rules.

======

Also check out the following communities:

[email protected] [email protected]

founded 1 year ago

MODERATORS

[email protected]

Send me a violation? Okay, let me spam your inbox. (lemmy.one)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

18 comments fedilink hide all child comments

I'm in property management, specifically maintenance (I know landlords bad but I don't own the property; just my job). I got a letter from the city informing me of a violation because they couldn't inspect a vacant apartment. See, they scheduled a property wide inspection for the whole property awhile ago and they couldn't get into this apartment. Two weeks later I get this letter that we're in "violation" and don't rent the apartment until they can inspect. Well, the paperwork arrived late (their fault) and the apartment is already re-rented. So we could potentially be fined because that makes so much sense. Sorry for the longish backstory. I'm now going to send the inspector, and everyone in the department including the director, an email whenever we get a vacancy at any of our properties. Probably I can make a program to automate this. We manage 70 complexes, 2000 apartments. Enjoy the emails.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] [email protected] 29 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

I suggest you listen to this reply OP. Bureaucrats are petty people who are quick to anger and subtle in their vengeance.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (2 children)

They aren't bureaucrats, they are grunts with a superiority complex.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That is the problem, they are grunt with no need to be professional yet they have the power to sabotage you because you look at them wrong.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

That's just it, they don't have any real power. Sure, they can issue violations and threaten fines but they can't enforce it. That's for their boss (nice lady, btw) to handle.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

I get your point, but they can make your life difficult with their bullshit.

Your approach is awesome, don't get me wrong. I love that you are doing it. But just think about yourself first before internet points okay. 🤗

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The way I see it, that's more content for the sub...

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

An endless war of escalating [email protected] ... could get interesting

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Can confirm. I am a level 15 bureaucrat. My cruelest weapons are silence and time -- and I don't even work for the government.

If I inform you about your non-compliance, that's because I like you, and don't want to see you accumulate fines or worse.