According to a study by MIT, toxic workplace culture is the number one thing driving people to quit their jobs in the Great Resignation. It makes it all the more mysterious that there are so many tyrannical bosses out there that choose to ignore this. The pressure cooker of the hospitality industry is one of the worst offenders, in terms of producing a-holes that make their employees’ lives a misery. It’s not every day that workers get the chance for revenge, so it’s satisfying to see a time when u/Left0fcenterr did.

Posting to r/MaliciousCompliance, she recalled how she had once worked in a restaurant with a sexist douchebag for a manager. One day, he decided she should be written up for not wearing a belt on her pants, despite the fact she had worn that uniform for several months with no issue. However, things didn’t exactly go to plan when she found the perfect loophole. 

Redditors were quick to praise her lateral thinking. In situations like that, sometimes pettiness is the only answer.