Catatonic
Nine Lives
I'm with Bubblehead. If you break a "zero tolerance policy" and you still work here, then it is NOT a zero tolerance policy.
When you and bubblehead form your own company, then you can interpret and implement what your ideas of what Zero Tolerance means.
Until then, worrying about it is a means to create frustration and stress.
I've found that people who are always worrying about how others are treated or what they have are usually unhappy people.
I really don't care about definitions of Zero Tolerance or much of anything else at work.
I am not considered a good model by many there but I don't care.