Posting on Reddit’s popular r/antiwork forum, Redditor u/littlemiss_no (otherwise referred to as the original poster, or OP) said she has become increasingly disengaged since returning to the office and explained how her employer’s policy on workplace snacks pushed her to seek employment elsewhere.

Titled, “I just quit my job of 3 years over a sandwich,” the post has received more than 17,000 upvotes and 900 comments in the last ten hours.

Beginning with the disclaimer that her employer’s management style is “diabolical,” the original poster said a company-wide mandate called staff members back into the office, despite working just as efficiently from home.

The original poster also said that while employees at her company are allowed to eat snacks at their desks, meals are strictly “forbidden,” and are sure to attract unwanted attention from management.

“I’m over worked, under paid, stressed and hungry,” OP wrote. “I reach into my bag to retrieve half a BLT sandwich…I take a bite when suddenly my manager meets my eye as she happens to walk by.”

Noting her manager’s “horrified expression,” the original poster said she was immediately chastised for eating the sandwich at her desk, and sternly reminded of her employer’s meal policy.

The problem with company policies, however, is that they only work for those who intend to follow them.

“[My manager] demands I get up from my desk and starts lording over me like I’m a child in detention,” OP wrote. “She’s acting like the arbitrary difference between a sausage roll and half a BLT is the be all and end all of office life and her despotic rules.”

“So I quit,” OP continued. “I told her I didn’t want to work for her anymore because it’s making me miserable…and I’m so proud of myself.”

When COVID-19 pushed employees across the world into their homes in early 2020, the traditional image of work was transformed forever.

Earlier this year, data collected by Pew Research Center showed that in the U.S., nearly 60 percent of employees capable of completing their work at home were doing just that, and another 61 percent continued to work from home on their own volition.

As COVID restrictions have loosened, however, the push for employees to file back into cubicles and conference rooms has strengthened considerably.

Along with recent reports that the youngest members of the workforce—newly graduated Gen Zers—have complained of isolation and a lack of connection while working from home, seasoned employees have championed alternative work movements, citing greater sovereignty and fewer economic obstacles as prime reasons not to return to jam packed office buildings.

But many employers have ignored those justifications, forcing employees to return while stripping work-from-home freedoms and alienating many staff members in the process.

Throughout the comment section of the viral Reddit post, Redditors responding to the original poster were empathetic and called out employers insistent on controlling every aspect of employees’ lives when they are on the clock.

“[She] doesn’t want people to eat their desks and wants them to eat in a break room [but] overloads them with work, so they can’t take a break,” Redditor u/elamb127 wrote in the post’s top comment, which has received nearly 7,000 upvotes.

“Genius,” they added, with more than a hint of sarcasm.

Redditor u/Sptsjunkie, whose comment has received nearly 2,000 upvotes, offered a similar response.

“[Management] treats full grown adults like children for no reason,” they asserted. “I am…a grown up and competent human being. Treating me like a child is unacceptable and says a lot about the manager and how they view their staff.”

“I can see no reason on earth to allow snacks at a workstation but not meals,” Redditor u/PhotonBath chimed in, receiving more than 1,000 votes. “That is purely about the manager’s ego and control fetish.”

Newsweek reached out to u/littlemiss_no for comment.