Screw up my new cell phone..please.

[tkjeeper]

Work got me a new cell phone and I'm looking for a genious way to screw it up with no trace. Hate those things. I know there are evil geniouses on here and I need your help. 5-90? Come on guys, lets get creative, I dont want it to look like it was me. Help me out.

[Beej]

I don't get it. You're looking for a way to wreck your new cell phone?

Try dropping it in the toilet?

:dunno:

[5-90]

What's your job? When I was running the maintenance crew at Adobe, I had a radio (with repeater autopatch...) and an alpha pager - and the MBA director I was reporting to decided I needed a cell phone as well (nevermind that I had to have the damn radio and pager on me all the time in the first place.)

In two months, I went through eight 'phones - all were deniable as "work-related" incidents.


Lost one when the subbasement flooded (cellphones don't handle submersion well...)
Dropped one in the Diesel tank for the generator during a routine inspection (probably still dissolving in there...)
Dropped one off of the roof of a 19-story tower while checking aircons
Ran two over with the van
Dropped one down a vent shaft (it survived the drop - but didn't do so well when it bounced into a 7' fan running full tilt...)
Fell on one off a ladder
Dropped one down an elevator shaft


I can't remember them all anymore - but those are the ones that stick out. I didn't intend to drop the one down the vent shaft (I was checking fans - I was at the top of an eight-story vent shaft when the thing dropped off of my belt...) but the rest of them were somewhat "accidentally-on-purpose."

I finally got called in to the carpet I knew so well, and I was asked "What do we have to do to get you to quit wrecking cellphones?"

"That's easy - quit giving them to me!"
"That's not funny."
"I'm not laughing. I've got a radio on me 24 hours a day, I've got a pager on me 24 hours a day, and I'm here at least 12 hours every single stinking day anyhow. Chances are pretty good that if something happens that I need to respond to, I'll know about it before you do - and I'll be dealing with it before you're called (and it will probably be me that calls you anyhow.) So, keep your f****n' cellphone - I don't want it, and I don't need it. You might think I need it, but I'm still waiting for you to follow me around for a full day - my full day - so I can wear your arse out. I come in a 0600 and get myself a cup of coffee to start paperwork for the day - I don't even see that cup again until 1230 or so. You stroll in sometime around 1000 and wonder what's going on. You leave at 1600 or so, and I've still got a full day in front of me. I do more before you get here on Monday than you'll do all damn week. If you give me another phone, I'll start destroying them on purpose so I can get some work done."

Idiot had an MBA. The two worst bosses I had held MBAs - and I'm not entirely sure it's coincidental...

[TheAlmightySam]

You could do like my girlfriend and take it in the shower with you. Took about three seconds to grenade that one. :dunce:

[Muad'Dib]

Im glad i have a policy in place that says we supply you with a cell phone, and if you damage or lose it, your responsible for the replacement....

Sorry but people like you is why there are so many companies like this one that enforce strict rules.
If you really don't feel that you need / will use a company provided cell phone, talk to management and plead your case / express your thoughts. Trust me, when someone like you talks about their cell phone that way... i listen! I wouldn't have any problem giving it to the next guy.

[5-90]

Im glad i have a policy in place that says we supply you with a cell phone, and if you damage or lose it, your responsible for the replacement....

Sorry but people like you is why there are so many companies like this one that enforce strict rules.
If you really don't feel that you need / will use a company provided cell phone, talk to management and plead your case / express your thoughts. Trust me, when someone like you talks about their cell phone that way... i listen! I wouldn't have any problem giving it to the next guy.

Well, considering I resisted rather strenuously getting the damned thing in the first place, and ended up getting it anyhow, I thought it was fair. I didn't want the thing, I didn't need the thing, and it didn't add anything to my communications capabilities anyhow (the autopatch on the radio allowed me to make telephone calls in the first place, and it was "commercial," not "amateur," so business calls were OK.)

You're just a rarity - you actually listen to the people who work for you. If more people did, we'd have a lot less trouble in the workplace, methinks...

