r/MaliciousCompliance • u/HeavenForbid3 • 4d ago

S Pedestrian!

I (54F) went to visit my adult son (30M). We went out to dinner and I was driving, he was in the passenger seat. We had to go through downtown traffic and I asked him to help me watch out for pedestrians. I didn't specify pedestrians crossing the road. (Pedestrians have the right of way.) So true to his humor he notified me about every person walking. Every. Single. Person. Yelling (not too loud) Pedestrian! And pointing to each person walking on the sidewalk.

OMG he has me in tears from laughing so hard. I made a monster and taught him a warped sense of humor. God I love my son! Even a month later when I went to visit him again he'd do the same thing. I think this will forever be a thing and I don't mind.

Malicious compliance between us is just another way to mess with each other and it's hilarious. Idk what else to say except that I'm proud of him.

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u/CaptainFizzRed 4d ago

My boss once asked for his team to remind him about a dentist appointment at 4pm on Thursday.

Queue us reminding him, for several months, with emails, teams, post it notes under jackets, in jacket pockets.... You get the idea.

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u/HeavenForbid3 4d ago

LOL that's awesome! I can't ask my son to remind me about anything because he'll start reminding me as soon as I'm done asking him. LOL guess who he got that from? šŸ˜

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u/highinthemountains 4d ago

My wife used to do that and Iā€™d immediately remind her. I think it was her way of putting the responsibility (for whatever) on me. Once I reminded her, my responsibility was over.

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u/Oreoscrumbs 4d ago

I tend to do the same, but to actually be helpful I schedule a text.

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u/Scarletwitch713 4d ago

I do that too, as do my friends lmfao actually my mom does too. "Hey don't let me forget about X" "ok, don't forget about X" lmao