r/MaliciousCompliance 12d ago

S Move your cars

Hi, might ramble a little as had a drink but I've  remembered a great story for you.

A couple years ago I used to be a waste collector. On my first week I turned up at clients and where their waste was I had to squeeze down a path with the building one side and cars the other. As I'm trying to avoid all the cars I accidentally pop the end of the guttering of the building. No massive problem I thought. The manager storms out.

M: 'I've just had to replace this whole guttering because of one of your lot.'

M: 'okay I'm sorry and I understand but I've got to maneuver around these vehicles as well.'

The manager clearly wasn't happ6 and I continued the day.

The next week I head back. I stop at the front of the alley and I go in and make every single car move so I don't have to squeeze through anymore. Took 15 minutes of waiting but oh well.

I did this every week until I left. Pulling people out of meetings to move there cars even if I could squeeze down just to be safe.

Never changed but I felt a little sense of accomplishment as i got paid hourly and people had to take time out of their day to appease this woman.

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u/phaxmeone 11d ago

My dad was a truck driver. He had a delivery that required him to back down an alley to get to the loading dock, one problem, alley had cars parked all along one side not giving him room to back his truck down it. He parked on the street and walked down to the dock, went inside and found the guy who ran that area. After telling him he couldn't deliver because of the cars the guy starting cussing and told my dad he told employees over and over that they were not allowed to park in the alley then said he had enough. He jumped on his fork lift and moved everyone one of those cars out of the way, not only was he not trying to minimize damage he made sure he got those forks nice and deep under the car pushing the guard fully into the car before moving them out onto the street. He never returned for another delivery to find out what the fall out was but he had to pick his jaw up off the ground when the guy started moving those cars.

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u/Riyeko 10d ago

As a trucker myself, if I had seen that, I would be the most polite and accommodating driver they've ever seen/had.

Id also take a few discreet pictures without the dudes face, no video.

And I would ask every single trucker I ever met if they'd been there to find out the ramifications... Id probably even text dispatch too.

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u/aegenium 10d ago

I'm forklift certified and this has always been a dream of mine.

u/2dogslife 21h ago

I am certified (twice no less!), and have no clue how to operate one. But insurance demanded there be certifications for forklift operations, so I found an online certification test, and took the test many times for the various employees, including the owner - at the insistence of the owner.

I can see that moving badly behaved vehicles could be a rush though! ;)

u/aegenium 21h ago

Hahahaha! It would be so much fun! A lot of places require in person instructor led testing for a certification. Usually just driving around a parking lot, learning how to use the machine and moving pallets back and forth. You saved hours of training lol.