Geek Squad Caught Stealing Porn

Xilikon said:
We're in Canada so this is different...

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ROFL!

I have to admit I was bad. I was a young tech back then (My last post was referring to a incident I had over 15 years ago.) Since that time I have. . . repented for lack of a better word.

I never look. I do strictly corporate work now. No more in home consumer level support. Like I said in my post I found so much crap I had to stop. I liked the world I lived in before I now so many "good" people did bad things.

If I ever do work for people I know, like friends or family I make sure they are sitting right next to me the whole time. I make sure they know exactly what I am doing and why. If I find "junk" they are embarrassed and I am safe. We move on. If they change and continue to download porn or what ever that is their choice.

I too have been endowed with a great deal of privilege and trust on many levels both by private companies and the US government. I have never betrayed that trust.

Since I am not a wallet repair technician and I have to turn my wallet in for work I take out all my personal information and private or otherwise embarrassing items. Most computers are not that much more secureable then my own wallet.
 
too bad these kids aren't paid enough to be professional about their work.. you cant expect it from any industry that does not pay a living wage... most of these guys are living at home, going to school, or barely scraping by... they have survivor and voyeur mentalities imprinted in them along with the dogma of their career's expendability...

If a business does not pay an employee a living wage, that is already a legitimate stamp that the business does NOT expect professionalism from that employee.. no matter how much they like to espouse it in their pamphlets and on their plaques. A living wage constitutes a wage on which you could rent average priced housing, have average priced health insurance, and be able to cover average expenditures like bills and groceries.

The only reason any of the employees acts professional before they get smart and leave is out of fear of their own expendability... and that fear wades as these businesses survive one data theft after another...

If a harry potter book got copied, everyone would go apeshit.
 
The Red said:
too bad these kids aren't paid enough to be professional about their work.. you cant expect it from any industry that does not pay a living wage... most of these guys are living at home, going to school, or barely scraping by... they have survivor and voyeur mentalities imprinted in them along with the dogma of their career's expendability...

If a business does not pay an employee a living wage, that is already a legitimate stamp that the business does NOT expect professionalism from that employee.. no matter how much they like to espouse it in their pamphlets and on their plaques. A living wage constitutes a wage on which you could rent average priced housing, have average priced health insurance, and be able to cover average expenditures like bills and groceries.

The only reason any of the employees acts professional before they get smart and leave is out of fear of their own expendability... and that fear wades as these businesses survive one data theft after another...

If a harry potter book got copied, everyone would go apeshit.
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Entice an employee to stay and maybe he'll work and act like he wants to...
 
As a computer service technician myself I can assure you that no one at my store would be caught stealing anything off a customer's machine. I agree, sometimes the customer makes it hard not to look by having the pictures cycle through on their screen savers, or on their desktop. But any technician caught swiping porn, music, or anything off of a customer's machine would be immediately fired, reported to the police, and prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. In addition, we would gladly help the customer file any lawsuit against that technician they wanted. Our reputation is on the line, and we will defend it.

Invading a customer's privacy is not to be taken lightly, and the fact that people trust their machines to us demands that we respect it. Unfortunately in this day and age people do not seem to be brought up with respect for anything, and I personally find that sad. I think the Geek Squad people who were caught stealing the data should be placed in prison, period.

Allan
 
The Red said:
too bad these kids aren't paid enough to be professional about their work.. you cant expect it from any industry that does not pay a living wage... most of these guys are living at home, going to school, or barely scraping by... they have survivor and voyeur mentalities imprinted in them along with the dogma of their career's expendability...

If a business does not pay an employee a living wage, that is already a legitimate stamp that the business does NOT expect professionalism from that employee.. no matter how much they like to espouse it in their pamphlets and on their plaques. A living wage constitutes a wage on which you could rent average priced housing, have average priced health insurance, and be able to cover average expenditures like bills and groceries.

The only reason any of the employees acts professional before they get smart and leave is out of fear of their own expendability... and that fear wades as these businesses survive one data theft after another...

If a harry potter book got copied, everyone would go apeshit.
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What a load of BS! You act professional in your job, be it flipping burgers for minimum wage, or CEO of a Fortune 100 company, because you have pride in what you do, moral fiber, a conscience, and want to advance in your life and career. Not because you make x number of dollars a year. Anyone who equates a dollar figure with professionalism will always find a way to raise that dollar figure once he gets to it so he can continue doing half-assed work.

Allan
 
I don't know if anyone else has noticed this, but Geek Squad is airing new ads on TV. I just caught one during an airing of "The Matrix:Reloaded" on TNT. Now, normally I'd just let it go as being stupid marketing fluff but, what caught me was the new slogan they're using, and it's a doozy. Considering the issues this entire thread is about, what with a Geek Squad employee stealing data, looking at stuff they shouldn't be looking at, personal privacy issues, etc... you folks tell me how funny this new slogan really and truly is:

"Geek Squad - There's Nothing We Haven't Seen."