[old_man]

Stick it in the microwave.

[Stumpalump]

Free cell phone, free home phone and fax, free high speed internet, Blackberry with internet, free car with free gas and maintnece, free 401k contribution, subsidized heath care, free food and free corporate credit card. free work shirts. If I didn't want all the free stuff that comes with a job I'd be a eating free food in the soup line and living under the free bridge with no phone to worry about waking me up. I find it hard to complain about free especially when they keep mailing checks but I still do at times. Your starting to sound like an American!

[tkjeeper]

Free cell phone, free home phone and fax, free high speed internet, Blackberry with internet, free car with free gas and maintnece, free 401k contribution, subsidized heath care, free food and free corporate credit card. free work shirts. If I didn't want all the free stuff that comes with a job I'd be a eating free food in the soup line and living under the free bridge with no phone to worry about waking me up. I find it hard to complain about free especially when they keep mailing checks but I still do at times. Your starting to sound like an American!


Sound like an American!! Best compliment I've received ever! Thanks. I am very good at my job, I am more productive in my 8 hr workday than any other employee they have had in a 12 hr day. If the calls I received were important, and not brain dead requests I would be happy to respond. It's not rocket science to figure out it doesn't take a brain to be a boss, it takes contacts. Where I live I grew up with so many dumb ass brain dead idiots that drive $70,000 vehicles and have lots of cash it amazes me. Being intelligent isn't a prerequisite for owning a company. I have my own personal cell phone that I love. Work doesn't have the #. I knew I could count on you 5-90, you are devious. I probably wont go through with anything for a while but when they start to take me for granted or piss me off too much I may consider options. I've tried the submersion thing, I'm looking for something that cant be traced to me. Something like strong magnets to screw up the internals, theres got to be some cell gurus that can help me with this. Thanks all.

[RichP]

Take the phone from your house where it's nice and warm, zip it into a zip lock bag and take it out to your cold car, then do the reverse at nite. About 4 days of that ought to fix it. :D :D :D the moisture will condense nicely.

[tkjeeper]

Atta boy RichP. Thats good old American Ingenuity. Lol. By the way 5-90, I dont carry it on me, it stays in the truck. Maybe I can overload the circuit with a different charger. I don't want it to look if it's cracked open like I dunked it again...ooops did I admit that?

[MT Mike]

Just fyi, most cell phone batteries have a moisture indicator that changes color after they've gotten wet. If you're going to do the condensation trick, take the battery off the phone first and leave it in the house. The condensation should still fry the internal electronics of the phone.

[CartsXJ]

Its a good thing they haven't given you a G-zone phone. Water, Drop, Shock, etc. proof........though I doubt they do very well dealing with fans and cars.

[5-90]

Atta boy RichP. Thats good old American Ingenuity. Lol. By the way 5-90, I dont carry it on me, it stays in the truck. Maybe I can overload the circuit with a different charger. I don't want it to look if it's cracked open like I dunked it again...ooops did I admit that?

Again - what do you do for a living, and did you object to getting the phone before you got it?

As I said, I was doing high-rise maintenance, which involved crawling over, under, around, and through things. It was quite likely to get my 'phone skinned off of me - and this was about a dozen years ago, so no-one had come up with those nifty "tough phones" that are around now.

Your work environment will dictate your options. Note that I also made a point of being "otherwise available" at all times anyhow - the cell phone, in my case, really was not RPT not necessary. Just something that some incompetent jackass thought was a "good idea."

[Ray H]

I am very good at my job, I am more productive in my 8 hr workday than any other employee they have had in a 12 hr day. If the calls I received were important, and not brain dead requests I would be happy to respond. I'm looking for something that cant be traced to me. Something like strong magnets to screw up the internals, theres got to be some cell gurus that can help me with this.

If you're that good, you simply shut the thing off and dont worry about it. Be a man, dont sneak around thinking of childish ways to destroy someone elses property. Shut it off and when your boss says something to you about it (which he wont if you are his star employee) you stand tall in front of him and tell him how good you are and you can do your job fine without it. He will respect you alot more for that than he will for breaking all his phones.

