sad to report...

[Patrick Finnegan]

Fred Cisin declared on Friday 09 December 2005 00:27:
> > > > 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.)
>
> 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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