Change Brought About By The Sweat Of My … Back!
I had a rule rescinded because of me once. Working in Seoul in the summer, it’s really hot and humid, so we would walk to work in shorts and a T-shirt and then change into a shirt and tie once we were inside with air conditioning and comfort. My boss was this conservative old Korean guy.
He was a nice guy, but had a weird list of arbitrary rules. He’d suddenly change them from time to time for no good reason. So one day he decreed that nobody is allowed to change at work, even before customers arrived. We had to walk in the door in a shirt and tie.
The next day I found the grayest shirt I owned, slapped on a backpack, and walked to work in near 40 degree celsius with 90% humidity.
I sat down in the office, pulled off my backpack, and my boss saw how sweaty my back was. Within 15 minutes, there was a new rule; “You may change at work, as long as it’s before customers arrive”. Story credit: Reddit / Uberscheisse