Malicious compliance story video maker
Following the order to the letter, with a perfectly straight face. The ChatsRat story maker turns your own malicious compliance story into a 9:16 video with a title card, a narrator and big word-by-word captions, and splits a long one into parts. Start from one of our five original malicious compliance stories or paste your own.
Fiction. Original story. Made with ChatsRat.
The story in this video
My manager told me to "document everything", so I did
My manager had a habit of changing his mind and then saying he never said it. One morning he told me, in a very tired voice, to "document everything". So I did. I wrote down every instruction, every change, every pause, with the time. I sent him a tidy summary at the end of each hour. By Wednesday he had received forty-one emails. On Thursday he came to my desk, a little pale, and said he would like to cut it back. I said I would be delighted to document his wishes about that, too. He started giving one clear instruction at a time. The summaries stopped on Friday, and he says "thank you" now, without being asked.
About 46 seconds read aloud. An original story written for ChatsRat, with invented people and no real places or businesses.
How a malicious compliance story works
A malicious compliance story is about someone who obeys an unreasonable instruction exactly as it was written.
- The beats
- An unclear or unreasonable order, a literal and very cheerful answer, and a boss who has to rewrite the rule in the end.
- What makes it work
- The exact words of the instruction. Quote them, then show how a perfectly obedient person could read them in the most literal way.
- What to leave out
- Naming a real employer or a real colleague, and anything that would harm a customer. The joke is the wording, not the damage.
Five original malicious compliance stories to start from
- My manager told me to "document everything", so I did (118 words)
- The sign said "no talking in the library", so I stopped talking, and so did everyone (117 words)
- Told to use only the approved fonts, I used one font for the whole company (118 words)
- My boss said "I need this by the end of the day". I delivered it at 23:59 (120 words)
- The homeowners association said no visible bins, so I built a very nice one (113 words)
All five are fiction we wrote for ChatsRat. None is copied or reworded from any post anywhere. Change any of them, or paste your own.
Four twists for a malicious compliance story
The reveal
Then the person who gave the order read it back aloud, very slowly, and realised what they had actually written. The silence lasted a good eight seconds.
The update
The rule has been rewritten. It is now two sentences long, with an example. My copy has been framed by three colleagues who want it on the wall.
Karma
A week later the same instruction came back, from the top, worded much more carefully. I followed it perfectly, and everyone was happy, which felt oddly suspicious.
The receipts
I kept every email, every reply, and the original instruction with the exact wording. When asked to explain, I simply attached them in order.
From story to video
- Pick the malicious compliance trope in the story maker, or paste your own story. Edit the title card, the username and the text.
- Choose a narrator, a second voice for comments, and a moving background.
- Press Make my video. A long story is split into Part 1, Part 2 and more, each with its own TikTok, Reels and Shorts caption.