Tuesday, October 20, 2020

Weird Rules that Exist for Specific Reasons


Just about every workplace has a special rule that exists just because of something one person did. From warning labels to work policies, every strange rule started off as a unique and horrible adventure. Human stupidity is the only resource it's impossible to run out of, so there's a rich deposit of things that exist just because people are dumb.

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Text - TheBrontosaurus 12.2k points · 14 hours ago "Absolutely no roller skates in the lab" My husband worked for a private lab startup and half the women there did roller derby. The lab was (as many are) a repurposed warehouse with nice smooth concrete floors. One of the women thought it would be fun to skate between machines. She got a lot done but the boss figured osha wouldn't be too thrilled so the sign went up a few days later. You could still wear your skates in the break room.

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Text - 406_Not_Acceptable 10.0k points · 15 hours ago 為2 I blame Johnny Knoxville for this, but "toilets are for display purposes only". pm_haiku 4.7k points · 11 hours ago No... talked to an employee at a kitchen / bathroom design store. Potty training kids are notorious for using any toilet, plumbing or not. They are usually very proud of it too, to the embarrassment of their parents.

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Text - fatbean100 309 points · 11 hours ago I work in healthcare. Having a personal relationship with your client is a big one...We had a caregiver marry a client's spouse. I go over professional boundaries during orientations at least ten times.

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Text - Filthy_rags_am_I 10.0k points · 13 hours ago On an AirFrance flight from Morocco to Mauritania, the flight attendant gave the safety brief in French at first. My french is not good but my ears pricked up when I heard the words "feu de camp." I obviously discounted my translation as misunderstanding the brief until she went into the brief in English. We were given the standard safety brief on all aircraft, but at the end we were specifically reminded that there are to be no cooking or camp

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Text - macyxpress17 9.7k points · 15 hours ago 3 Pharmacy worker here. We have to specify to unwrap suppositories BEFORE insertion. Apparently someone thought the foil was part of it.

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Text - aiyahhjoeychow 7.9k points · 12 hours ago Last year's company christmas party email specifically stated to bring an extra pair of pants if you will be urinating in the first pair.

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Text - AsboZapruder 20.9k points · 15 hours ago · edited 5 hours ago O O 4 e S 2 & 3 More Remove baby before collapsing stroller. Edit: For those asking what happens if you do this, I contacted some manufacturers who assured me that they tested it and that the strollers will be perfectly fine.

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Text - MisfitMishap 6.3k points · 15 hours ago 3 "Never iron clothes while they are being worn" Or the more fucked up "Do not use for drying pets" on the microwave.

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Text - Somkeythedog591 6.3k points · 15 hours ago E Please do not add dish detergent to the water fountains. pm_haiku 3.0k points · 11 hours ago Once witnessed someone dumping a whole box of soap (not sure if it was laundry, dish or other) into a mall fountain. The bubbles were 6 feet high before they shut it off.

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Text - wpascarelli 5.7k points · 13 hours ago "Don't take (prescription drug) if your allergic to (same drug)."

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Text - NarrowSeaworthiness8 5.5k points · 12 hours ago Since Covid and things going digital, we now have a 'You must wear clothes' rule...and we already had a pretty casual dress code.

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Text - kickassnchewbubblegm 5.4k points · 13 hours ago No rings on ship decks. They can get caught and deglove your finger, which is exactly as horrid as it sounds.

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Text - Strive_to_Thrive 4.5k points · 11 hours ago I had the same Biology professor for Bio I 2 and II. Because of me, the Bio II power point included a new excuse that wouldn't be accepted for missing/late work: "My drunk room mates threw it out while cleaning!"

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Text - Dabistar 4.5k points · 13 hours ago When I worked at a warehouse, I was told that we can't ride pallet jacks like scooters.

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Text - SteveCorpGuy4 3.5k points · 11 hours ago "Do not put 14 rolls of toilet paper in the toilet" -Walmart 2019

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Text - iworethedressforhim 3.2k points 11 hours ago · edited 4 minutes ago For my fellow scientists: Transferring chemicals by mouth (mouth pipetting) is forbidden.

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Text - bongokapiguana 2.7k points · 13 hours ago You're not allowed to bring vuvuzelas into a Metallica concert. I really just want to know the story.

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Text - SchnarchendeSchwein 2.2k points · 10 hours ago Do not dress game (e.g. deer, pheasant) in dormitory kitchens. I wonder who dragged a deer into the dorm and cut it up for venison...

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Text - rawr_nickie_rawr 2.1k points · 12 hours ago Used to work in a big name book store. In the office we had a huge sign saying "no boiled eggs allowed in staff office"

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Text - TraderOats 1.6k points · 13 hours ago · edited 8 hours ago There was this one residence hall on campus where we had to inform students on move-in day not to twist their room key a certain way into their bathroom door otherwise they could possibly get locked in if closed. They were encouraged just to use the inner lock bolt body system. Students got charged $5, after one free pass, if a staff member got a call and had to rescue them from trapping themselves in their own bathroom. Working i

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Text - Midnight_Poet 1.5k points · 9 hours ago The ten-bin bowling alley in Geelong* implemented a "Patrons must not play blindfolded" rule The manager claims it was for safety reasons... but I will always know in my heart it was solely because I beat him three games in a row wearing a blindfold.

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Text - cakeishsnake 1.5k points · 13 hours ago My father's hometown, Marion, Ohio, had a rule that you couldn't eat a donut while walking backwards. If I remember correctly, it had something to do with attracting police horses to lure them away from the police.

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Text - Aerosmith101 828 points · 11 hours ago In California "it is illegal to hunt deer with explosive arrowheads"

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Text - cats_n_things 599 points - 9 hours ago At my company's picnic outing: "Anyone who jumps in the lake will be fired."

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Text - ow-my-virginity 543 points · 12 hours ago Wish I had a picture but in EVERY restroom stall at my work there is a sign that says THREE COURTESY FLUSH Flush once to prepare for elimination Flush between "the go" and the paper Flush upon completion Wonder who put that together in their head and said "I have a solution.. hear me out guys"

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Text - jtrisn1 322 points · 11 hours ago I had an English teacher that had an ironclad rule about no one touching her classroom door except for her. Rumor is that some kids super glued her classroom door shut a few years ago. This led to some of my classmates rubbing themselves all over the door when she was absent for a day and when she went on maternity leave.

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