Malicious compliance in response to weaponized incompetence

[u/snickerdoodlesrule]

Okay, I’m new to the page! I want to hear all of your stories or moments of malicious compliance in marriage.

Mine is when I asked my husband to move money from another shared bank account to our checking for bills. You guessed it, he didn’t move the money. This was the 3rd time that he “forgot about it” and I was tired of asking. I watched our checking account go into the negatives/ with overdraft fees. I confronted him and he said that I didn’t tell him which account, but we only have one main account for both of us to pay bills from. The account is connected to our debit cards!

The next day he went for lunch at chipotle. As he was checking out he realized that he didn’t have cash or money on his debit card. He called me at least 5 times asking me to transfer money, since I was near the bank that day. I did transfer money, but not to the account with the debit card, because he didn’t say which account 😉

We haven’t had any problems with him transferring money, since.

Edit: We share all of our bank accounts. I crunch the numbers and can’t always be responsible for budgeting and going to the bank/ doing transfers!

[u/flaminkle]

Everybody wants to order the guac and expect the company to pay for it.

[u/Hazelfizz → u/flaminkle]

nevermakemistakes

[u/scarlet_sage → u/Hazelfizz]

if you're curious, the large boldface was because the leading "#" is interpreted in Markup as a heading -- with one, it's heading level 1.

[u/jockmcfarty → u/scarlet_sage]

til

[u/anomalous_cowherd → u/jockmcfarty]

#hth (except it wasn't me, I just wanted to use a hash without embiggening the text).

[u/Lil_Miss_Cynical → u/anomalous_cowherd]

Will forever use embiggening

[u/anomalous_cowherd → u/Lil_Miss_Cynical]

It's a perfectly cromulent word!

[u/Blue_Veritas731 → u/anomalous_cowherd]

You've taught me two new words today. Thank-you!

[u/anomalous_cowherd → u/Blue_Veritas731]

They're not my words, but you're welcome!

[u/Blue_Veritas731 → u/anomalous_cowherd]

lol - yes, I know. I looked them both up, b/c to the best of my knowledge I've never encountered either of them before, and I was curious as to whether or not they were slang or popular mashup words or what. Found out they are both very legitimate dictionary words.

[u/anomalous_cowherd → u/Blue_Veritas731]

Did you look up the history of them too? The Simpsons actually invented them, or thought they did at least. Turns out 'embiggen' was seen before, back in 1884.

I used the splendid search term 'cromulent embiggen etymology' to look it up.

[u/Blue_Veritas731 → u/anomalous_cowherd]

Apparently, I didn't dig thoroughly enough. In going back to do some more, I did find the info about the first use of embiggen in 1884, but that the Simpsons brought it back to life, so to speak. And although I first found the definition of "cromulent" on an online dictionary site, in further digging, it's not an actual dictionary Entry - yet. But probably will be eventually. Honestly, this info makes it even more interesting!

[u/anomalous_cowherd → u/Blue_Veritas731]

Did you look up the history of them too? The Simpsons actually invented them, or thought they did at least. Turns out 'embiggen' was seen before, back in 1884.

I used the splendid search term 'cromulent embiggen etymology' to look it up.

[u/OpeScuseMe74 → u/anomalous_cowherd]

Don't be such an acrophromiatist.

(My friend made up that word.)

[u/anomalous_cowherd → u/OpeScuseMe74]

Your friend is very innovant.

(Damn! I made that up, but I just checked and it's real, the innovation equivalent of 'performant').

[u/OpeScuseMe74 → u/anomalous_cowherd]

Keep trying. With some practice, I know you'll be a novopalabrist in due time.