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Heroic IT Dept Less Likely to Steal... Lunches?
An anonymous reader writes "According to an article in the Houston Chronicle concerning lunch theft, people from IT are least likely to steal lunches because they are a "hero department." The most likely? Accounting and Customer-Support... "
I believe it was bagels rather than muffins. One of the interesting things was whether the higher-ups steal because they're high up or whether the higher-ups became high-up because they steal. It was also found that people in all departments are more likely to steal around holidays than other times of the year.
To avoid any possible liability issues and the trouble of having to cook up ex-lax brownies, you could've just run to the store and picked up the hottest peppers you could find and soak just about everything in Jalapeños. That gets the message across immediately, and makes the culprit much easier to identify. If he complains, just say you like really spicy food.
Not that I've ever tried that or anything...
When I worked retail customers often purposefully pissed on toilet seats, or worse spread crap on the walls... Why someone would want to I never could understand... We were one of the nicest stores within a good 50 miles with some of the best customer service... Why (literally) piss on us...?
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Reread his post before you start to flame. He said in his first example, his boss screwed him, so a number of his coworkers and himself screwed back. that's understandable, trollish or childish as it is. In his SECOND example, he says that although it would be too easy to take this stuff that lies behind his desk, He "Didnt even fondle the packaging". Meaning while he's aware the possibility exists, he would not consider doing it to his current boss. I don't have a problem with users flaming, but get your facts straight first, please.
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Most IT people hold and are held to an ethical standard that doesn't exist in say, sales. We have access to salary data simply because we can talk straight to the HR database. We know that Suzie is pregnant because we saw the email when we were looking at the damage done by the virus she double clicked on. We know that Bobby is surfing porn during his lunch hour. Mostly we don't care.
Oh, and if you are one of the sales guys who's been eating my lunch, well...I've only got one word for you. WOOF!
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QueenB
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