If you want to watch an organization mess up, you should pray for a whole bunch of bureaucratic mismanagement and an iron-clad adherence to protocol. When one internet user saw these two things brewing at her workplace, she did her best to apply the brakes to an expensive transaction.
However, the employee couldn’t do it alone—she needed her bosses’ help. In a viral post in the ‘Malicious Compliance’ online group, the worker vented about how her superiors wouldn’t budge no matter what. So, all that she could do was strap in and watch as the trainwreck unfolded.