[nick86]

If you're that good, you simply shut the thing off and dont worry about it. Be a man, dont sneak around thinking of childish ways to destroy someone elses property. Shut it off and when your boss says something to you about it (which he wont if you are his star employee) you stand tall in front of him and tell him how good you are and you can do your job fine without it. He will respect you alot more for that than he will for breaking all his phones.

I agree.

[5-90]

If you're that good, you simply shut the thing off and dont worry about it. Be a man, dont sneak around thinking of childish ways to destroy someone elses property. Shut it off and when your boss says something to you about it (which he wont if you are his star employee) you stand tall in front of him and tell him how good you are and you can do your job fine without it. He will respect you alot more for that than he will for breaking all his phones.

Oddly enough, I was getting less work done when I got the 'phone - mainly because that yo-yo insisted upon calling me all the time to find out what I was doing.

Considering I was already working 6x16-hour and 1x12-hour days without much complaint about the work (it needed doing, and I didn't have enough effective people...) and all of a sudden I had to keep wasting time giving sitreps over the phone to justify my having the thing (I could do it over the radio rather more quickly, and our dispatcher and I had a "click code" worked out to shorten things...) all that having the 'phone did was prevent me from getting work done. Idiot Boy wouldn't listen to me when I told him that, so I had to resort to destruction. I became a serial 'phone killer.

There was a "love-hate" relationship there anyhow - we loved to hate each other. Schmuck would actually sign his name "Joseph C. Chen, MBA." To which I started to reply with "Jon D. Kelley, NDGA." He wasn't too happy when I explained that to him (No Degree, Good Anyway.)

He also started to demand that I wear "business attire" to work - but I'm a working boss. I told him I'd do it if:
1) Work paid for it. Here are my sizes.
2) Ties just don't happen. Get used to it.
3) I don't want to hear any griping about my wrecking clothes - I'm a working boss.
4) I strongly advise you to reconsider.

I didn't willfully wreck any of the clothes - but I ran up a bill of about $1000 in the first month (dress slacks and lightweight Egyptian cotton button-up shirts aren't exactly what you should wear while crawling around ductwork.)

The basic problem is still this - is the idea of issuing a cellphone necessary to performance of the job, or is it going to cause more trouble than it's meant to cure? If the latter, and the damn fool didn't listen when it was patiently explained to him, he should pay for his mistake.

[tkjeeper]

If you're that good, you simply shut the thing off and dont worry about it. Be a man, dont sneak around thinking of childish ways to destroy someone elses property. Shut it off and when your boss says something to you about it (which he wont if you are his star employee) you stand tall in front of him and tell him how good you are and you can do your job fine without it. He will respect you alot more for that than he will for breaking all his phones.

Now Ray, where is the fun in that? Of course thats the logical thing to do. But part of being the employee and not the boss is to screw with the boss. It's their brilliant idea in the first place. Yes it may be childish, thats the best part of it. Keeps things interesting. 5-90, I am a glass expert, a glazier. They don't expect me to carry it on me but be at their beck and call for the stupidest details and sometimes it gets frustrating. The productivity can be improved IN the office not out in the field. Part of the problem with a family run business.

[Ray H]

My phone has a little red button on it. If I push that button, the ringing sound stops and I no longer hear voices.
I went through this with my previous employer, not with a phone but with the QualComm, which is a commuter in the truck that you can send and receive text communication. My last disbatcher had a bad habit of sending me stupid messages. the worst thing was that the only way to read or answer it is to pull over and stop because for safety reasons, it is disabled while the truck is moving. I told him straight up, "I wont pull over to read or answer your messages, Its nonnegotiable." I never heard anything else about it and I never had to destroy it. He continued to send me messages and I continued to answer them as I had time.

