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Management must have really hated the Robin Williams genie, since he always granted the wishes in the spirit of the person who did the wishing, even when it was the bad guy!
That's what genies normally would do, too.
They're not a monkey's paw
I thought genies were bitter because they're trapped in a lamp and forced to grant wishes?
Sometimes. But most modern genie lore is mixed in with the monkey paw lore. Does that make sense?
I think we are all just too cynical in our modern times to believe in granted wishes without any downsides.
What is some modern genie lore like that?
Depends on the writer. Some genies are jackass genies, which is what management is expecting here, while others may be literal genies, who aren't necessarily malicious but grant the wish based purely on the words used to make it rather than the intended spirit of it.