So how much stuff have you looted from your office for your extended work from home
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My boss said we could take whatever we needed to work effectively from home. In addition to my laptop, I took the nicer of my two monitors (the other one is no better than my home spare so I just left it). I thought I had a decent amount of loot, and really have about all I can make use of, but found out this morning that several of my coworkers loaded desks and wheelie chairs into their trucks last week. :omg:
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, weighing all things in the balance of reason? Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful? --Zachris Topelius Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies. -- Sarah Hoyt
I always have a spare mouse in the bagpack because I am the one going to the machines, and new versions of my mainly used software rely a lot in the mouse (before I could do 95% of my job only using keyboard, today is impossible) I just borrowed a keyboard today because my spare one wa a present to my mother in law when she bought a lappie, and I am going to work 75% at home next weeks. Once done and back in the company in daily basis, it will go back to the office. Nothing else. Actually the other way around, I am using my own monitor and, as I am going to renew my equipment in near future (pc, 2x new monitors or maybe 3x...), I am planing to buy an used docking station to make my life more comfortable if I work at home in the future. But I have seen people taking monitors and other big devices from the office.
M.D.V. ;) If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about? Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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My boss said we could take whatever we needed to work effectively from home. In addition to my laptop, I took the nicer of my two monitors (the other one is no better than my home spare so I just left it). I thought I had a decent amount of loot, and really have about all I can make use of, but found out this morning that several of my coworkers loaded desks and wheelie chairs into their trucks last week. :omg:
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, weighing all things in the balance of reason? Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful? --Zachris Topelius Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies. -- Sarah Hoyt
Dan Neely wrote:
My boss said we could take whatever we needed to work effectively from home.
Ours too. I only took my salt lamp light and my headset. At home, I have an equivalent setup already, so nothing else was needed. And I already had my personal laptop set up with all the codez and viri protectors and VPN and local sandbox DB's, so most of the time I'm not even connected to the VPN.
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My boss said we could take whatever we needed to work effectively from home. In addition to my laptop, I took the nicer of my two monitors (the other one is no better than my home spare so I just left it). I thought I had a decent amount of loot, and really have about all I can make use of, but found out this morning that several of my coworkers loaded desks and wheelie chairs into their trucks last week. :omg:
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, weighing all things in the balance of reason? Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful? --Zachris Topelius Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies. -- Sarah Hoyt
Dan Neely wrote:
My boss said we could take whatever we needed to work effectively from home
That sounds a lot like "When I was arrested, I was told that anything I said would be held against me. I tried to say 'Raquel Welch', but it didn't work". (Sorry, I don't remember who made that joke. I am sure someone can fill me in on it.)
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My boss said we could take whatever we needed to work effectively from home. In addition to my laptop, I took the nicer of my two monitors (the other one is no better than my home spare so I just left it). I thought I had a decent amount of loot, and really have about all I can make use of, but found out this morning that several of my coworkers loaded desks and wheelie chairs into their trucks last week. :omg:
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, weighing all things in the balance of reason? Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful? --Zachris Topelius Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies. -- Sarah Hoyt
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My boss said we could take whatever we needed to work effectively from home. In addition to my laptop, I took the nicer of my two monitors (the other one is no better than my home spare so I just left it). I thought I had a decent amount of loot, and really have about all I can make use of, but found out this morning that several of my coworkers loaded desks and wheelie chairs into their trucks last week. :omg:
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, weighing all things in the balance of reason? Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful? --Zachris Topelius Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies. -- Sarah Hoyt
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My boss said we could take whatever we needed to work effectively from home. In addition to my laptop, I took the nicer of my two monitors (the other one is no better than my home spare so I just left it). I thought I had a decent amount of loot, and really have about all I can make use of, but found out this morning that several of my coworkers loaded desks and wheelie chairs into their trucks last week. :omg:
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, weighing all things in the balance of reason? Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful? --Zachris Topelius Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies. -- Sarah Hoyt
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I took 2 23" widescreen monitors and a docking station. I also took the keyboard which is already my own personal keyboard. The funny thing is that when I grabbed my stuff and was loading it in my truck I was expecting the police to stop by. Mainly because the station is quite literally across the street from the office and it was dark out and there were no other cars in the parking lot. From a passer-by's perspective that definitely would look suspicious. :-D
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Thinking about it - now would probably be the best opportunity for thieves to steal office equipment in the bright of day :cool:
GOTOs are a bit like wire coat hangers: they tend to breed in the darkness, such that where there once were few, eventually there are many, and the program's architecture collapses beneath them. (Fran Poretto)
