Rules carry a massive significance. Rules are put in place for many reasons like setting up some boundaries to operate within, ensuring the safety of the public, avoiding misuse of the law, maintaining order, and generally for people to know what to do and how to do it. However, because rules are robust, there is no way around them it often puts you in a situation that you may feel is inhumane or obstructs you from working in the most efficient way, in such cases breaking the rule or considering them non-existent might not hurt.
Unfortunately, there aren’t many people out there who understand this phenomenon and only operate by the rules right to the last dot. They feel like bending the rules or working around them is like breaking god’s trust and failing at life. No matter what the consequences may be, they will always follow the book.
Today we have a story for you by Reddit user sawser who shared his experience he had with his manager and could’ve saved time for everyone had they turned a blind eye to a simple rule. Working by the book ended up creating a lot of mess for the manager which she had to deal with all by herself.
Scroll down below to read the story!
1. OP had been working at a university IT department for quite some time.
This is absolutely brilliant. We don’t know what happens next but I am sure after hearing these words from OP, the famous meme “It was at this moment she knew she f*cked up” just played in her head on repeat.
Let’s see how Karen deals with this situation now. Scroll down to continue!
13. The policy is to follow the policy..as the “wise Karen said”
26. OP was going to fix the laptop there and then so there wasn’t really a need for him to wear a name badge. Again, policies shouldn’t be so robust, they should be mended as per the situation.