I just about fell outta my damned chair just now when I heard that tagline. What a fuckin' riot. :D
 
Flea77 said:
What a load of BS! You act professional in your job, be it flipping burgers for minimum wage, or CEO of a Fortune 100 company, because you have pride in what you do, moral fiber, a conscience, and want to advance in your life and career. Not because you make x number of dollars a year. Anyone who equates a dollar figure with professionalism will always find a way to raise that dollar figure once he gets to it so he can continue doing half-assed work.

Allan
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Oh really? ... so, say, you wouldn't take the amount you are paid and contrast it to the amount of work you do to reflect on your personal worth to the company you work for? .. and I mean realistic contrasts made with the knowledge of how much the skills you possess are worth to other employers? ... do you think people who are in low-income situations, in school, on a traveling basis or have the skills but not a degree are not taken advantage of by these places just because they're good at their tech hobbies?
 
This thread title would be better if it said: "Geek Squad Employees Caught Filming Porn" :D
 
bbz_Ghost said:
I don't know if anyone else has noticed this, but Geek Squad is airing new ads on TV. I just caught one during an airing of "The Matrix:Reloaded" on TNT. Now, normally I'd just let it go as being stupid marketing fluff but, what caught me was the new slogan they're using, and it's a doozy. Considering the issues this entire thread is about, what with a Geek Squad employee stealing data, looking at stuff they shouldn't be looking at, personal privacy issues, etc... you folks tell me how funny this new slogan really and truly is:

"Geek Squad - There's Nothing We Haven't Seen."

I just about fell outta my damned chair just now when I heard that tagline. What a fuckin' riot. :D
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Thats awesome lol! :p
 
The Red said:
Oh really? ... so, say, you wouldn't take the amount you are paid and contrast it to the amount of work you do to reflect on your personal worth to the company you work for? .. and I mean realistic contrasts made with the knowledge of how much the skills you possess are worth to other employers? ... do you think people who are in low-income situations, in school, on a traveling basis or have the skills but not a degree are not taken advantage of by these places just because they're good at their tech hobbies?
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Yes really. My personal worth is not dictated by the amount of my paycheck, or what others may think my personal worth is. I dictate what I am worth. My work, regardless of what I am paid for it, is my work, and I am proud to call it my work, so I do it correctly and professionally.

My customers appreciate the work ethic, and constantly reward me for it. One customer threw me a birthday party at their office, I get Christmas cards from most of them every year, invitations to open houses, and when my father passed away I was almost embarrassed by the fact that there were substantially more flowers from my customers who never met my father than from family. They don't do this because I give them discounts, it isn't because I am the only computer guy around, it is because I treat each and every one of them as if they are my only clients, my most important, and treat them and their businesses with respect.

If you show respect for the customer, take pride in your work, and strive to improve, you will advance in your career (any career). Another example, at my company we have fired people with certifications and kept people without them. Certs mean nothing to us or our customers. How you do the job DOES matter. Some places may require certs to get in the door, but no amount of certs or education will make them keep you around if you do lousy work and are unprofessional.

Allan
 
Flea77 said:
Yes really. My personal worth is not dictated by the amount of my paycheck, or what others may think my personal worth is. I dictate what I am worth. My work, regardless of what I am paid for it, is my work, and I am proud to call it my work, so I do it correctly and professionally.

My customers appreciate the work ethic, and constantly reward me for it. One customer threw me a birthday party at their office, I get Christmas cards from most of them every year, invitations to open houses, and when my father passed away I was almost embarrassed by the fact that there were substantially more flowers from my customers who never met my father than from family. They don't do this because I give them discounts, it isn't because I am the only computer guy around, it is because I treat each and every one of them as if they are my only clients, my most important, and treat them and their businesses with respect.

If you show respect for the customer, take pride in your work, and strive to improve, you will advance in your career (any career). Another example, at my company we have fired people with certifications and kept people without them. Certs mean nothing to us or our customers. How you do the job DOES matter. Some places may require certs to get in the door, but no amount of certs or education will make them keep you around if you do lousy work and are unprofessional.

Allan
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Would I be correct in assuming that under your wage you can afford average renting, average health insurance, and average bills? (groceries, gas, phone)

Do not assume every tier functions the same. One's personal worth may be dictated by themselves, but a wage is the value a business assigns to you, and what IT expects you will do for IT, and not what suspect you will do for your direct customers. Don't mistake what I mean by self-worth... as I intend it in a strict economic sense.

