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

[John Wells]

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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