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The original was posted on /r/maliciouscompliance by /u/Sweet_Speech_9054 on 2024-10-03 15:21:39+00:00.
I’m posting this because it was my idea but I didn’t do it.
My coworker has a daughter in sixth grade (elementary school in our school district) and she is kinda popular. He wanted to give her a good birthday party because his other two daughters kinda stopped spending time with him in middle school and he kinda wanted a last hoorah. She chose to do it at a roller skating rink and he went all out, renting the whole place out for the party. She invited most of her classmates and some other friends and family.
After giving out invitations she got a letter to deliver to her dad and return signed. It said that students must invite all students in their class or none at all. This apparently is a school anti bullying policy.
The problem is that some of the students are very problematic. One is a racist kid who has made threats about bringing guns to school. The other has behavior issues and once threw a chair at a group of students, sending two to the hospital for stitches. There were some other students she wasn’t close with but willing to invite in order to comply.
When he told me about this I asked, did you have a security deposit or something on the roller skating rink. He said it was a $200 deposit for damages. I told him to require a $200 deposit from those kids if they want to come.
It worked, the kids obviously weren’t going to pay a $200 deposit and the party went off without a hitch.
ETA: the invitations were emailed to the parents. One of the teachers overheard and that’s why they made her invite everyone.