Recently a 16-year old was arrested for a science experiment that went wrong.
The incident sparked a question raised on Reddit asking users to give examples of harsh or absurd rules from work and school, and thousands of responses poured in.
We've picked out our favorite ridiculous rules from the thread, including stringent beard regulations and one office policy requiring workers to wear safety goggles when using a stapler.
Outside sodas are banned from one office to preserve a vending machine monopoly.
"I can't bring in soda to share with other employees because there is a vending machine."
Source: Reddit
No water bottles for this worker. Only small cups of water that must be immediately thrown out.
"My place of employment only lets staff drink water from small cups, and you must drink the whole cup immediately, then dispose of the cup. You are not allowed to have water bottles on shift, no matter which part of the store you are working in. If you are on break (unpaid time) you cannot purchase a bottle of water, even if you drink all of it and dispose of the bottle before you come back on shift."
Source: Reddit
Every email must have a purpose like 'casual memo' or 'request for time off' at one office.
"We are incapable of sending emails from our work accounts without selecting what the email is for. To send it, we have to select from a drop-down menu things like 'casual memo' or 'request for time off...It's relatively new, so I think they're going to revert it, because everyone, especially lower management is going nuts over how absurd it is."
Source: Reddit
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