[ale] a good Fri afternoon OT post...

[Randolph C. Karrh]

So what! Where is this pile of trash?

On Fri, 12 Jul 2002 20:57:28 +0000
tslane at attbi.com wrote:

> yea, but...
> 
> as I said, what if YOU'RE the one who decides what goes 
> in your employer's IT "trash"?
> 
> like I said, I don't feel particularly guilty about my 
> collection of corporate hand-me-downs but was just 
> wondering in the general sense...
> > Screw ethics.  One man's trash is another man's treasure. ;-)
> > 
> > 
> > > I just finished removing about a mile of velcro tape to
> > > take home from several dozen server boxes coworkers had
> > > finally put in the trash pile when I wondered:
> > >
> > > at what point does "giving old hardware a good home"
> > > become pilfering and possible criminal?
> > >
> > > I remember having to take this stupid career
> > > planning/ethics class in HS where they said you should
> > > never take so much as a paperclip home from the office
> > > (nor user the copier, etc.).  without pointing out that
> > > my employeer has no problem with me using my personal
> > > cell phone, PC, cable modem, etc. for them w/o
> > > reimbursement (whoops, I guess I just did:) I doubt
> > > there's anyone on this board who's NEVER got an old HD,
> > > monitor, etc. from work and was just wondering about
> > > the ethics of it especially since we frequently
> > > influence deciding what goes to the junk pile.  not
> > > that I'm feeling particularly GUILTY, mind you, just
> > > curious what other's thoughts were on this subject,
> > > particularly:
> > >
> > > 1.  what's the MOST valueable item you ever got from
> > > work?  I work w/a guy who took home an HP9000 which we
> > > honestly were going to sell for salvage but we're also
> > > the ones who says what's obsolete & needs upgrading
> > >
> > > 2.  have you or anyone you've ever worked with gotten
> > > in trouble for taking something home?
> > >
> > > 3.  just in a broad sense what are your thoughts on
> > > this topic?
> > >
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