Yeh OK bit of an old thread. Mate of mine (not me again!) recently had grief from client for similar thing.
Anyone actually been properly bollacked/canned for excessive surfing though? In my experience, not many clients actually check things.
Years, as a permie, I did get into some grief. They'd just installed a new web filter so took it upon myself as a challenge to crack it (as did others). Managed to get around it but not as clever as I thought because IT must have noticed.
They weren't happy and also remotely scanned my laptop. Found a load of MP3 files which upset them even more.
As 'puinishment' I had the privilege (really thats what they said) of a laptop taken off me and replaced with a desktop. Really funny. I never moved the laptop off desk anywhere so didnt give a tulipe.
Anyway, IT scanned my web usage every day for weeks after and sent a report to my manager. IT manager woman was a right cow and seemed to be on a bit of personal vendetta against me.
My manager wasnt too bothered but I had to be careful for a while. Can imagine if they'd caught me doing porn or something at this point I'd have been out the door. In the end, they must have got bored and moved onto next victim. It was like that....
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Previously on "Oooops seems I have been a naughty boy...."
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Originally posted by SimonMac View PostJust had a bollocking from ClientCo's ISO for installing in approved software, granted it took them 6 months to realise and most of the stuff they didn't notice but still feel like a naughty school boy, ok maybe not as I couldn't stop laughing while getting told off.
Heaven forbid the look at my browsing history
I only ever install kit I need to do my job though, and my one surfing vice is CUK.
I hope you gave the protagonist some noogies.
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Originally posted by DirtyDog View PostErm.. don't hate to be a pedant, but "ClientCo" would be flagged as wrong, and "ok" should be OK or okay...
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Originally posted by northernladuk View PostErm.. hate to be a pedant but.... spell checker wouldn't have flagged anything in the post...
The Old Greg checker would have gone ballistic though.
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Erm.. hate to be a pedant but.... spell checker wouldn't have flagged anything in the post...
The Old Greg checker would have gone ballistic though.
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The irony is that I cannot believe Mr Mac would think the program would actually work on this clientco's network...
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Originally posted by stek View PostI did it to spoil it! Is that bad?
Originally posted by stek View PostNo, just trying to spoil it. I even mistakenly put four in to spoil it and had to edit it to stick the extra one in; even my initial attempt to be deliberately wrong was wrong and in fact, right until I righted the wrong (or wronged the right) to make the right wrong the wrong right....
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Originally posted by eek View PostI thought you were just following the Fibonacci pattern. In which case we can all laugh at Dactylion
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