"I don't want to see these anymore!" - Me: No problem!
I previously worked at a place where I was hourly but should have been salary (they later made me salary) and had to work odd hours at times due to the demands of the job. Despite the extra time that I worked, I was still expected to be clocked in at 8 and to leave no earlier than 5, all while making sure I got as little overtime as possible because they didn't want to pay overtime. They also expected me to take lunch at a pre-determined time, even though it conflicted with the nature of the work I did.
Every time I clocked in late, clocked out early, or clocked out for lunch at the wrong time (this was the bulk of the issue), a report was generated from HR and sent to my supervisor. Despite my making the case that it was basically impossible to adhere to these requirements, my supervisor point blank told me "I don't want to see these anymore" in reference to the report they were waving around in the air about my comings and goings on the time clock.
So I said "ok I'll make sure you don't have to see them anymore."
I then walked down to HR and informed them that my supervisor was tired of seeing these reports and no longer wanted to see them. 814
I told them verbatim what I was told and they accepted it without question as I said it came straight from my supervisor. Surprisingly they didn't double-check the request at all, they simply stopped sending the reports to my supervisor. To be fair, they were tired of sending the reports and knew the situation was not tenable.
After that, things were great, my supervisor was happy, and had always been happy with my work.
Many months down the road I spoke with one of my salaried co-workers about it when they remarked that our supervisor hadn't been griping about the reports in a while. So I told them what had transpired. They remarked "I don't think that's what they meant when they said that."
Ultimately, I don't know how they actually meant it, all I know is that I fixed the issue by doing exactly what they said and everyone has happy after that. 13