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The original was posted on /r/maliciouscompliance by /u/LovelyKittenPetals on 2025-06-30 05:58:22+00:00.
This happened back when I was in school, few years ago.
I had this one friend. She was cool most of the time, but when it came to money, she turned into a human calculator. If we went out to eat and the bill was $19.87, she’d insist on paying exactly that and not a penny more. Never rounded up, never covered tax or tip and definitely never chipped in when we ordered shared stuff.
Anyway, one weekend we hit up a burger place with a few other friends. I spotted her because she forgot her wallet, again. Her total was like $12.63 burger, fries and a drink.
A few days later, she comes up to me and says, Hey, I’ve got your money. But I only have a twenty. Do you have change?
I didn’t.
So she goes, Okay, then I’ll just give you the $20. But I want my change back later. Exact change. I don’t want to be short even a penny.
I nodded and said, Sure thing.
So later that night, I swung by my dorm, grabbed this big jar where I dumped all my random coins, and sat there counting them out while watching Netflix. I made sure it was exactly $7.37 in dimes, nickels, pennies, and just one quarter for fun.
Next day, I handed her a sandwich bag full of coins.
She looked at it, confused and asked what it was.
I said, Your change. Exact, just like you wanted.
She never pulled that exact change stuff on me again. In fact, next time we went out, she rounded up and offered to leave the tip.
I guess Malicious compliance won.