Welcome to the 1980's
This was the late 1980's, about 1987, the idea of office networks of PC's was still a way off. So the idea of scheduled, remote backups was science fiction. Our users each had a 'bernoulli' box (an early kind of removable hard disk) connected to their PC and it was very much their responsibility to backup their own work each day and store the resulting disks in a fire-proof filing cabinet.

This particular user hadn't done a backup in months and it was already something she'd been given a disciplinary warning about, hence the P45. In fairness to me, I didn't know this and just expected to have to replace the hard disk and restore a backup for her - call it an unintended side effect rather than out-and-out cuntyness.
( Linbox has a serious dunk habit, Fri 25 Sep 2009, 15:42, 2 replies)

Fair enough
It came across rather differently in the original post, hence my scathing reply. I'd just read through several posts displaying severe contempt for the notion of actually providing the service for which most IT people get paid, your apparent 'cuntyness' tipped me over the edge. I deal daily with the frustration of colleagues who seem to hate having to help their clients; I really don't understand why they stay in the profession, other than the decent salary. Looks like I tarred you with the same brush unfairly.

You're still a crafty tinker though :)
( chart cat has an itch, Fri 25 Sep 2009, 16:09, closed)

Still doesn't justify the 200 quid you stole.

(Seance Trumpet has got no beef with a man enjoying a croissant, Sun 27 Sep 2009, 22:30, closed)

No theft involved.
From whom did I steal the 200 quid?

The salesman gave me the cash to replace a dead hard disk which was out of warranty.

Which was then swapped for a new one, free of charge, because the work machine would have been covered by our hardware support contract.

My company would have lost nothing.

The support company would have made marginally less profit that year - but they can go fuck themselves.
( Linbox has a serious dunk habit, Thu 1 Oct 2009, 3:20, closed)