Nailed it. Precisely.
I'm really careful with my clients' information. I shred every night, lock up everything with personal info in my desk, clean out my inbox..everything.
I do it because I pride myself on doing what's right without being told. And I never want one of my client's employees to have their identity stolen because of my carelessness.
Even when we had camera guys wandering around taping a company promo, when one of them walked up behind me, I immediately covered the SS number on my screen and glared at the guy with an "are you an idiot?" look.
But there is only so much you can do. And I seriously doubt most of my clients put away all of their HR info as carefully as I do. *shrugs*
If someone wants the info bad enough, they'll get it. Inconveniencing your customers for the sake of a "sense of security" is just bad business sense.
Because "sense of security" is all they get. No guarantees anyway.
Picture it. A dwarf walks into his house...
Whilst he's waitin' fer the Mrs. to get ready to go to a political event, he sits down to the computer. As he's being grilled over which earrings and which shoes, he's told "oh, by the way, we have no Internet."
Apparently during the day the lights flickered. It's been hot and stormy. So Comcast went out. Usually that requires just resetting (as I've done a couple of times already this evening).
So, rather than pulling the power cord (all that's required) apparently she says to Jr. "Just yank the flippin' cable right out of the modem," 'cause that's exactly what he did. I had to buy a new cable.
I swear I am not making this up.
And in the "three more weeks and I don't have to deal with this category" I got a complaint email on the pool today. The usual stuff, nothing new. Complaining about the guards not doing their jobs.
I was ~most~ diplomatic in my response. I told her that while her children may indeed be exceptional, most teenagers need to be told more than once and that we were continually having to remind our guards of their duties.
Then I invited her to be on the Board where she could be proactive in dealing with the issues.
When we got home from the event (see below for that one), I got a call from another Board member. A nayber had reported to her that apparently teenagers were making 900 calls from our phone at the pool. I'll be dealing with Verizon on that tomorrow because it was supposed to be local calls only. Plus we'll be removing phone access for the public.
And finally, I got interviewed by the local newspaper about this campaign. Short version, candidate sent a letter indicating that his opponent (an "Independent Republican RINO fill in the blank) had accepted $10,000 from a local gay businessman who had also given money to pro gay rights groups. This is a fact. He did NOT mention the businessman's name. But the newspaper reporter did when he ran the story. I was asked if I thought it would hurt the campaign.
The story is here
(Prayers Rosie)