Over on the City that Breeds, they've posted a purloined copy of what purportedly is a new employee policy manual from the Kali Group (Kali's Court, Mezze, Meli, Tapas Adela)
About the rules, the blogger says, "For those of you in the service industry, you might enjoy the conversion of your position as server to that of servant, or similarly a prison guard from the way some of these rules are laid out."
Except that the rules don't really seem at all harsh to me (nor do they to the blog readers that have responded so far.)
Among the rules the blogger finds most draconian:
► No employees are to have a cell phone on their person during service. Any employee found to be using said device during service will be disciplined as follows: First time: Warning. Second time: Dismissal.
► Employees are not allowed to smoke during their shift. Smoking is allowed before and after service only. There are no exceptions or changes to this policy and it extends to management as well.
The silliest rules, the post thinks, have to do with personal hygiene. Most people who work in customer service are used to these rules. In list form they might seem funny. There are different rule for male and female employees -- these are for women.
* Make-up needs to be kept minimal. No colored eye shadow. No lipstick. No excessive blush.
* Earrings are not to be larger than the size of a quarter.
* No facial piercings will be allowed. If you have facial piercings, you will be allowed to wear clear inserts.
* One bracelet and one conservative watch are allowed to be worn.
* One conservative necklace is allowed to be worn.
* No perfume/cologne is allowed.
* Only clear nail polish is allowed to be worn.
There's more at the link.
What do you think? And which rule was so intolerable to an employee that he or she decided to leak the manual?