Person Started A Thread Of People Sharing Dumb Rules They Have At Work Because Of An Idiot Coworker And Here Are 30 Of Their Best Stories

No skirts, shorts or skorts, at all.

I used to work in a bar and the dress code was simple, just wear black. Didn't matter what is was, as long as it was plain black. In the summer the girls used to wear skirts or shorts so that they're not uncomfortable while working and everyone was fine with it.

A new guy joined in July of 2021, and it was very hot so people had skirts on. He kept on taking pictures under the girls skirts and of their thighs. He was caught many times but instead of him being fired, they just banned skirts

Thanks a lot Martin

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.

Well, I went to the Dr office the other day. At the bathroom there was a sign. It said "Due to misuse of hand soap, you will have to request soap from front desk". I'm weirded the f**k out. What the hell are they doing with the soap?! At the doctor's office??

I was just too afraid to ask.

We can’t use the wheelbarrow to carry all the equipment down, now we have to make multiple trips up and down a big hill with heavy equipment.

-F**k you Wyatt

Background: Wyatt decided to use the wheelbarrow as a ride down the hill and lost control. Almost slamming into a kid (the mom luckily pulled the kid out of the way in time) and now no more wheelbarrow. Oh and we all hate Wyatt and he swears it wasn’t his fault and it was everybody else’s fault. But he still works there cause we are short staffed thanks to covid.

And wait it gets better: I was the one who was supervising that shift, I was already at the bottom of the hill cause I was helping training some new people. So I didn’t see what Wyatt was doing, well he rode the wheelbarrow down and crashed and guess who got in trouble? Me. Cause apparently I have to train people while also watching out for idiots riding in wheelbarrows (why the f**k would I think anyones stupid enough to do that?!) well I got in trouble and almost demoted. And then the next day Wyatt tells my I should have been “doing my job” to stop him from riding in the wheelbarrow. Then he asked me out as his girlfriend (we never even went on a date, he just straight up asked me) and was shocked when I said no. He then said “oh you’re lesbian” and ya I am but even if I wasn’t I’m not going to date someone who almost got me demoted?!

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)

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.

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

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.

I was hoping for employee's discount at a japanese grocery store. However, someone from the past has abused the employee discount in order to give low prices to their friends. Management found out, and they effectively just took the employment discount away.

Thanks a lot a*****e. You effectively deprived me the one thing I was hoping for in that stressful and boring job.

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

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.

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.

No eating in front of the customers on our break.

I worked fast food at the time and it wasn't uncommon for my coworkers and I to sit in our lobby, close to the registers so we could jump back into action if needed. One day, I was sitting at one of those tables, having my lunch break when a customer came in. He gave me a dirty look and when he went up to order, he told my manager that he didn't like seeing his employees being lazy and eating where the customers could see. My manager was very calm and polite while dealing with him and basically said, "Dude, wtf my employees aren't animals."

Come my next shift, my manager told us that corporate got a complaint about us eating in front of the customers and we were no longer allowed to take our lunch breaks in our lobby. We either had to sit in our crammed office or eat in our cars.

No sneakers/

One manger was obsessed with this girl who was 30 years younger than him (50-20) and her commute was two hours long. She sometimes forgot to change them out and he must have got sick of her turning him down than he mandated a no sneaker clause.

Safety briefing at a job site explicitly stated that hardhats were not to be used as weapons.

Everyone has to speak English, because one lady thought people were talking s**t about her in Spanish (they were!).

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.

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

“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.

Used to work as a server in an assisted living facility. After a server flipped out during breakfast one day, there was a sign put up in the kitchen that said "DO NOT THREATEN RESIDENTS"
That f****r still works there