Where Did all the Common Sense Go?
How many of you out there have used the Internet at the place where you work for un-business related activities? Come on, I know you have, everyone has at some point (if you have the Internet where you work), even myself. I have logged into my bank account and paid bills. I can admit that, but there is a definite line of what to do, and what not to do from a work machine. It's just common sense folks, but at some point it appears that common sense has taken a vacation. Let's make a list. They are always fun, I haven't done one in a while, and it appears that sleep isn't hanging out in my house tonight.
5 Simple escalating things on how to piss off an IT guy/girl as related to his/her network(and co-incidentally get your hands slapped), or even simpler, Shit not to do at work.
5) Surfing news/general information sites - This one barely even made it to the list, and level of pissing off the applicable IT worker is tentative at best, but some people take offense. Most of us do this over lunch anyways, and it has never bothered me too much, as long as folks aren't hanging out on it all day and downloading non-ending video streams thereby plugging up the network and getting it turned off for everyone. Moderation is the key to all things.
4) Shopping, e-commerce, and Ebay - This one can get a little out of control. You can always tell when someone is fighting for something on Ebay by the way the traffic suddenly spikes to their site. Again, moderation, no problem, obsessing over saving %5 off your new computer CPU/toy/book/whirligig you will never use, but looks cool, in an Ed Wood kind of way, is always gauche. As for the other e-commerce stuff, lets take banking in general, I've always thought is beneficial. Would I rather have someone miss hours of work because they have to wait in line at the bank, or take 5 minutes out and do whatever they have to do online? Seems pretty cut and dried to me.
3) Introducing foreign Laptop/Device to the network - Don't do this folks. At best it's just bad manners. How would you feel if you had guest come over to your house, tried you snacks, and
decided they didn't like them and pulled their own out to eat? At worst, you are creating a hazard to every machine/device on the work network. And don't think you can hide it, and if you think that you actually hid it, you didn't. We just let you get away with it because it wasn't doing anything obscenely bad. Most IT folks in the field can sniff out an non-work related machine like a jackal can smell which one of the antelope is the weakest, but it's our choice if we want to take it down or not. Remember that one...
2 and 1 were tied, so I arbitrarily picked the order, or not, well, they are close anyhow.
2) Porn and the derivatives thereof - Come on. Think. Can't wait 8 hours until you get home to take a peek at who is doing who (or what)? Trust me, I am a male bachelor living alone, and I can appreciate porn, but at work? That's like going over to grandma's house for cookies, whipping out a hustler to read whilst your eating Gingersnaps, and flogging the dog underneath the table while complimenting the doilies. WTF people? Not only do you look ridiculous sneaking a peak at some titties at your desk, but how idiotic would it be to get turfed from where you work because you couldn't wait to get home to look up the virtual skirt of the world? And the less said about the porn derivatives, the better. We're all happier that way.
1) Downloading pirated software/music/movies - Most people have been guilty of this at some point, mainly just to find that song that you got stuck in your head, and if it wasn't so prolific on the web it would be easy to stop, but because there are a million places to get it from it is increasingly difficult to strap down. That's not to say there aren't ways to do it. There are new ways coming out everyday to stop it, but I'm straying a little here. Firstly, it's illegal. Secondly, it eats up ton's of bandwidth to the Internet thereby slowing everything down, and Thirdly, It's Fsckin illegal. READ THAT AGAIN, it's ILLEGAL. That means slap on the wrist, fines, or possibly jail time, just because you couldn't wait to download it from home. And here is a little tidbit of info...no matter how well you and your IT folks get along, we are legally obligated to volunteer information about this if asked by people in power. If you don't get along with your IT folks, well, I guess they can just place a phone call then, can't they. Again, a little bit of foresight (not skin) goes a long way.
How Big Brother (the ideal, not the show) is that for ya kiddies? Looks like Orwell was right, and if I do say so myself, it's kind of fun being the faceless voice behind the monitors looking down at everyones activity. Wait a sec, if I'm doing the watching, who's watching me? It stands to reason that ...
And with that, the author wanders down a hallway muttering to himself about big brother, Orwell, Schrödinger's cat, and strange pale monks. Until we meet again, Hi Ho Silver, Away...
