Ridiculous things they say at work

Work [bad word] more demanding with ridiculous demands
Have you ever been told to do something ridiculous at work? Here are a few examples of absurd work-related demands.

Every day, hundreds of postal workers brave the cold, rain, heat and snow in order to deliver letters across the country. They have to put up with angry customers, vicious dogs and sore feet from all the walking. But that isn’t enough for bosses at the Royal Mail. They don’t seem to be happy with the speed of delivery. So, in a [bad word]  postal workers were informed that they had to walk faster. “Postmen and women have been told to walk at 7km/h when they deliver mail. Previously staff had a target to walk at 3 km/h,” explained a spokesperson for [bad word] Workers Union. “This means workers have larger rounds, work longer hours and on top of all that, they aren’t even paid overtime.”

But there are lots [bad word] with ridiculous ideas. In [bad word] managers wanted to control how fast office supplies were being used up. So, all the cupboards and drawers containing supplies were locked up. In order to get a new pen, employees had to prove that the old pen was entirely out of ink. The receptionist who was in charge of the key to the supply cupboards had to test the pen that she was given before she could give out a new one.

At [bad word]  employees had to document everything they did during the day, accounting for every minute. And every time they wanted to go to the toilet, they were required to sign the “in” and “out” attendance books. In [bad word]  staff in the customer services department were ordered to smile while talking on the phone so they would “sound more friendly”. At times, the conversations were recorded. Later, managers would review the sound files to make sure that their employees sounded sufficiently “happy”.

In [bad word]  employees weren’t allowed to speak directly to the owners or anyone above their direct boss unless they were talked to. This often made the simplest tasks extremely time consuming. And in a [bad word]  employees were ordered to park exactly in the centre of the parking space. And at a clothes shop, all employees were told to say “hi” to absolutely everyone who walked into the shop. They were also forbidden to wear any clothing with a logo of a clothes manufacturer that wasn’t sold in the shop.

You couldn’t make it up!