Micromanaging puts employees in absurd situations.

A boss who is overly concerned about the behavior of those who work for them often ends up producing results that are more ridiculous than they are a show of productivity. Some are neurotic, and others just enjoy the power trip, but either way, they generally get to a point where they are making up rules that don’t really make any kind of sense. Employees often have no choice but to comply, even though it can be frustrating.

One upside of dealing with a manager like this is that occasionally, their demands become so absurd that they are kind of funny. At the very least, they prove to be a good story to tell when that boss or that job has become a thing of the past. Sometimes we need some perspective to fully appreciate how dumb some workplace events really are. Other times, we are completely aware of it at the time, but we have to hold our tongue in order to keep ourselves employed. Everyone in the workplace has a rationale for how they act, but that does not mean that it makes a lot of sense to everyone else.