10+ People On The Most Ridiculous Rules In Their Places Of Work

In order for a business to run efficiently, a lot of rules need to be enforced so that everything runs as smoothly as possible and without any complications. But in a couple of rare cases, some places of work have one or more ridiculous rules that don't make any sense at all, and if you refuse to follow those rules, your employer will have no choice but to fire you, even though the rules don't serve any purpose at all.

1. redemption_songs

At my old job, HR held a meeting to tell us that there was too much swearing on the sales floor. Someone raised their hand and pointed out that swearing is very common in our industry and that is the way that our customers speak. HR later sent out a memo explaining that swearing should be limited to conversations with clients. It was amazing.

2. gshell

If you are stuck in traffic on the way to work, you must email the CEO. Phone calls and texts are not permitted, only email.

3. X0AN

I used to work at a place in which my boss implemented a no more than 2 glasses a day water policy.

What a cunt. I ignored this rule and complained directly to our CEO, and the matter ended later that day.

What was weird though was the majority of people actually followed the rule and some even shopped me up to HR about 'breaking the rules'.

I left not long after that because not only was my boss a bellend, but if my colleagues were going to hr over me drinking water, then I obviously couldn't trust them.

4. jamaidens

Had a workplace time our bathroom breaks and deduct them from our allotted 15 minute breaks or lunch. We had to go see the office manager to get a key to open the restroom. As soon as we left his office he would start a timer... when you got back he would stop the timer and tell you how much time you needed to deduct from your lunch or next break. They watched our breaks like a hawk.

Also, if you made a mistake they would stand over you and time you while you fixed it and deduct that from your lunch or breaks.

You couldn't bring anything "that smells" for lunch, and they had no way of heating anything up.

I worked out my contract and split.

Not my current job but I used to work for some crazy people.

• you had to stand in a specific area while eating so they could see you on the camera
• don't talk to customers longer than 3 minutes unless you're making a big sale, even then, keep it short
• answer the phone within 2 rings, keep the conversation to less than 30 seconds
• you can't talk to your co workers outside of work
• you can't talk to your co workers while at work, even if there was not a single customer in the store

"Workplaces that impose excessive restrictions can stifle creativity and morale," suggesting that such rules may lead to disengagement.

The VP of our company just held a mass meeting to tell all of us we can't have pictures or plants or food or any form of non office supplied object on our desk. Tons of coworkers have family pictures or their kids' finger paintings pinned up on the cubicle walls. All that has to be removed. People were pissed.

Old job of mine in a warehouse. Our stations were pretty far apart, so when we'd listen to music we'd all usually have our own stuff playing. Not a problem since you could barely hear the neighbors music. Well, the CEO didn't like hearing multiple songs when walking through the warehouse. He made a rule that we all either had to listen to the same music, or none at all.

Sometimes going to work is definitely not something we look forward to. Who wants to sit in an office all day? But, sometimes you just find yourself lucky and happen to have colleagues that make working such a fun space. Check out these office workers who are having just way too much fun!