Stupid Rules That Backfired Immediately

People want order, and in any institution like work or school that's usually a good thing. The problem is, the powers that be tend to get overzealous with what kind of standards they can make people cooperate with, and you end up with great loopholes and other terrible ideas with unintended consequences. There's a delicate balance of what stupid junk people are willing to tolerate. Many of these stories also tend to show just how out of touch managers and horrible bosses can be. Or rather, how people don't really consider thinking things through fully before instituting new rules and practices. The number of times loopholes could be avoided if people were just a tad more practical and self-aware with regards to said new rules and practices….well, let's just say this applies to the majority of these anecdotes from AskReddit. Keep scrolling below for a closer look at some of these ridiculously dumb rules.

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