Well, that taught 'emSammi Evil Nice writes "I shared with two students, and it was always the same; whenever it was near to paytime, my milk *and only this* would disappear.
One of them, John, was a lovely bloke but allergic to nuts. John makes tea. Soon after, John starts swelling up.
ME: Runs, administers epi-pen. "You're going into anaphalactic shock."
HIM: "How do you know?"
ME: "I put almond oil in my milk."
What have you done to teach somebody a lesson?
(, Thu 26 Apr 2007, 14:54)
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I worked for a civil engineering firm......as a drafter in the early 90s. I already had a lot of computer knowledge and a lot of knowledge of AutoCAD anyway, so whenever anyone had a computer problem and they couldn't find the official geeks, they called me.
So of course I got to know the geeks pretty well, and often had a beer or three with them. During this time I found out that the company had been having the geeks load AutoCAD onto every new machine they bought- all the same copy. The geeks knew that this was wildly illegal, but followed orders under protest. The arrogant fucks in charge didn't really care about such details.
Well, the day came when I had a falling out with the boss, and the arrogant fucks fired me. I managed to land another job in less than a week, but I was still pissed off.
So about two months later I turned them in to AutoDesk.
I can envision their horror when it came to light that they had about 120 illegal copies of AutoCAD and had to buy legitimate copies at full retail price. I believe that it cost them well over $300K- not to mention the down time while they were being audited. The grand total was probably closer to a half million dollars.
Moral of the story: don't piss off the geeks. We know where the skeletons are.
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The Resident Loon Not a demographic. Do not measure., Thu 26 Apr 2007, 19:42,
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