Rules at a workplace are there for a reason and most often the reason is to make sure the employees are safe. While this is true for the most part, sometimes certain rules sound ridiculous and might seem unnecessary, but it could be that they were introduced after a very specific event that the company doesn’t want to happen again.
Those events are quite ridiculous and in some cases the companies might have overreacted or could have solved the problem in another way, but they are nonetheless entertaining. Reddit users shared the rules they have to follow at their jobs that were imposed on them after an employee misbehaved when Googunk asked, “What stupid rule did your work have to make because one idiot ruined it for everyone?”
Do you have any similar stories? Maybe you were the one that inspired a new rule at your workplace? Let us know in the comments and don’t forget to upvote the rules in this list that you feel are the most absurd.
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#1 No More Free Snacks And Sodas
A video game company I worked for provided free snacks and sodas. One Friday HR had just done a shopping run and was bringing in a truck load of junk food. One employee was caught sneaking a case of soda out of the parking lot. He wasn’t fired or disciplined, it was just made public why the perk was ended. He quit shortly afterward and attempted to sue for a hostile work environment. That went nowhere.
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#2 No Hands In Your Pockets
No hands in your pockets.
We were rewaxing the floor and I slipped on a cord, and couldn’t catch myself because my hands were in my pockets smashed my knee on the tile floor. The whole school district got that rule. (~40 schools)
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#3 No Casual Friday
We used to have casual Friday and people could wear jeans. One day a girl came in wearing sweatpants that had “Juicy” printed across the butt.
The CEO happened to be visiting our location that day and he saw her. Casual Friday was immediately abolished and it took years for them to forget Juicy Girl and reinstate it. But in the intervening years, they would have fundraisers where you could buy tickets for days that you could wear jeans.
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#4 No Phones At The Military
I was serving in the Army when a soldier made a video on TikTok of himself dancing and playing with a gun and the video went viral. They took the mobiles after that from everyone and I stayed for couple of weeks not even able to reach my family
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#5 Only One Personal Item In Your Office
Only one personal item in your office.
This was a financial institution so customers came into our offices. This was put in place because of one lady who had her office packed with trinkets including a handful of dolls.
Yes, creepy dolls. Come and get your auto loan also don’t worry we have some dolls here to witness your transaction.
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#6 No Turkeys For Thanksgiving
Place i used to work gave out turkeys for thanksgiving, an employee accidently dropped his on his foot and tried to file a suit against them for some crazy amount of money. No more turkeys
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#7 No Social Media And The Sick Room And Quiet Room Are Locked
1. All social media and streaming sites are now blocked on work computers, because someone spent all day on social media and watching movies while at work.
2. The Sick Room and Quiet Room are now locked because a certain slacker keeps hiding in it. They’ve been “hiding” in the glass meeting pods since.
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#8 No Water Bottles Out On The Floor
Worked as a cashier and supposedly a superior or whatever came to look at the store one day and said us cashiers/floor employees having water bottles up front is not good. So we weren’t allowed to have water bottles out on the floor anymore; so if we wanted water, we’d have to go the back…. Us cashiers talk to many customers a day and we’re going to get thirsty of course, we all thought it was a stupid rule.
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#9 Hardhats Were Not To Be Used As Weapons
Safety briefing at a job site explicitly stated that hardhats were not to be used as weapons.
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#10 No Popcorn In The Microwave
No popcorn.
I work at a financial company and not once, but twice, someone burned microwave popcorn during end of day processing and caused the building evac.
Every once in a while a new person is cooking some up and I just imagine the talking to they’re about to get.
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#11 No Free Beer
We used to get a free beer after our shifts at a pizza restaurant I worked at, until the manager’s little brother got in a car accident after work (he ran a red light or something). That was fun while it lasted
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#12 You Must Wear Pants At All Time. No Pajamas Or *underwear*
“You are welcome to wear comfortable clothing during the overnight shift. However you must wear pants at all time. No pajamas or *underwear*”
It predates all of us. The guess is someone did an overnight, took off their pants to relax and someone went in crisis.
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#13 Don’t Put Stickers On People’s Backs
Don’t put stickers on people’s backs.
Background:
I work in a warehouse that stores and ships products out to retail stores. We print labels out for the packages and pallets etc and some of us made a game out of “tagging” people with stickers without them noticing. I got really good at it. I did this trick where I’d put the top two corners together making a sort of cone shape so I could just let it rest on my finger then sort of throw my hand up at an angle so it flies off my finger and gently lands on their back without me having to apply any pressure to make it stick and risk them catching me. Even some of the supervisors got in on it.
One day someone decided to try it on one of the cooperates from one of the stores and was instantly caught, ruining the fun for everyone.
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#14 Have To Have Gps In Company Cars And Track Miles Driven vs. Gas Bought
We had to get gps systems for the company cars because one guy took his company car on vacation. He also paid for gas with the company card so now we are required to write the current mileage at the top of the receipt so they can check miles driven vs. Gas bought. Its no big deal, just like what a loser.
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#15 Bring Your Own Cutlery And Plate
all the plates and cutlery were thrown away in the staff restaurant because washing up was left dirty in the sink,its bring you own cutlery and plate in if you want to eat there now.
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#16 Phones And Earbuds Were Banned In Work Spaces
We used to be able to pop in an ear bud at work with the offset being that we couldn’t spend more than a few seconds here or there to switch podcasts or something. Naturally, some people took a mile and spent minutes on their phones. Since everyone was afraid of confronting these people, phones and earbuds were banned in work spaces altogether.
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#17 Everyone Has To Do Massively Long Training Workbook With Weekly Quizzes
One person complained that he wasn’t ‘trained properly.’
We all now have to do this massively long training workbook during our shift, along with morning weekly quizzes we have to do with training questions. Everyone. I’m pretty sure no other company does this. It’s been weeks and i’m still not finished with it.
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#18 Hr Banned Hard Alcohol At All Events
HR Partner’s husband got into a fight with someone at coat check. As punishment, HR decided to ban hard alcohol at all events for YEARS.
Thus began my hatred of HR.
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#19 Strict Dress Code With Only Black Tie, Dress Shoes, Tuxedo/Suit
Dress code One guy once wore a Tupac middle finger hoodie into a meeting with the most important client ever for my firm and now we have the strictest dress code. Tie, dress shoes, tuxedo/suit and no grey or blue suits only black.
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