So so so so many at this one particular law firm:
Lateness was measured by you not being at your desk with you computer on and work out of the (locked, yes we had to put everything away, including pictures) at 9am
Each manager had to log every instance on the computer, my partner got a disciplinary, for coming in early (working for free!) and being away from his desk at 9am as he was delivering the post that had printed over night to the post room, despite his boss seeing that his computer was in fact on, and had seen him come in early most days.
2 people had to go to the safe, the safe key was kept in an unlocked cupboard behind reception, you could literally pick the safe up and walk out of the office with it if you wanted... and it only contained cheques, for nominal amounts, in the companies name.
No hot food at desks, I used to get toast and lock it in my locker until it was cold, one day a manager asked to feel my toast in case it was warm. Apparently hot food was smellier than cold food. A friend of mine started eating kippers and sardines for lunch.
If you smoked, you was allowed a break, 15 minutes for each break, 2 maximum. You where not allowed to do anything else on this break, including going to the onsite shop, as non smokers where not allowed any breaks. You could probably have about 4 cigarettes in the 15 minutes, so very rarely did you actually get the 15 minutes back, unless the weather was nice...
I could go on and on, everything was micromanaged, every task had a unit of time, you had to fill out on the system what you did each day and how many, then you would get a disciplinary if you didn't do it in the time they thought it should take. The work was basically answering correspondence and typing things into a system, so it was pot luck if you actually got your work done in time, as you never new what your where getting in your pile. Some really unlucky competent people got into lots of trouble, where some really lucky incompetent people had a pretty sweet job.
It was also tedious and soul destroying, someone started shitting in the bin in the toilets, and an email from facilities went out, I think it was in protest....