Rule Breaker

You know when you have those meetings at work where a rule is made, the boss then sets the rule, then enforces the rule by reprimanding quite publicly that the rule is getting broken when they catch someone? Oh, but then…as time goes by that rule relaxes…enough so that the boss can see people breaking that rule once and a while as they walk by and don’t comment, then enough so that the boss breaks the rule themselves several times. Six months after the rule is set and enforced, the only one that is NOT breaking the rule is the one that was publicly ridiculed in the very beginning. And disgust forms deeper and deeper as that person watches co-workers and the boss breaking that said rule. *Shake my head* No one wanted the rule in the first place, so no one is going to say anything against it. They just waited their due time to slowly break it again. When the higher ups realize things have gone backwards in so short of time, they send out another memo. This memo causes another meeting, this meeting sets the rule in force again, and more people are ridiculed for breaking said rule. *Smile* Eventually everyone will have their embarrassing public reprimand "I got caught" moment (except the boss of course) and no one (but the boss of course) will break the rule again. It will take a couple years, but lets just assume corporate knows this. *Smile*.