Appreciation post: the janitor at my old office in Cleveland showed me the real tardy hack
I used to get written up for being late at my office job in Cleveland just because I hit snooze twice. I noticed the janitor, Marcus, always clocked in at 7:58 even though his shift started at 8, and he never got in trouble. He told me the rule book only counts the time you walk through the badge door, not the parking lot, so I started parking in the back lot and walking in through the loading dock at 7:59. My boss checked the door log instead of the lot camera, and I went 4 months without a single write up. It felt sneaky but honestly saved my job, and I still wonder if HR ever caught on.