Say there are 2 IT companies next to eachother, and 2 IT guys who know eachother in these companies, they are both network admins and network security guru's... lets assume they actually get a living wage... the relevance of how much they are paid will not differ if in company A the guy works his ass off for $40k a year, while the guy in company B does the bare minimum for $50k a year. Self worth or no self worth, I may not be able to use these companies as corporate scapegoats for everything influencing an employees wage but you cant rob them of responsibility in the face of strategic values being assigned with respect to profit and NOT productivity.
 
For those of us that either work in the industry, provide support for friends and family, or just do it for kicks, I wonder how many have been in this precise situation:

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Come on, be honest. I know I have, and I'll bet a lot of you have too. One post earlier said something about "the customer makes it too easy/so easy/right in your face sometimes with revolving desktops/wallpapers/etc" and that person had a really good point since that sort of thing is simply beyond our control. Technically speaking we're not even allowed to disable that "feature" if it happens to be active because that would go outside our assigned duties.

Man I'm glad I don't work in this industry anymore and only for family, friends, and a few specific clientele I've had for a long, long time. :)

ps The fact that the tech "dog" there happens to be wearing a white shirt and black tie wasn't lost on me considering this entire thread.

Remember that new slogan (seriously): "Geek Squad - There's Nothing We Haven't Seen."
 
The Red said:
Would I be correct in assuming that under your wage you can afford average renting, average health insurance, and average bills? (groceries, gas, phone)

Do not assume every tier functions the same. One's personal worth may be dictated by themselves, but a wage is the value a business assigns to you, and what IT expects you will do for IT, and not what suspect you will do for your direct customers. Don't mistake what I mean by self-worth... as I intend it in a strict economic sense.

Say there are 2 IT companies next to eachother, and 2 IT guys who know eachother in these companies, they are both network admins and network security guru's... lets assume they actually get a living wage... the relevance of how much they are paid will not differ if in company A the guy works his ass off for $40k a year, while the guy in company B does the bare minimum for $50k a year. Self worth or no self worth, I may not be able to use these companies as corporate scapegoats for everything influencing an employees wage but you cant rob them of responsibility in the face of strategic values being assigned with respect to profit and NOT productivity.
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No you would be incorrect, I have no health insurance at all, let alone average health insurance. If a person is not happy with the wage they make, then they should work harder so they can advance. You can blame the companies all the time, but the fact is that most companies will pay commensurate with your ability to generate them money. So the more professional you are, the harder you work, and the more money you make the company, the more you will get paid.

While I do not have health insurance, I make a good living where I am. I started at the very bottom of the food chain, literally, washing dishes. I have never been to college, do not have any certs, and love my job.

It is easy to blame the big bad company, yet every person we fired we did so because they were inept or didn't care about their work.

Allan
 
Flea77 said:
No you would be incorrect, I have no health insurance at all, let alone average health insurance. If a person is not happy with the wage they make, then they should work harder so they can advance. You can blame the companies all the time, but the fact is that most companies will pay commensurate with your ability to generate them money. So the more professional you are, the harder you work, and the more money you make the company, the more you will get paid.

While I do not have health insurance, I make a good living where I am. I started at the very bottom of the food chain, literally, washing dishes. I have never been to college, do not have any certs, and love my job.

It is easy to blame the big bad company, yet every person we fired we did so because they were inept or didn't care about their work.

Allan
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I'm just going to say based on your comments that you would've LOVED Stalin. Man, this great.

Also, you're saying that "your wage" isn't what motivates you, yet it is. You mention getting birthday cakes and flowers and "perks" from clients. That all goes into what you are "making", hence improving your attitude about your work/payoff scenario. Just because it's not on your paycheck, doesn't mean it's not part of your wage psychologically.
 
Wow, reminds me of when I used to work for a computer shop. We'd see this crap all the time. I did not get to witness this but was told from a collegue's experience.

A customer brought in a pc that wouldn't start windows. He also brought along his a young little daughter (5-6yrs). The technician hooked up everything on the check-in station (which is available to public eye). It boot up into windows without a problem. As the wallpaper started to load, he rushed to cover up the screen.

Another customer brought in a pc for repair and on the desktop wallpaper, it was a picture of a girl bend over -- all you see if her behind. Other customers did not quite like that.
 
teststrips said:
did you save that wallpaper? I want it - J/K
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Nope, but just the fact that -- sometimes you can't help but to wonder why they're PC is full of virus/trojans/malware/spyware/rootkits. And how can you not invade privacy when you have to clean it up for them? You can't fix a PC w/o turning it on. You can't fix a Windows w/o logging in.

One time, we customer brought a laptop in and on the wallpaper was a black and white picture of an old lady smiling, holding two GIANT Balls. I think it was supposed to resemble two testicles.
 
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