8 Dec
2005
8 Dec
'05
10:19 p.m.
Fred Cisin declared on Friday 09 December 2005 00:27:
You've sure got THAT right!
One of my colleagues got into serious trouble for taking things out of
a dumpster.
Talking about stupid, one of the physical facilities employees here was
given a couple days off for attempting to steal.. LEAVES! Aparently, he
was loading some leaves fallen off tress on campus into the back of his
truck, some bean-counter saw him, and he almost got fired over the
incident.
A nice, sane, intelligent manager makes all the difference...
Pat
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> > I
watched skids of Sparc hardware go out at a company I worked
> > at around Y2K in a similar fashion. They had a 'contract' with
> > the scrapper, they said, and 'couldn't play favorites'. There
> > is a 'corporate culture' at some places where you're seen as a
> > lunatic for even suggesting you might have an interest in 'that
> > old stuff.'
On Fri, 9 Dec 2005, Patrick Finnegan wrote:
And
that's one of the reasons I work for a university.
Before Fred sees this, :) I want to add "with an enlightened boss
above me who isn't a pain in the behind". (And the same with his
manager.)