To be honest, every workplace has a few questionable policies that ruin all the fun. But some companies truly take the cake with the most absurd rules you could ever think of. From strange food bans to bizarre dress codes, employees from all over the world have taken to the internet to share their ridiculous work rules. Some are positively hilarious, while others are absolutely outrageous, but they’re all bound to leave you scratching your head. We’ve gathered 43 stories proving that sometimes the most annoying part about work isn’t the job itself, but enduring the crazy rules that go with it.
I used to work in an office with three women and fifteen men. One day the three of us girls went to lunch together and when we came back, we were berated and told the girls were no longer allowed to

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