Why are US retail workers being denied chairs? (theguardian.com)

So they don't fall asleep and the place gets robbed.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bsxiz7DFHuI

Why? So the boss can look and/or feel like they're in control, and doing something.

It's the same reason that US tax payers still have to file their W2 taxes, even though the InternalRevenueService knows (within a few dollars) exactly what is due.

COMPLIANCE, Slave... because they CAN.

Madness. There is no hope for this kind of management myopia. They are too far gone.