Skip to content

One Problem Per Report? Fine. Here’s 27! - r/MaliciousCompliance

August 3, 2026 · 24 min

Show notes

In today’s listener-submitted Malicious Compliance stories, a wedding venue values its rules over a simple fix, a warehouse manager decides a computer screen should replace years of experience, and a condo board demands that every maintenance concern be documented separately. Each person in charge is certain their system makes perfect sense, right up until someone follows it exactly. What follows is a satisfying collection of needless bureaucracy, ignored warnings, and rule-makers receiving precisely the compliance they demanded.

All episodes of Karma Stories

Settings

Display

Language

Decides which stations you see first on the home page.

History

Recently played stations and episodes and your latest searches are only stored in this browser.

Notifications

A short notice when a podcast you follow has a new episode. Turn off single podcasts with the bell on their page.

Account

Save favorites – in the app and on the website.

Keyboard shortcuts

/
Open search
Space
Play or pause
← →
In the player: back 15 s, forward 30 s (episodes) · in a row: next tile
↑ ↓
In a row: target within the tile
Home / End
In a row: first or last tile
Esc
Close window or menu
?
This overview
Now playing

Go to station page

Play next

    Add episodes with “Play next” – they play after the current episode.