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

[tslane at attbi.com]

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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