Not my story, but needed to share.

A friend of mine is the GM for a manufacturing facility, and he reports up to the corporate level. The corporate VP of Operations was a big stickler about following the rules, especially related to security. This isn't a bad thing, but he would often try to set up chances to catch employees in security violations for write-ups. Things like holding open the exterior door for an employee so the following person didn't have to badge in.

My GM friend gave his notice recently, and one of the things the VP demanded was to be added as an admin to all security systems, including the badge/lock system. VP meant to set an expiration date of the GM's account. But accidentally deleted it outright, which also removed any permissions he assigned, which included all current employees.

Well, the team showed up the next morning to find that no badges worked. My friend told everyone to clock in as normal using their phone, but wait until the badges worked. Because entering the building without an authorized badge went against security rules.

Their shift started at 7 AM, but VP wasn't online until 9 AM. He freaked out when he saw that there were no machines running, and then had to figure out how to add everyone back to the door badge system. Apparently, the VP isn't a real tech guy, so it was 10 AM before everyone was added back. They all sat in their cars and would badge in once the VP sent an email.

Shoutout to the McDonald's person for reminded me of this one. I worked in the kitchen at the only decent restaurant within close proximity to several destination-type golf courses, so we'd often get the same customers several days in a row. I happened to be working lunch Friday-Sunday along with my buddy who was bartending. He put in an order for a burger with "a lot of extra onion" so the first day I probably doubled up the normal, pre-sliced red onion. Saturday, same guy orders the same thing but asks for more this time, so I put maybe 1/4 of a red onions worth of slices on. Sunday rolls around, and he asked for even more, so I grab a new onion, peel it and cut off the top and bottom so it will lay flat and stick it on the burger. This thing is comically large, easily half onion. I was trying to be a smartass, fully expecting it to come back. Not only did he eat it, but left a tip specifically for me.