ShopliftingWhen I was young and impressionable and on holiday in France, I followed some friends into a sweet shop and we each stole something. I was so mortified by this, I returned them.
My lack of French hampered this somewhat - they had no idea why the small English boy wanted to add some chews to the open box, and saw it as an attempt by a nasty foreigner oik to contaminate their stock. Not my best day.
What have you lifted?
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chthonic, Thu 10 Jan 2008, 11:13)
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Not really shoplifting per se......but a few things have come home from the office with me. I have several 200 mm wafers that were scrapped in various stages of the process, a stapler and a tape dispenser, loads of binder clips (they're great for sealing bags of coffee beans and other things) and a vacuum pen, meant for grabbing small items out of tight spots- it's like a tiny remote control suction cup. But best of all? A foot rest to use at your desk.
Why snag all of these things? Because I can use them, of course- but also because Zee Germanss have been trying to make this place a "lean company" (translation: cutting corners and pinching pennies to a degree that Jack Benny would have found absurd), and in the process they've gotten intensely obnoxious- ever tried working in an office where the lights are shut off so you have to work by the glow of your monitor?
Fuck 'em, they're laying me off this week anyway...
Best thing I've nicked? Time. They've been paying me to read b3ta and job hunt. (No, I'm not skiving off- I literally have no work to do and haven't for the past two days.)
Gah.
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The Resident Loon Not a demographic. Do not measure., Thu 10 Jan 2008, 14:13,
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Remember ITV Digital?I got paid to sit at my desk for 3 weeks because I was a Projects Engineer with no budget thanks to being in Administration.
B3ta was the only thing to keep me sane. Well, almost sane.
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