After the company saves £80 by changing the flight to a 12 hours earlier flight, the employee gets creative and instead costs over £1,000

recently director upon r/malicious compliancea Reddit user Warm_Tomato2126 I shared a story from when I worked in Africa.

For four years the man had been working on a rotation of 10 weeks in the country and 2 weeks at home, but someone at headquarters decided to cut costs and changed flights, saving the company about £ . 80 (about $96).

The employee obliged, but it also required additional hotel and taxi bookings, ultimately costing the company far more than the ticket itself.

This employee had meticulously planned his travel routine, but knew the company could still improve.

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And totally ruined it for ourselves

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The original poster (OP) answered people’s questions in the comments

And most of them liked the way he handled the situation

But some people weren’t funny at all