Rules Are There to Be Followed Without Rules Nothing Gets Done
"RULES ARE THERE TO BE FOLLOWED. WITHOUT RULES NOTHING GETS DONE."
It seems that in today 's world rules are everywhere. For instance, type a quick search for "rules" into the Google search engine and you will return over 604 million web pages that mention rules. One can find sites which outline rules on correct Internet usage to rules on ordering Mail Order Brides! Undoubtedly rules are quite important in the everyday running of our lives and yes, rules are there to be followed, but in my opinion to say, that without rules nothing gets done is akin to saying that without cutlery no one would eat. Along the same line as rules, cutlery has evolved from being quite rudimentary and has been transmogrified into an over elaborate, almost unnecessary feature at some of the more upper crust dinner parties and at the more elegant restaurants and diners where up to 14 pieces of cutlery are commonplace. This is quite similar to the whole concept of rules which have grown increasingly more complicated with the rise of big business over the last few centuries. Management is growing increasingly more worried about following correct protocol and ensuring that they follow the rules to the point of absurdity. Upon researching for this project I found many amusing anecdotes detailing the complete lunacy, with which rules are followed in various different organisations. One such example came from the Taco Bell Fast Food Chain in America. The Director of Communications was asked to prepare a memo reviewing the company 's training programs and materials. In the body of the memo one of the sentences he mentioned the "pedagogical approach" used by one of the training manuals. The following day he was told that the executive vice president wanted him out of the building by lunch. When he questioned this decision he was told that she wouldn 't stand for "perverts" working in her company. He was shown her copy of the memo, with her demand that he be fired, and the word "pedagogical"
It seems that in today 's world rules are everywhere. For instance, type a quick search for "rules" into the Google search engine and you will return over 604 million web pages that mention rules. One can find sites which outline rules on correct Internet usage to rules on ordering Mail Order Brides! Undoubtedly rules are quite important in the everyday running of our lives and yes, rules are there to be followed, but in my opinion to say, that without rules nothing gets done is akin to saying that without cutlery no one would eat. Along the same line as rules, cutlery has evolved from being quite rudimentary and has been transmogrified into an over elaborate, almost unnecessary feature at some of the more upper crust dinner parties and at the more elegant restaurants and diners where up to 14 pieces of cutlery are commonplace. This is quite similar to the whole concept of rules which have grown increasingly more complicated with the rise of big business over the last few centuries. Management is growing increasingly more worried about following correct protocol and ensuring that they follow the rules to the point of absurdity. Upon researching for this project I found many amusing anecdotes detailing the complete lunacy, with which rules are followed in various different organisations. One such example came from the Taco Bell Fast Food Chain in America. The Director of Communications was asked to prepare a memo reviewing the company 's training programs and materials. In the body of the memo one of the sentences he mentioned the "pedagogical approach" used by one of the training manuals. The following day he was told that the executive vice president wanted him out of the building by lunch. When he questioned this decision he was told that she wouldn 't stand for "perverts" working in her company. He was shown her copy of the memo, with her demand that he be fired, and the word "pedagogical"
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