How many of you out there have used the Internet at the place where you work for un-business related activities? Come on, I know you have, everyone has at some point (if you have the Internet where you work), even myself. I have logged into my bank account and paid bills. I can admit that, but there is a definite line of what to do, and what not to do from a work machine. It's just common sense folks, but at some point it appears that common sense has taken a vacation. Let's make a list. They are always fun, I haven't done one in a while, and it appears that sleep isn't hanging out in my house tonight.5 Simple escalating things on how to piss off an IT guy/girl as related to his/her network(and co-incidentally get your hands slapped), or even simpler, Shit not to do at work.
5) Surfing news/general information sites - This one barely even made it to the list, and level of pissing off the applicable IT worker is tentative at best, but some people take offense. Most of us do this over lunch anyways, and it has never bothered me too much, as long as folks aren't hanging out on it all day and downloading non-ending video streams thereby plugging up the network and getting it turned off for everyone. Moderation is the key to all things.
4) Shopping, e-commerce, and Ebay - This one can get a little out of control. You can always tell when someone is fighting for something on Ebay by the way the traffic suddenly spikes to their site. Again, moderation, no problem, obsessing over saving %5 off your new computer CPU/toy/book/whirligig you will never use, but looks cool, in an Ed Wood kind of way, is always gauche. As for the other e-commerce stuff, lets take banking in general, I've always thought is beneficial. Would I rather have someone miss hours of work because they have to wait in line at the bank, or take 5 minutes out and do whatever they have to do online? Seems pretty cut and dried to me.
3) Introducing foreign Laptop/Device to the network - Don't do this folks. At best it's just bad manners. How would you feel if you had guest come over to your house, tried you snacks, and
decided they didn't like them and pulled their own out to eat? At worst, you are creating a hazard to every machine/device on the work network. And don't think you can hide it, and if you think that you actually hid it, you didn't. We just let you get away with it because it wasn't doing anything obscenely bad. Most IT folks in the field can sniff out an non-work related machine like a jackal can smell which one of the antelope is the weakest, but it's our choice if we want to take it down or not. Remember that one...2 and 1 were tied, so I arbitrarily picked the order, or not, well, they are close anyhow.
2) Porn and the derivatives thereof - Come on. Think. Can't wait 8 hours until you get home to take a peek at who is doing who (or what)? Trust me, I am a male bachelor living alone, and I can appreciate porn, but at work? That's like going over to grandma's house for cookies, whipping out a hustler to read whilst your eating Gingersnaps, and flogging the dog underneath the table while complimenting the doilies. WTF people? Not only do you look ridiculous sneaking a peak at some titties at your desk, but how idiotic would it be to get turfed from where you work because you couldn't wait to get home to look up the virtual skirt of the world? And the less said about the porn derivatives, the better. We're all happier that way.
1) Downloading pirated software/music/movies - Most people have been guilty of this at some point, mainly just to find that song that you got stuck in your head, and if it wasn't so prolific on the web it would be easy to stop, but because there are a million places to get it from it is increasingly difficult to strap down. That's not to say there aren't ways to do it. There are new ways coming out everyday to stop it, but I'm straying a little here. Firstly, it's illegal. Secondly, it eats up ton's of bandwidth to the Internet thereby slowing everything down, and Thirdly, It's Fsckin illegal. READ THAT AGAIN, it's ILLEGAL. That means slap on the wrist, fines, or possibly jail time, just because you couldn't wait to download it from home. And here is a little tidbit of info...no matter how well you and your IT folks get along, we are legally obligated to volunteer information about this if asked by people in power. If you don't get along with your IT folks, well, I guess they can just place a phone call then, can't they. Again, a little bit of foresight (not skin) goes a long way.
How Big Brother (the ideal, not the show) is that for ya kiddies? Looks like Orwell was right, and if I do say so myself, it's kind of fun being the faceless voice behind the monitors looking down at everyones activity. Wait a sec, if I'm doing the watching, who's watching me? It stands to reason that ...And with that, the author wanders down a hallway muttering to himself about big brother, Orwell, Schrödinger's cat, and strange pale monks. Until we meet again, Hi Ho Silver, Away...
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