Boss Demands Employee Use Lint Roller Before Business Meeting, Asks If That Crossed A Line

It’s one thing to want to give your employees the leeway they need to perform their jobs well, but at some point, there just need to be universal standards and this recent AITA thread ponders the question of whether a boss asking an employee to dress appropriately is classic “bad bossing” or completely reasonable?

Supervisor and Redditor toebeansandrices experienced this issue recently when one of his employees had to come back into the office after a fairly relaxed WFH stint. Now they’re asking the “Am I the A**hole” (AITA) sub for answers, and for once the responses are pretty much in agreement.

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8. Most of the commenters agreed this manager wasn’t TA, and that mental health, while important, doesn’t always trump legitimate business needs:

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Read also: 22 Terrible Bosses Who Got Publicly Shamed For Being A**holes