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The original was posted on /r/maliciouscompliance by /u/-AlternativeRings- on 2025-06-06 15:15:59+00:00.

I handle purchasing at a mid-size company. nothing fancy, we used to grab stuff local. Way cheaper, way faster. Then the new director comes in and tells everyone, “from now on, only use the approved vendor list.” Alright, not my hill to die on. so next time someone needs a simple cable, I ordered it from the list. cost us $160 instead of $40. took 9 days to show up.

Projects got delayed, budgets got thrown off, people started complaining. someone asked me what changed and i just said “I don’t know, just following the approved list like he said” couple weeks later, we quietly went back to buying local. He still cc’s me on emails…but hasn’t really talked to me since.