I worked for a startup that made owning / bringing a laptop to the office a requirement of employment. We had one incredibly awkward incident in which we hired

I worked for a startup that made owning / bringing a laptop to the office a requirement of employment. We had one incredibly awkward incident in which we hired a kid without making this rule clear to him. He showed up for work on day one empty handed, was called into our founder's office, left ten minutes later and never came back. It was a bad idea with even worse implementation. Often times our founders wouldn't mention this requirement in the interview. "You got the jobs! Congrats! Oh, and by the way..." It was terrible and the company failed.