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Tuesday Afternoon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-05-09 11:43 AM
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So, is it stealing the company's electricity if you charge your personal
cell phone on the job?
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PeaceNikki Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-05-09 11:45 AM
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1. Yes. It's also theft if you microwave your burrito.
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Tuesday Afternoon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-05-09 11:47 AM
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5. I like to leave my burrito in the microwave so long that it explodes.
Al those lovely colors and textures hit the sides and ceiling. Housekeeping loves that.
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MrCoffee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-05-09 11:46 AM
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2. Absolutely. You wouldn't use the company's toilet paper, would you?
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Tuesday Afternoon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-05-09 11:49 AM
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6. No, I prefer to use the coffee filters...
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LynneSin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-05-09 12:08 PM
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15. I use the TP but then put it back so the next person can use it
:hide:

And I don't flush - don't want to take the water either.
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MrCoffee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-05-09 12:35 PM
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35. That is considerate and thoughtful
You're an example to us all.
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cemaphonic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-05-09 02:21 PM
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37. when I worked at NATO, someone was *stealing* the tp.
Apparently, lots of Foreign Service types get into the habit of swiping all kinds of stuff from the office, because decent tp can be hard to find in Dakar. Then the habit gets so ingrained that they just don't even consider that you can just buy that stuff in a supermarket if you're posted in Brussels.
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flvegan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-05-09 11:46 AM
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3. I think that it's stealing from the government.
I believe that most companies can write off their electric bill as a business expense. I think I recall that from information obtained between naps in Accounting II in college.
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MrCoffee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-05-09 11:47 AM
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4. Heh. Good one.
"college"


:rofl:
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flvegan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-05-09 11:52 AM
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8. Ooh, sick burn.
:eyes:

My personal finance teacher drove a Rambler. What does that tell you? Exactly.
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DS1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-05-09 12:10 PM
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17. That he talked a lot?
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Tuesday Afternoon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-05-09 11:50 AM
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7. Oh good --- because -- You know
Fuck the Government. They Suck anyway.
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no name no slogan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-05-09 11:52 AM
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9. but what if you work for the government?
we bureaucrats have to provide our own microwaves and fridges and coffee makers at our workplace, but we use the government's electricity coming out of their wall. Are we still stealing from the government, even though our paychecks are paid by the government, and we're using government supplied power, but not government supplied appliances?
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flvegan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-05-09 11:57 AM
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12. Then it's not stealing.
It's a rebate considering how much they take out of your paychecks. Shit, you should run an extension cord from your house to an outlet near your desk.
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no name no slogan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-05-09 12:18 PM
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25. Capital idea!
Do you think I can get 3.5 miles of extension cord at Home Depot?
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Tuesday Afternoon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-05-09 12:07 PM
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14. If I keep paying my taxes
will you continue to get a paycheck?
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no name no slogan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-05-09 12:20 PM
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27. In theory
depends on whether or not my department makes the cut or not.
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Tuesday Afternoon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-05-09 12:22 PM
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29. If Medicare keeps paying for my patients, does that mean I will
Edited on Tue May-05-09 12:22 PM by Tuesday Afternoon
keep getting a paycheck so that I can pay my taxes so that (in theory) you can get a paycheck?
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no name no slogan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-05-09 12:24 PM
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31. I believe so
but don't quote me on that. I'm only a bureaucrat. ;)
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Tuesday Afternoon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-05-09 12:30 PM
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33. Medicare is teh Awesome!
:bounce:
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Deja Q Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-05-09 11:54 AM
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10. It's intellectual property. It really belongs to Dino and his friends.
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Tuesday Afternoon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-05-09 12:09 PM
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16. Let me in, Dino
Edited on Tue May-05-09 12:10 PM by Tuesday Afternoon
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kentauros Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-05-09 11:56 AM
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11. It balances out when they interrupt your lunch hour
over asinine timesheet changes.

"Don't use the word 'task' here."

(This fine example has happened here today already...)
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Tuesday Afternoon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-05-09 12:11 PM
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18. BlueIris posted a poem about you the other day --
or maybe it was Retro :shrug:
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kentauros Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-05-09 12:14 PM
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21. Really?
Sorry, I haven't been around much, thanks to a truly dead computer at home (C: drive fried itself less than 24 hours after I got home from New Zealand )

Got a link? :D
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Tuesday Afternoon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-05-09 12:17 PM
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24. I was wrong.
Different mythical creature. Sorry.
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kentauros Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-05-09 12:24 PM
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32. Okay, I'll just go back to NZ then.
I could live there, ya know... :D
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Lucian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-05-09 11:59 AM
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13. If it is stealing, I wouldn't care.
Edited on Tue May-05-09 11:59 AM by Lucian
The company owes me a helluva lot.
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Tuesday Afternoon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-05-09 12:12 PM
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19. damn right, they do!
You are their best employee!
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Lucian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-05-09 12:21 PM
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28. Oh god I hope not...
I do everything I can to sabotage myself. I work at a wallyworld. :(
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Rosie1223 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-05-09 12:12 PM
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20. Since the boss calls me on my personal cell phone on weekends,
I figure he owes me a couple of kilowatts.
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Tuesday Afternoon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-05-09 12:15 PM
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22. You gave your boss your cell phone number?
That was smart.
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Rosie1223 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-05-09 12:16 PM
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23. He got it from my assistant.
She's no longer employed.
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kentauros Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-05-09 12:18 PM
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26. Try some of the recordings from the link below on your voicemail
http://www.payphone-directory.org/sounds.html
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Rosie1223 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-05-09 12:24 PM
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30. haha -- "please check instruction manual for assistance"
:thumbsup:
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kentauros Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-05-09 02:31 PM
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38. "The phone you are using does not allow outgoing calls"
http://www.payphone-directory.org/sounds/wav/sonny/az01-59.wav

Kind of pointless having that phone... :P
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conscious evolution Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-05-09 04:59 PM
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39. This call requires a coin deposit
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MissMillie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-05-09 12:32 PM
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34. I just did....
kinda funny you should mention it now....

unless....




Are you watching me????


STALKER!!!!!
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Shell Beau Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-05-09 12:45 PM
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36. They probably owe you that little extra!
:7
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