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The original was posted on /r/maliciouscompliance by /u/MUSTARDUNAVAILABLE on 2024-10-19 13:54:26+00:00.
This happened in grade 3 when I was 8 years old. It was in the early 2000s in the Philippines.
Students would be put in groups, after school we'd have to clean the room. Especially the floors, sweep and wax. It was the students responsibility to clean and keep it clean.
The duty was once a week per group and during that one week I had to go visit relatives for a funeral.
When I got back my groupmates told me that they did the job faster and that stung not gonna lie.
When it was our turn, they complained to me how slow we were at cleaning up and blamed me for it.
That stung again not gonna lie.
So the following week, still hurt and not wanting to get blamed again I decided to go home and not help.
As I was making my way out (I was the first person to leave) my teacher asked me what I was doing. Told her since I was just gonna slow my group down I might as well just go home.
Teacher, know for being a loving bomb and can set off any moment, looked at me and my group and said okay.
Went home feeling oddly pleased with myself.
Then a cousin who was a couple classes over and had cleaning duties told her mom who then told my mom and how my teacher gave my group the what for. It was so loud my cousin could recite it verbatim.
Basically teacher said my group was fast but they weren't good at cleaning. They would forget to sweep areas and even leave more trash behind. They were fast yes but it was only by a few minutes.
They would rush and do a piss poor job.
She had them stay longer to make sure it's all clean properly.
Next day my group mate apologized to me and never complained again.
And guys I know this sounds abusive and exploitative but back then this was normal for us. It wasn't great.