When Ridiculous Rules Backfire: 20 Hilarious Moments of Unexpected Revenge

I worked at Starbucks for like 5+ years before and during undergrad and at one point our district manager thought it was a good idea to implement a “just say yes” policy, where we literally weren’t allowed to tell the customer no. Lasted for about 3 months and in that three months our unaccounted product and waste went up over 300% because when the POS didn’t have a way to punch in a customer request we had to just do it anyways. We also got complaints from stores in surrounding districts because they had angry customers who were requesting things that were against local food service code, and told them that we did it for them at our store. I knew exactly how that policy was going to play out and I just laughed every time management was freaking out about the problems it was causing.

yunglilbigslimhomie , TR Report

At school, no going to bathroom during lunch…I think you can imagine how many teachers got mad about students always needing to go to the bathroom during class…

Btw the reason they made the rule was because someone stole a stall door during lunch so they thought that the students couldn’t be trusted. Idk how making them go in class could have possibly gone any better though

LEGEND7140 , Sung Jin Cho Report

No more swipe cards to get in the building. From now on, it’s going to be fingerprint sensors. That was 2 weeks before COVID-19 happenned

ghostFromTheBog , u_h0yvbj97 Report

Not really a “rule,” but a change in policy. I used to work for a major beer distributor as a delivery driver. They decided to start using less glue in the packaging to save money. We’re talking a few cents per package. As a result, breakage during distribution increased drastically causing them to eat a lot more damaged product. It caused such a large loss in profit that they quickly changed course.

AnthropomorphicMango , BENCE BOROS Report

To make moving between classes more efficient, they had designated up and down stairways. But they didn’t take into account that the stairs were located at the ends of the very long corridors , which meant it was impossible to get to your next class on time. Because of this, no one bothered trying to get to class on time and just blamed the stairway rule.

hmfiddlesworth , Feliphe Schiarolli Report

No more back packs or bags. Teachers were mad when you didn’t have any supplies. What were we supposed to do stuff it all in our shirts or pants? Also as a girl yikes…they did not think that one through I can remember getting in trouble for carrying my purse when the rule initially took place, they eventually lightened it so we could carry small bags.

Patient_Z_ , Mometrix Test Prep Report