This Malicious Compliance isn't very deep or interesting. But I wanted to share.
So, I'm chronically ill & because of that, my bar for what constitutes as "sick" is sometimes higher than the average person. Usually, I don't notice these early warning signals that other people do because I'm always feeling a lil sick, so unless my roommate points it out or I'm at the point where I'm stuck in bed for a few days, I don't notice I'm sick. I also rarely ever use sick PTO, and a lot of my regular PTO is only used bc I know it doesn't roll over.
Anywho, about a year ago, I woke up like two hours before work in the morning feeling just awful. Part of me really wanted to power through it, but I tried getting out of the bed and I just couldn't. So, I contact my boss, who I knew was opening, that I wouldn't be able to come in that day. They got upset with me & basically said, "why didn't you call me the night before if you knew you were going to be sick?"
Like okay, first of all, wtf does "if you knew you were going to be sick" even mean? I wasn't planning to be sick, I got sick. And second of all, I called as soon as I knew I wasn't going to make it in, which is what I was supposed to do, and hours in advance so they could have time to find coverage.
So now, every time they call off the morning of, I just respond with, "oh? Why didn't you call in the night before. After all, it's your policy." And at first they would get really defensive and fight back, but now when I say it, they just sigh and move on.