{"id":2964,"date":"2026-07-10T14:10:48","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T09:10:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=2964"},"modified":"2026-07-10T14:10:48","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T09:10:48","slug":"person-has-to-deal-with-lazy-people-during-group-project-finds-the-perfect-way-to-make-them-fail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=2964","title":{"rendered":"Person Has To Deal With Lazy People During Group Project, Finds The Perfect Way To Make Them Fail"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p>Group projects do prepare people for working in the real world, in the sense that one learns that nothing is fair, someone will always <a href=\"https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/society\/social-issues\/entitled-people\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">get by<\/a> on someone else&#8217;s work and that you rarely get credit for taking on the hardest tasks.<\/p>\n<p>A student went <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/MaliciousCompliance\/comments\/1up84zz\/how_i_handled_being_the_only_person_in_a_group\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">online<\/a> to both vent and share their rather clever bit of malicious compliance. They were struck with the usual curse of group projects, as they did all the work and the rest did nothing. So when it came time to present their project, they decided to let their team dig their own grave.<\/p>\n<h3>Some people see group projects as a way to just do nothing<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10894042\" src=\"https:\/\/static.boredpanda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1-37.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"732\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Image credits: <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/photos\/a-group-of-women-standing-next-to-each-other-4D_SbA46K1E\">A. C. \/ Unsplash (not the actual photo)<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>So one netizen decided to make sure everyone knew they were the only one to put in any effort<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10893662\" src=\"https:\/\/static.boredpanda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1-12.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10893663\" src=\"https:\/\/static.boredpanda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/2-11.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"468\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10893664\" src=\"https:\/\/static.boredpanda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/3-5.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"520\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10893665\" 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src=\"https:\/\/static.boredpanda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/comment_2350ca842ac2b216fb7c52f465b0927f.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.boredpanda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/comment_e55d89019bd3c3b2c98685bf2e2eb49c.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.boredpanda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/comment_4a2c16ee35540af881885472250ab83c.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.boredpanda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/comment_212d77aac930c2eeb2fd874813733cdf.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.boredpanda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/comment_b1ecb36092fe2a9e7f3d6d881285232e.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.boredpanda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/comment_6ca721f96f9fa351c7e99e006219daeb.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>A few thought they were being too harsh<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.boredpanda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/comment_b7d11afb263aa00711430474c48ee7e8.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.boredpanda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/comment_dd506079b22f9963f9d773026a1ad156.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.boredpanda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/comment_1561af6b4cfcbd1564f8f18bd796ef81.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.boredpanda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/comment_09a797ea36f5cad43cc0ef90b561428a.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.boredpanda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/comment_294282adf752c31664480f29afbba13a.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Others shared similar stories<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.boredpanda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/comment_b8af191b0e863a38ee7937be1b2411c4.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img 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