Clients Cancel Their Policies After They Learn That Their Insurance Agent Was Fired For Using Their Bathroom

Each company has its policies, but they are sometimes ridiculous and serve no other purpose than to mistreat employees and demonstrate who is in charge. Of course, most of these rules are written by people who have never actually worked in the positions for which they are creating rules and policies of conduct.

A story from an insurance agent, Tosser Tin, on Reddit has recently sparked a discussion in the Antiwork movement. The headline of the post reads, "I just got fired for using a client's bathroom..." so you can guess where this is going.

The author "ended up sitting at this woman's house for three hours today getting her, her two kids, and her sister signed up" while visiting the client. "She gave me coffee (which our company says we have to accept or it would be disrespectful), and I drank two," he added.

Then, predictably, the author needed to use the restroom, and the client offered to let him use hers. The company rules state that employees must accept coffee, but the need for the restroom while on duty was reportedly a massive no-no.

OP lost the job, but he got his revenge. Read the entire story below to find out how it ended:

An insurance agent recently posted a story about how using a client's bathroom while on duty cost him his job.

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OP started working as an insurance sales agent and was visiting clients' houses.

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After visiting several houses, he spent three hours at one woman's home. He had to drink coffee, which is company policy.

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OP had to use the bathroom, and his host offered him the use of hers.

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OP mentioned this to one of his coworkers.

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And OP got fired for it.

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OP doesn't understand what the proper course of action was in this case:

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OP called the client, and she was furious. She decided to cancel all her policies.

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She said she would even call the company director.

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Christine Mitterbauer, a licensed and ICF-approved career coach and serial entrepreneur, says that

“It’s a shame that senseless rules and regulations sometimes take precedence over common sense and normal decency. Unless the employee made a mess in the clients’ toilet, there’s no reason to discipline or even fire them for using the restroom.It doesn’t matter if the employee was aware of this rule or not. It’s simply an unreasonable and degrading rule, especially given the working conditions of that poor guy who spends most of the day working in his car,” she explained.

Redditors were shocked (and they've seen a lot of things).

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They all agree that it is a ridiculous reason to get fired.

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OP is better off without the company.

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Redditors also had some interesting suggestions:

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Some of them even had similar problems:

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Bullet dodged...

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It could be punishable by law.

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Some Redditors came across situations like these:

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This is, sadly, true:

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The bottom line:

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This story makes our blood boil. It is hard to believe that employers like this exist these days.

With such ridiculous rules and the amount of micromanagement, who remains there long-term? Just spineless people willing to do anything to satisfy their inhumane bosses.

Well, the actions of OP's coworkers prove that. They ratted on their new coworker just to suck up to their bosses.

They all deserve each other.