‘What’s a weird rule at work that doesn’t make sense to you?’ – 23 regulations that just seemed designed to annoy

13.

‘Old office had a rule that you couldn’t go get a drink as it would disrupt the productivity of the office.

‘Meanwhile the boss would bring his kids in and they’d be a terror. He’d stand around making sexist and homophobic jokes. He’d change the nappy of his child on the desk of whoever was out and on occasion would hide the dirty nappy in their desk.

‘Cause clearly none of that could harm productivity. Can’t have a brew though.’
–BNSable

14.

‘My first job as a 16-year-old was as a cashier at Comet. When being shown cashing up procedures, I was told that the spare safe key must always be kept in the safe, so it was known where it was if we needed it.

‘In my couple of years there, I protested the absolute idiocy of this rule to every level of management – department, in-store, area, accounting, security, head office. Nobody could see the problem.’
–The-Sassy-Pickle

15.

‘Being forced into the office 2 days a week for ‘collaboration’, when half the workforce is actually offshore, in India.’
–Unlikely_Egg

16.

‘You can’t go on your phone when the place is dead and must just stand about bored. Unless you’re the bosses favourite then he doesn’t notice you on your phone.’
–Everest_95

17.

‘Company provides milk for use in drinks only. I found this out after daring to use some to make a microwave porridge sachet after being there about 3 months, and got called over to my managers desk for a talking to.

‘He was sat drinking his protein shake, which he made with about a pint of company provided milk, as he did every morning. I got a second ‘talking to’ the following day when I ate a spoonful of dry cereal and followed it up with a sip of company milk from a mug.’
–Mi_santhrope

18.

‘They’ll supply huge tins of coffee and tea but not hot chocolate, makes my blood boil! Yes I’ve asked several times.’
–AccousticAnomaly

19.

‘Any personal rubbish must be taken home. You make a tea on your break? Have to take the teabag home and dispose yourself. Have a yoghurt on your break? Take it home and dispose yourself. Only company waste to be binned. I got the shittiest email from a higher up because a sweet wrapper was found in a bin bag we sent to the warehouse.’
–Queasy_Rip_7756

20.

‘I don’t get why I have to bring in a cake on my birthday, I don’t even want a birthday cake.’
–RelThanram

21.

‘New government regulations mean workplaces must have separate bins for food waste, recyling, and general waste. My employer’s local council don’t do food waste collections, so we’ve had to get a private company to collect that.

‘My employer is that local council.’
–cantab314

22.

‘At my last place we were expected to work overtime / be on call but you didn’t get paid for it. They can fuck right off with that rule.’
–BigFluff_LittleFluff

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