It's certainly more likely to make them slow down in the future than someone alerting them and them having no negative consequences whatsoever. Even a $99 lawyer fee is some incentive to not have to deal with it again.
While not debating whether or not speeding is a safety issue - If they want people to slow down, then I would think that having them temporarily slowed down because someone flashed them is not nearly as effective as making them pay a fine when they're caught.
I've been doing 8/80 for a while now, and I love it! I do 10 hour days MTRF, and I have my "week-mid" on Wednesday - it's amazing how much you can do on a Wed when everyone else is at work.
My manager and co-workers tend to respect my day off, with the occasional call, or need to switch my day off to another day. (Sometimes, if there is a holiday during the week, I'll switch my day off to coincide, so I get 4-day weekends). I would think how much you'd get bugged when your off would depend on how much your manager/co-workers respect your personal time in general
Some benefits to this kind of schedule:
- Your longer hours mean you're there when other people are not, so fewer distractions, more productivity
- If parking is bad where you work, and your new schedule means getting there earlier, you may not have as much of a problem
I was very impressed with my wedding photographer as far as this is concerned (and in general). For the price I paid, which was reasonable to start with, I got two photographers (his son also does it), and of course I paid for the prints and the album and whatnot, 'cause that's part of it. However, he also gave me all the original digitals from the digital he used that day, plus the negatives from the film camera he used, and the original proofs from the digital development of the film.
Didn't actually experience this myself, but I heard about it from an old friend that I met at our school's helpdesk when we were catching up a few years later..
A woman calls with some problem she's having with Word.
"OK, here's what I'd like you to do. While you're in Word, right click and tell me what happens."
[Silence]
"Nothing happened."
"OK, that's weird. Try it again.
[Longer Silence]
"OK, I did it two more times and nothing happened. I really need to get this document done."
"OK, I'm not sure what's wrong, I'll come up and see what I can do."
He gets the information about what building she's in and such, and goes over to find her desk to see what's wrong. He finds the woman and sits down at the computer. One of the first things he notices when he sits down is a pad next to the keyboard. It reads:
Click Click Click
And let me tell you, after dealing with the same kind of people there, I didn't doubt it for a second. I think she was an older woman, probably an administrative assistant or something, just trying to get something typed out for her boss. I'm not even sure what my friend did when he realized what happened, but whatever he did, I don't blame him.
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It's certainly more likely to make them slow down in the future than someone alerting them and them having no negative consequences whatsoever. Even a $99 lawyer fee is some incentive to not have to deal with it again.
While not debating whether or not speeding is a safety issue - If they want people to slow down, then I would think that having them temporarily slowed down because someone flashed them is not nearly as effective as making them pay a fine when they're caught.
From "The Rock", actually... still Connery though.
I've been doing 8/80 for a while now, and I love it! I do 10 hour days MTRF, and I have my "week-mid" on Wednesday - it's amazing how much you can do on a Wed when everyone else is at work. My manager and co-workers tend to respect my day off, with the occasional call, or need to switch my day off to another day. (Sometimes, if there is a holiday during the week, I'll switch my day off to coincide, so I get 4-day weekends). I would think how much you'd get bugged when your off would depend on how much your manager/co-workers respect your personal time in general
Some benefits to this kind of schedule:
- Your longer hours mean you're there when other people are not, so fewer distractions, more productivity
- If parking is bad where you work, and your new schedule means getting there earlier, you may not have as much of a problem
I was very impressed with my wedding photographer as far as this is concerned (and in general). For the price I paid, which was reasonable to start with, I got two photographers (his son also does it), and of course I paid for the prints and the album and whatnot, 'cause that's part of it. However, he also gave me all the original digitals from the digital he used that day, plus the negatives from the film camera he used, and the original proofs from the digital development of the film.
Didn't actually experience this myself, but I heard about it from an old friend that I met at our school's helpdesk when we were catching up a few years later..
A woman calls with some problem she's having with Word.
"OK, here's what I'd like you to do. While you're in Word, right click and tell me what happens."
[Silence]
"Nothing happened."
"OK, that's weird. Try it again.
[Longer Silence]
"OK, I did it two more times and nothing happened. I really need to get this document done."
"OK, I'm not sure what's wrong, I'll come up and see what I can do."
He gets the information about what building she's in and such, and goes over to find her desk to see what's wrong. He finds the woman and sits down at the computer. One of the first things he notices when he sits down is a pad next to the keyboard. It reads:
Click
Click
Click
And let me tell you, after dealing with the same kind of people there, I didn't doubt it for a second. I think she was an older woman, probably an administrative assistant or something, just trying to get something typed out for her boss. I'm not even sure what my friend did when he realized what happened, but whatever he did, I don't blame him.