Welcome to our slash malicious compliance, where a stupid boss gets exactly what he asks for.

Our next reddit post is from redmyapril. Somewhere around 2007, I was working as a drugstore manager.

I was running the entire front store and the pharmacies, so the pay was excellent for someone

who was in their early to mid-20s, but the job was also soul-crushing in some stupid ways.

A rule came down that cashiers can no longer have drinks at the register.

They said that we can drink on our lunch breaks, but otherwise we shouldn't need water.

At the same time, they dialed back on the AC, so the store was constantly uncomfortably warm,

but not technically dangerous. I had some of the best staff members.

When Lady was roughly 65 years old and came to me to let me know that she was on medicine

that gave her dry mouth, so she needed me to know that if I took her water away,

she would have a really hard time being able to talk to customers.

She almost developed a list when she couldn't have her water.

I told her, no worries. You have your water, and I'll deal with the boss.

Because the boss was running 40 different stores, and mine was generally not a problem store,

the boss only came by every 60 days or so. Eventually, he does swing by and he asks her about the water.

She says that she has a medical condition, and her manager, me, said that it was fine.

I also told the boss that I had approved her water.

My boss pulls me into his office to let me know that for her to have that water,

she needs a doctor's note. He said that if he sees her with it again without a doctor's note,

we will both get written warnings. He says that I can't just decide not to follow a company rule.

I'm flabbergasted. I'm the only manager in charge of this store.

This company literally made me do drills on how to deal with bombs or shootings,

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