Having been in the workforce for longer than I care to remember I have a collection of memories of ridiculous management decisions and actions, non of which surpass this.
Can you do better?
I came into work one day at Oversize Transport in Perth to be met by the trip co-ordinator, himself a complete and utter wally, busting at the seams to relate the latest in a series of gormless events.
He showed me the management meeting room table, upon which lay a number of towels. The previous evening at a celebratory meeting for the purchase of a low loader the business owner,(Jehovahs witness and long since gone, from the business, surprise surprise), made the statement that Jesus had washed the feet of his disciples in order to demonstrate his humility. She then produced the towels, asked them to remove their shoes and proceeded to wash the attendees feet.
What can you say?
Gobsmacked!
I had a manager last year that gave 20 of us a mirror with a mustache glued onto it wrapped in brown paper.
We had this informal get together with some drinks in some dumb bar after work. We were summoned upstairs for a meeting where we unwrapped our presents and then he proceeded to tell us we should look at ourselves differently.
fricken tool.