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My boss said we could take whatever we needed to work effectively from home. In addition to my laptop, I took the nicer of my two monitors (the other one is no better than my home spare so I just left it). I thought I had a decent amount of loot, and really have about all I can make use of, but found out this morning that several of my coworkers loaded desks and wheelie chairs into their trucks last week. :omg:
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, weighing all things in the balance of reason? Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful? --Zachris Topelius Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies. -- Sarah Hoyt
I looted that ass hat boss of mine like there's no tomorrow (because that could actually be true). I took his laptop, screens, docking station, even his apples! That bastard will have nothing left, but I don't care. Let him crawl and suffer and beg for his stuff. Also, I'm self employed :)
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My boss said we could take whatever we needed to work effectively from home. In addition to my laptop, I took the nicer of my two monitors (the other one is no better than my home spare so I just left it). I thought I had a decent amount of loot, and really have about all I can make use of, but found out this morning that several of my coworkers loaded desks and wheelie chairs into their trucks last week. :omg:
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, weighing all things in the balance of reason? Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful? --Zachris Topelius Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies. -- Sarah Hoyt
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My boss said we could take whatever we needed to work effectively from home. In addition to my laptop, I took the nicer of my two monitors (the other one is no better than my home spare so I just left it). I thought I had a decent amount of loot, and really have about all I can make use of, but found out this morning that several of my coworkers loaded desks and wheelie chairs into their trucks last week. :omg:
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, weighing all things in the balance of reason? Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful? --Zachris Topelius Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies. -- Sarah Hoyt
Wow. That's quite a bit of stuff. I brought home a couple GB of data and an application or two, all fitting nicely on my thumb drive. I also brought home a USB device about the size of a thumb drive that we developed in-house. I needed it for some debugging that doesn't work over the network.
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Dan Neely wrote:
My boss said we could take whatever we needed to work effectively from home
That sounds a lot like "When I was arrested, I was told that anything I said would be held against me. I tried to say 'Raquel Welch', but it didn't work". (Sorry, I don't remember who made that joke. I am sure someone can fill me in on it.)
You're dating yourself there, 7989122. Raquel's a beautiful lady, even today.
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Nothing at all. Either I'm far too honest for my own good, or ... I already own all of it. Ah, yes. It's the second one. :-O
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Me too!:thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup: And my wife wants me to throw half of it away! :(( :(( :((
I just don't know anymore. I just don't.
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My boss said we could take whatever we needed to work effectively from home. In addition to my laptop, I took the nicer of my two monitors (the other one is no better than my home spare so I just left it). I thought I had a decent amount of loot, and really have about all I can make use of, but found out this morning that several of my coworkers loaded desks and wheelie chairs into their trucks last week. :omg:
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, weighing all things in the balance of reason? Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful? --Zachris Topelius Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies. -- Sarah Hoyt
A chair, two monitors, all the red bulls, spread cheese, sliced cheese and salami
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My boss said we could take whatever we needed to work effectively from home. In addition to my laptop, I took the nicer of my two monitors (the other one is no better than my home spare so I just left it). I thought I had a decent amount of loot, and really have about all I can make use of, but found out this morning that several of my coworkers loaded desks and wheelie chairs into their trucks last week. :omg:
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, weighing all things in the balance of reason? Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful? --Zachris Topelius Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies. -- Sarah Hoyt
We're allowing our staff to take home monitors from their desks. Since most of them are on Surface Pros, why not take one or both of their monitors home (and the Surface Dock if necessary). This prevents technology from limiting their productivity while working remotely. No looting involved, just smart use of company resources. Since
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We're allowing our staff to take home monitors from their desks. Since most of them are on Surface Pros, why not take one or both of their monitors home (and the Surface Dock if necessary). This prevents technology from limiting their productivity while working remotely. No looting involved, just smart use of company resources. Since
obermd wrote:
No looting involved, just smart use of company resources. Since
I think you forgot your joke detector and most of your last sentence in the office. :-\
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, weighing all things in the balance of reason? Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful? --Zachris Topelius Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies. -- Sarah Hoyt
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My boss said we could take whatever we needed to work effectively from home. In addition to my laptop, I took the nicer of my two monitors (the other one is no better than my home spare so I just left it). I thought I had a decent amount of loot, and really have about all I can make use of, but found out this morning that several of my coworkers loaded desks and wheelie chairs into their trucks last week. :omg:
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, weighing all things in the balance of reason? Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful? --Zachris Topelius Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies. -- Sarah Hoyt
Nothing other than my laptop. I have better stuff than they'd ever buy for me at work. I have 3 3440x1440 and 2 2560x1440 monitors on my home workstation. I have better keyboards and mice than they give me at work. I can't run any of my software on my workstation, but I can attend virtual meetings as long as they are done with the external systems and I can also use our web browser based citrix system to log into my workstation at work.
