Are Rules Designed For Safety or To Piss You Off?

Some people plan things for weeks and some people plan things for years. Whether you are planning a wedding for 36 weeks or whether you are trying to forecast the future for a Fortune 500 company, it is never a pleasant experience when you know you have covered all of your angles and someone comes from left field to inform you that a person in Compliance created a new rule last week that you now need to follow. It is even less pleasant when the rule that Compliance created does not prevent or detect anything. It is just a rule for the sake of creating more job security for Compliance......WHAT?

The world has had people in Compliance as long as people could read and write. There is some actual value that can and has come from Compliance. Let's face it, no one really wants to have their shoes made by a five year-old and miners in the northeast should not need to risk their lives when they clock in at 5:00AM. However, when Compliance creates a rule that you need to pass paperwork from your left hand to your right hand they are just trying to create job security. Sad part is that rules cannot be created all on their own, Vice Presidents and Presidents need to approve these rules. Just think about that the next time you are following a specific rule at the park, at work, or in the classroom. These dumbasses do not have anything better to do than create rules that perpetuate the need for more rules! When the hell did this become a money making scheme? Let us ask Sarbanes and Oxley!

Ok, enough about Worldcom, Auther Anderson, and Enron...Let's be honest about a few things...People smoke cigarettes even though the can be harmful, people drive 45 mph in school zones, and YES, a government flunky sitting in nuclear rocket bunker in Kansas can actually hit the BIG RED button to fire off the nukes even though he did not read the manual! Why can't we just be capitalists, have fun, and make a little money while drinking cold Corona on the beach? Some structure is a good thing, but when the rules serve the purpose of creating overhead and expenses we should all see the writing on the wall. You people in Compliance should get out and drink more! You're pissing me off!