Reddit rSlash Storytime maliciouscompliance where Demand for training time leads to no work getting done. IT guy needs to wear safety attire to do his job on a factory floor. Random VP is furious he wears that gear in his own office, and makes a company policy requiring him and him alone to wear a suit and tie at all times. Policy backfires because IT guy can no longer fix the ancient manufacturing computers, and production screeches to a halt; potentially costing the owner his entire business. I tried to win a one-day argument about feeding the dog by claiming it was my sister's day. In so doing, I accidentally inaugurated a system that stuck me with not only the day in question, but a bunch more extras as well. My family doggedly (pun intended) stuck to that system for years and overcame every objection by me with the, frankly correct, argument ...