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I always have a spare mouse in the bagpack because I am the one going to the machines, and new versions of my mainly used software rely a lot in the mouse (before I could do 95% of my job only using keyboard, today is impossible) I just borrowed a keyboard today because my spare one wa a present to my mother in law when she bought a lappie, and I am going to work 75% at home next weeks. Once done and back in the company in daily basis, it will go back to the office. Nothing else. Actually the other way around, I am using my own monitor and, as I am going to renew my equipment in near future (pc, 2x new monitors or maybe 3x...), I am planing to buy an used docking station to make my life more comfortable if I work at home in the future. But I have seen people taking monitors and other big devices from the office.
M.D.V. ;) If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about? Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
I inverted it even further. When IT said they wouldn't get me a nicer monitor that I could tell various colors apart in my proposals I asked if I could bring in a 3440x1440 34" monitor and they said yes (have a copy of the email). I replaced my main display with a curved one at home and brought in the older one in along with a monitor arm. Same with nice older mechanical keyboard and mouse. There is significant jealousy when people see my display until I tell them what I did, then people are flabbergasted I would do such a thing.
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My boss said we could take whatever we needed to work effectively from home. In addition to my laptop, I took the nicer of my two monitors (the other one is no better than my home spare so I just left it). I thought I had a decent amount of loot, and really have about all I can make use of, but found out this morning that several of my coworkers loaded desks and wheelie chairs into their trucks last week. :omg:
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, weighing all things in the balance of reason? Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful? --Zachris Topelius Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies. -- Sarah Hoyt
Nothing; I was OOO when it all happened. I always take the company Mac home, but I ordered a big-a$$ monitor and a Jarvis standing desk like the one I had at work. The wife promptly stole the desk.
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Nothing other than my laptop. I have better stuff than they'd ever buy for me at work. I have 3 3440x1440 and 2 2560x1440 monitors on my home workstation. I have better keyboards and mice than they give me at work. I can't run any of my software on my workstation, but I can attend virtual meetings as long as they are done with the external systems and I can also use our web browser based citrix system to log into my workstation at work.
Isn't it a sad comment on employers that the vast majority of us have 10 times better setups at home than at our desk at work (if you even have a desk)? I hear rumors that our 6x6 cubicles are being replaced with open office once the remodel is done. Glad I am close to retirement. Not sure how I am going to work on 3 or 4 targets with just a 5x3 area with no walls and no place to put a static mat. Yeah, definitely looking forward to sharing an office with 50 of my close personal friends. Now that the kids are grown, I have an actual room with a real desk, Pandora on the surround sound, a truly useful desk chair, and control of the thermostat. Like others, I keep trying to bring my own stuff to the office rather than the other way around. My two monitors have 400% more pixels than what is on my desk at work.
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My boss said we could take whatever we needed to work effectively from home. In addition to my laptop, I took the nicer of my two monitors (the other one is no better than my home spare so I just left it). I thought I had a decent amount of loot, and really have about all I can make use of, but found out this morning that several of my coworkers loaded desks and wheelie chairs into their trucks last week. :omg:
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, weighing all things in the balance of reason? Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful? --Zachris Topelius Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies. -- Sarah Hoyt
Nothing. I'd already made all the changes I needed so I could work remotely because of jury duty.. and I looted about a half dozen monitors from the e-waste bin at work over the years, so I'm good on that front too :) The only thing I might yet do, is to go in so I can reboot into BIOS and enable Wake-on-LAN on the desktop box. As it is, I'm one power outage away from dead in the water.
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