The office crime wave continues unabated.\u00a0 Last week, it was stolen laptops.\u00a0 Today, it’s unauthorized surveillance.<\/p>\n
I received a company-wide email this morning from our VP of HR and Servility Enforcement.\u00a0 She said that someone had planted an “electronic device” in an employee’s cubicle that violated that person’s privacy.\u00a0 I was scarcely aware that anyone in human resources gave a rat’s butt about privacy rights.\u00a0 I imagine they have a huge file of every profane email I’ve sent and every sordid website I’ve visited.\u00a0 Maybe they just don’t like the competition.\u00a0 In any event,\u00a0 she was plenty ticked.\u00a0 She said flat out that such activity would not be tolerated, lest anyone operate under the assumption that HR is made up of tolerant people.<\/p>\n
She failed to specify what sort of electronic device it was.\u00a0 At first, I thought it might have been an upskirt webcam\u00a0 put under the desk of [name withheld because I’m a gentleman]<\/i> but realized that not everyone shares my priorities.\u00a0 It was more likely some sort of microphone-transmitter thingy picking up stultifyingly dull yet company-private conversations.<\/p>\n
I wonder what malfeasance will be uncovered next.\u00a0 Murder?\u00a0 Arson?\u00a0 Writing snarky things in a blog?\u00a0 I’ll keep you posted.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The office crime wave continues unabated.\u00a0 Last week, it was stolen laptops.\u00a0 Today, it’s unauthorized surveillance. I received a company-wide email this morning from our VP of HR and Servility Enforcement.\u00a0 She said that someone had planted an “electronic device” in an employee’s cubicle that violated that person’s privacy.\u00a0 I was scarcely aware that anyone … Continue reading A Bug’s Life<\/span>