30 Oddly Specific Workplace Rules Companies Had To Enforce Because Of A Single Employee

Part of starting a new job is learning about your new workplace. Your orientation and training time will vary based on your field, but every new hire goes through this period.

Your first few days or weeks at your new job are opportunities to familiarize yourself with a place where you will spend most of your waking hours. It's a chance to get to know your coworkers and the departments with which you will have frequent interactions.

Aside from that, you will also need to learn about the rules and regulations enforced at your new workplace. Handbooks and guides don't stop at school; they become even stricter once you enter the workforce.

These rules also come with heavier consequences that could land you in serious trouble if you don't follow them. You may come across a rule or two that will make you raise an eyebrow imperceptibly.

If your company releases an oddly specific memo, like banning clam chowder or abolishing nacho Fridays, it's bound to pique your curiosity. There has to be a reason or one person who prompted the creation of that rule.

There's always one person who has to ruin it for everybody, right? In this interesting thread from Reddit, we'll explore some rules enforced in workplaces because of one thoughtless coworker.

This loaded question led to some of the most interesting answers we've read on Reddit:

Googunk

1. Bye truckload of delicious junk food

DarrenEdwards

2. It's not your personal catering company, sir

Hands-and-apples

3. Just to be clear, this loan comes with a 4% interest and a curse on my firstborn?

luminescentbluedot

4. The secret is not using the popcorn mode

katrascythe

5. It's like Netflix; you spend hours looking for something to watch, only to find that they're all unwatchable

DYGTD

6. First of all, it's Martin who should have faced consequences, not the women.

Wryxon

7. Why are these people still employed at your company?

LofiLorraine

8. Safety first

boi-juice

9. This is why we can't have nice things

KeybladeWielder97

10. Gross manager who needs to be fired or locked up

The68Guns

11. They should learn a new language to talk about her

Quityurgriping

12. You can thank Dave for making an unwritten rule official

this_name_is_banned

13. That's classified

_Medaly

14. You will always be a legend, Juicy Girl

AMerrickanGirl

15. Thieves are stealing from each other

Puzzleheaded_Pen_233

16. OP couldn't wax it on and off without losing balance

Interesting-Dance176

17. Wyatt, who had to be trained not to ride a wheelbarrow downhill

Ok_Pressure_4462

Wyatt sounds awful

Ok_Pressure_4462

18. With the price of gas, I can't say I blame him

Fairlybludgeoned

19. I made my money the old-fashioned way: I dropped my free turkey on my foot and sued my company.

Voshan008

20. Hey, if they're going to make you work overnight, you should at least be comfortable. Bring a mattress next time.

mortuusanima

21. Were the eggs rotten?

AnonymousSage509

22. It was to honor him

Player_12__

23. Hard hats are for defense, not offense

Log23

24. Most people would try to fart discreetly, but whatever

No-Park-3856

25. They only banned paper planes, right? Try making a paper bat or buying a remote-controlled plane.

Expensive-Back-2092

26. People who are allegedly proficient with Google Suite are common offenders of this

Gerald_the_sealion

27. Why can't they just install CCTVs like other capitalists?

Scullyx

28. Sounds like grounds for sexual harassment, if you ask me

Dunkel_Reynolds

29. I hate to imagine what he does in that kitchen other than cooking

Dlodancer

30. Respect the hustle

murakamimatcha

If your job doesn't micromanage every single aspect of your life, be grateful for that. Other places can restrict their employees from the most mundane things just because they can.

Some actually have valid reasons for enforcing certain rules. It's just too bad that one person's mistake and thoughtlessness can ruin a good thing for everyone else for years to come.