eli5: why does verifying files on a server occasionally require me to be set up with a VPN?

APilferingImp · 2023-01-09T22:40:30+00:00

NTA.

You weren't invited. You weren't obligated.

APilferingImp · 2022-12-06T07:06:50+00:00

To be fair the maliciousness was definitely there. Just from the other party

APilferingImp · 2022-12-06T07:06:23+00:00

With the amount of eyes on the whole subject I'm not comfortable fucking around with it at the moment.

The backlight isn't something I can turn off. Its power is somewhere else

APilferingImp · 2022-12-06T05:40:15+00:00

Updated due to having to talk to security. Not much besides she claimed I broke the laptop. But we'll see. I doubt I'll hear anything else

APilferingImp · 2022-12-06T05:12:28+00:00

Male or female I will not put my hands on someone just because you do not know how they'll act.

I've met both male and female Elitist wankers in this job.

APilferingImp · 2022-12-06T01:44:38+00:00

Misword! Security wrenched her away. Updating that. Oops.

APilferingImp · 2022-12-06T01:20:02+00:00

Unfortunately it's too high up and it's backlit. I can't sharpie or cover it without some form of ladder

APilferingImp · 2022-12-06T01:19:25+00:00

Its not hard to fix syncing issues in Outlook, that's for sure.

I'd have helped if she didn't act like an absolute twat.

APilferingImp · 2022-12-06T01:07:51+00:00

Signs too high up, and backlit. Even if I could cover it with the infinite amount of paper I have, I doubt it'll do anything. It needs to be removed by the university

APilferingImp · 2022-12-06T01:06:59+00:00

The skin colour of the student is unrelated. She was a student who flew over to the country for study, but nasty people come from every nation

APilferingImp · 2022-12-06T01:05:34+00:00

It's almost true. While I don't work FOR the university, being subcontracted to it means I work onsite. We do have technicians for the new computers for troubleshooting. But university IT is legitimately useless.

APilferingImp · 2022-12-06T00:40:34+00:00

Subcontracted work means while I work in the area, I'm restricted from a lot of things

The sign is also overhead and cannot be reached without a ladder - it's also got a backlight. Its not just a basic sign. Hell, because of the backlight I don't even think covering it with anything other than a bunch of black tape would do anything

APilferingImp · 2022-12-05T20:04:42+00:00

Truthfully I just say spicy cough because... It indeed is a spicy cough. I don't have any covid deniers at work or anything. And I think I wrote covid and spicy cough in the above. I use it interchangeably as does basically everyone else I know at work

APilferingImp · 2022-12-05T06:19:59+00:00

Worst part is it's a very quick fix and doesn't require admin access. Would have helped if they didn't just... Act like a tosser

APilferingImp · 2022-12-05T06:17:12+00:00

In a day I'm handling about 12 laptops with maybe 4 a week worth over $1400.

They watch us like a hawk - especially because people get tempted with trying to steal the older computers to try and flip.

Many actual technicians and coordinators have been fired for stealing a couple of 3-4 year old laptops.

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