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There should be a name for deliberately making a big fuss of following every regulation as expansively as possible to prove a point; inverse civil disobedience,
by vbuterin 12y ago
There should be a name for deliberately making a big fuss of following every regulation as expansively as possible to prove a point; inverse civil disobedience, civil obedience maybe?
- shakethemonkey 12y agoThere is, it's called "work-to-rule."
- arg01 12y agoSomewhat ironically some countries have laws that make work-to-rule (usually phrased in law as malicious compliance) as illegal.
- malka 12y agofor individuals, that's being passive-agressive.
- mblakele 12y agoThere used to be, but it isn't PC: "white mutiny". See also http://english.stackexchange.com/questions/79793/phrase-for-observing-a-rule-in-a-malicious-way http://english.stackexchange.com/questions/79793/phrase-for-...