The Office of Unreasonable Rules

I have a modest proposal.  Every large bureaucratic organization – schools, corporations, charities, and of course every level of government – should create an Office of Unreasonable Rules.  The sole power of this Office is to hear complaints about unreasonable rules elsewhere in their organizations.  Should they determine that a rule is unreasonable, they (a) Grant the complainant an exception, and (b) Tell whoever made the rule to make the rule more reasonable.

For example, at a certain univer...