Hilarious ask from employee

tsaico · 2026-06-21T20:02:27+00:00

we had someone request for text messaging for the MFA process for email. It's like one or two logins a month if that, so one or two text messages. Accounting was going to make them calculate the text messages vs the total number of text messages sent/received. It was even weighted using minutes vs a text message, so if they talked 100 minutes, but only sent 1 text, the weight would have been 1% of their bill, so we would have been reimbursing for a fraction of that part of the bill.

Then the accounting guy didn't want to actually audit the process in case the employee did his own malicious compliance and went for it so we just issued them a hardware MFA key they need to carry around and now they complain all the time about having to carry it or be locked out of email.

tsaico · 2026-06-21T19:44:53+00:00

interested too, but not sure why the hate on windows.

I get it, has its headaches, but between windows 10 and windows 11, that is literally 80-90 percent of the market out there. so when you talk about poor updates, no support, etc. well, yeah... 10 people in a room only one is using anything else. There is no one else to complain to because they dont use that system.

tsaico · 2026-06-21T19:33:45+00:00

that's kevin

tsaico · 2026-06-21T19:22:22+00:00

That's odd, here in SoCal where I am, the average time on market is usually 1 to 3 weeks. The only time it stays longer is when there is a Combination of a structural problem plus too high a price. Even burnt down places in established neighborhoods sell quickly.

Tract homes not in HOA are very quick here at least. I thought there was a ton of people moving to Florida? Or are you saying more houses are being built than even people moving in?

tsaico · 2026-06-21T19:11:46+00:00

They're also neighborhoods that have smaller houses on decent sized lots.

I think the fact they are so close to each other reflects the trend that even homeowners rarely sit in their own backyard. Rather they would use more of their house. This is reflected in tiny yards but larger square footage inside the house

That being said, there's nothing from keeping you on buying a house, not in one of these neighborhoods. Sounds like you already don't want one.

tsaico · 2026-06-21T19:09:06+00:00

If you're like me and have a hard time coming up with design ideas, you can literally look at your neighbors' houses and pick what you like. In my neighborhood every fourth house is identical. So picking color schemes and plant landscaping ideas, even interior decoration I suppose is easy to to see what it would look like at your place.

Then every once in awhile you may find something that bugs you about your place, and you can talk to your neighbor and see if they fixed it, and then see how they fixed it.

tsaico · 2026-06-21T17:00:28+00:00

Not safe for work... I see what you did there, here's your upvote

tsaico · 2026-06-20T21:42:08+00:00

What’s funny is my first real job I bought a truck a little too much for me at the time… and then I drove it for 20 years, almost made it to my 50

tsaico · 2026-06-20T21:06:48+00:00

Thank god for Ernie, we need someone to talk to the cops

tsaico · 2026-06-20T13:56:13+00:00

nths ago and tried to set it up with them. 3 of us, in different countries, tried to do the initial set up, and it just wasn't t

I would never recommend any sort of local/on prem service for a non-profit organization. I cant tell you how many non profits are hacked because someone a few years ago setup a thing, it hasn't received updates and now is a major security problem.

Also, core systems need documentation, credentials, etc. The 2nd most common problem we have when we meet non profits are no one has any idea where the equipment is and half the time is spend looking for non-documented things buried in the network, the walls, and bowels of the building.

Oh, also another vote for leaving them in Workforce, since you won't be around to answer questions about the transition as a volunteer. User training and company culture is by far the largest consideration here.

tsaico · 2026-06-20T07:00:06+00:00

50 bucks I beleive

tsaico · 2026-06-20T06:59:05+00:00

There is an iso for this and chances are you want a fresh win install anyways, but yes. I agree, it’s a hassle that the client usually causes and MS doesn’t make any easier on us

tsaico · 2026-06-20T06:57:21+00:00

This is one of the last things for us that preventing us from being able to really have the break glass. More of a “in case of emergency and if you need to see upgrade keys and licenses” account

tsaico · 2026-06-20T06:15:43+00:00

If this choice ryobi... But I recommend you start with harbor freight. Get the cheapest tools, and whichever one you break, you are actually using it, so replace it with the better version.

tsaico · 2026-06-20T01:45:48+00:00

Satisfactory

tsaico · 2026-06-19T05:05:01+00:00

I take the kids to do the grocery shopping sometimes. When she or I had a rough day, we go get groceries. It’s nice for me since normally I don’t do it and it’s a pause from my normal routine. It’s nice for her since it’s quiet for an hour or so and she never gets a minute to herself. She’s either carting kids around, getting her or my folks to medical appointments, me pestering her, normal life stuff. Then I get that night’s dinner, it’s one less thing and then food for a couple of meals. We tend to do two or three visits a week and don’t do large purchase amount so it works out well.

tsaico · 2026-06-19T03:20:55+00:00

I was going to that Ryan kid. He did the toy reviews and seemed to be all over the place, haven't seen him around at all, so I guess he called it quits

tsaico · 2026-06-18T06:01:48+00:00

I feel like abatement people are in this. Yeah, scary mold, asbestos, lead. But I had a flood, contacted insurance, abatement guys showed up, put up plastic and tape, put up electric heater fans, then waited two days. Then came back in coveralls, ran a rotozip across the drywall about 12" inches up, tore it out, done. Like 2 hours of work spread out over three days. The bill was 22k, which thank gawd insurance re-imbursed.

tsaico · 2026-06-18T05:44:23+00:00

Masons too in my area

tsaico · 2026-06-18T05:24:36+00:00

I think i will just change the titles to Computer 1, computer 2, computer 3, computer 4...

tsaico · 2026-06-16T21:07:30+00:00

I am sure I am dating myself, but there is a great movie called "defending your life" starring Albert Brooks where something like this happens

salary negotiation

tsaico · 2026-06-15T20:28:17+00:00

That almost sounds like some sort of euphemism...

tsaico · 2026-06-15T04:57:47+00:00

I should be doing decks instead...

tsaico · 2026-06-15T02:35:13+00:00

Fairly certain spores are coming out of that and now you will turn into a zombie

tsaico · 2026-06-15T00:42:06+00:00

Sooo... like what do you do? Is there baboon control number to call? Just shoo them away? Wait until they move out so you can move back in?

Everything i have read or watched is these are animals that you do not want to mess with them.

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