Malicious Compliance

Epigram 89

Perhaps apocryphal; it is said that when they cut park service budgets and staff, they simply shut down peoples’ favorite parks.

The boy whose allowance was duly cut
Did not do chores, but quoth "So what!"
"I'll do fifty percent of that."
And for a bonus he kicked the cat!
A spoiled department cannot be trimmed
Not by budget, its lights are dimmed
No one is home until they're paid
Their custom, lest your hand be stayed
Before the whole axe let their case be made.