Check out this World War 2 era field manual on how to engage in simple sabotage. The suggestions for General Interference with Organizations and Production (starting on page 32) and General Devices for Lowering Morale and Creating Confusion (pages 35-36) are classic. There seems to be many simple saboteurs in our government and businesses. A few examples:
  • Make "speeches." Talk as frequently as possible and at great length. Illustrate your "points" by long anecdotes and accounts of personal experiences. Never hesitate to make a few appropriate "patriotic" comments.
  • To lower morale and with it, production, be pleasant to inefficient workers; give them undeserved promotions. Discriminate against efficient workers; complain unjustly about their work.
  • Hold conferences when there is more critical work to be done.
  • Pretend that instructions are hard to understand, and ask to have them repeated more than once. Or pretend that you are particularly anxious to do your work, and pester the foreman with unnecessary questions.
  • Give lengthy and incomprehensible explanations when questioned.
  • Act stupid.
  • Be as irritable and quarrelsome as possible without getting yourself into trouble.