Half Way Down the Stairs is a Stair Where I Sit
Had a babysitter when I was about 8 and my sister was 5. The rule was all day we had to sit on the stairs.
No couch, no kitchen table, nothing literally had to stay on the stairs the whole day (which was pretty uncomfortable even to my 8 year old body) and me and my sister were pretty well behaved so we did it without much question.
When my mom would come pick us up and started talking for what seemed like forever, of course, we would get to sit on the couch. only years later did I realize how weird that was. Story credit: Reddit / theGreatwasLate