We had a no-dating-at-work rule, and then the director started seeing someone, and other people had their own hidden relationships as well. That rule was nullified when the director announced his engagement, and then about 6 other couples came out. © BodhiBill / Reddit
A place I used to work had a rule that executive-level staff needed to be contactable when on leave, so they had a section on the leave form for the address of where you’d be staying and a contact number. Some knuckle-shuffler in HR decided it applied to all staff, and the shenanigans began. People would put down the address and phone number of sports complexes, and medical clinics. I gave the latitude and longitude of the place I was going camping and the UHF channel my radio would be tuned to. © Flight_19_Navigator / Reddit
I worked at a coffee chain for like 5+ years, and at one point, our district manager thought it was a good idea to implement a “just say yes” policy, where we literally weren’t allowed to tell the customer no. It lasted for about 3 months, and in that 3 months, our unaccounted product and waste went up over 300% because when the POS didn’t have a way to punch in a customer request, we had to just do it anyways. © yunglilbigslimhomie / Reddit

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