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The original was posted on /r/maliciouscompliance by /u/Mousetro on 2024-03-03 13:46:19.

So I have dyslexia and English is my first language so please be kind with grammar errors.

I have always been the type of person to follow malicious compliance and to be a little petty even from a young age.

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I feel this story is a bit of Malicious Compliance with a sprinkling of petty revenge.

So in the mid 90’s I joined my Dad’s company helping in the office. When I first joined the team there were about 12 main people in the business. So everyone knew I was my dad’s son. My dad has always run businesses in a relaxed environment wanting workers to call him by his first name. So because he was my dad I called him dad (duh). So after a few weeks my dad pulled me into a meeting asking me not to call him dad while at work. So I obliged wanting to placate him. So I started calling him Steve ( not his real name but I like Steve and Steve is a cool name.) after a few day’s he again pulled me in to a meeting. This time he asked me not to call him Steve because it sounded weird for me as his to call him by his first name. So I asked him if I should call him Mr Summer’s ( not his surname/last name) He said no that it was to formal for him. So I asked him “Well what I should call you?”. He told me to figure it out but not to call him those. So here comes my very petty side for the next +/- 20 years while I worked for the business till I left. Inside and outside of work ( I.E. when I saw him at home or out at dinner) I called him boss. He kept on asking me then to call him Dad which I refused. The day I left the business I immediately reverted back to calling him Dad. It took him about 6 years after that for him to ask why I stopped calling him boss and started calling him Dad, When I gave him my answer he was shocked he never put 2 and 2 together. Which shocked me more than him because I was sure he figured it out. My dad is very technically inclined but sometimes misses things that are right in front of him.

I have a few other stories which I might post sometime.