[5-90]

Now Ray, where is the fun in that? Of course thats the logical thing to do. But part of being the employee and not the boss is to screw with the boss. It's their brilliant idea in the first place. Yes it may be childish, thats the best part of it. Keeps things interesting. 5-90, I am a glass expert, a glazier. They don't expect me to carry it on me but be at their beck and call for the stupidest details and sometimes it gets frustrating. The productivity can be improved IN the office not out in the field. Part of the problem with a family run business.

Then explain that to the yo-yo that insists you have a 'phone. I tried - the fool didn't listen. That was when I started wrecking them (I don't even like having a personal 'phone now - but there are less than a dozen people nationwide that have the number, the damn thing hardly ever rings, and I've disabled texting and voicemail. It does come in handy when I have to co-ordinate a large number of things all at once, but I rarely use it.)

Destruction is a "weapon of last resort" - used after reason has failed.

[tkjeeper]

Then explain that to the yo-yo that insists you have a 'phone. I tried - the fool didn't listen. That was when I started wrecking them (I don't even like having a personal 'phone now - but there are less than a dozen people nationwide that have the number, the damn thing hardly ever rings, and I've disabled texting and voicemail. It does come in handy when I have to co-ordinate a large number of things all at once, but I rarely use it.)

Destruction is a "weapon of last resort" - used after reason has failed.


Uhhh, can I have ur cell phone # Jon?

[5-90]

Uhhh, can I have ur cell phone # Jon?

That would be No. But, thank you for asking!:roflmao:

[Gerr]

we use nextels at my work and I have this bad habbit of locking the thing in my tool box where it cant get signal and in the rare chance it does get signal Im usually not close enough to hear the muffled squacking. Job I had before I just let everyone I knew make calls on it till they took it away.

[tkjeeper]

I was for a while using a lock code for the phone, to piss them off if they wanted to check call history or use it on the weekends but they told me not to lock it this time. Got to figure a way to screw it up. Maybe not tomorrow or next week but sometime and cleverly. Cant understand why I do this? Too many calls like where r u? or do you know where this is? or what time will you be back? Let me do my work and leave me alone. Thank you.

[JNickel101]

take apart an old computer hard drive

Inside, you'll find some very strong (usually silver) magnets.

stick one or 3 to the back of your cell phone.

Never tried it, but something is telling me that might work....

[GrimmJeeper]

just toss it in the microwave without the battery for about 10 seconds that should do it.

[RTicUL8]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't believe that call history will show if the thing is just turned off or on silent.
.
Let your voice mail be the gatekeeper.
Just leave a polite message saying that you are inaccesable and will call back when you have time.
.

[tkjeeper]

RT, they don't pay for voice mail for me. They just keep calling until it's too late for me to go to that job.
Grimm, will that show up to the techs? I like it, it has attitude, now if I could somehow get them to put it in the microwave without knowing...that would be sweet.
JNickel, I have a bunch of rare earth magnets that would do for that. I wasn't sure if that would do anything or not. I could stack a bunch of them together on the back, or screen, thats a good one. Thanks guys.
I know it sounds petty but us working goofs have to stick together, my boss is really great but sometimes they need tuning in, know what I mean?

[Stumpalump]

Hey I have an idea! Why don't you do your best to answer the phone. Do a great job for those that give you a check. Get some decient promotions and maybe even a few referals from customers and co-workers. Then maybe with a half ass trac record you could move on up in the world to a job that satisfies you enough to make you want to do the best you can and answer the phone!

[H8PVMT]

my current work kept trying to call me on my personal all the time (I run an exclusive golf course) so I just parked near the greens all the time and waited for them to call, once the Gov. of the state complained about cell phones ringing while he putted,that's all it took :roflmao:

no more cells :wave1: and I pissed off the man, guess it was a victory for the working man

doug

[5-90]

Hey I have an idea! Why don't you do your best to answer the phone. Do a great job for those that give you a check. Get some decient promotions and maybe even a few referals from customers and co-workers. Then maybe with a half ass trac record you could move on up in the world to a job that satisfies you enough to make you want to do the best you can and answer the phone!

Because there are bosses who want "constant updates" when you're doing a job - nevermind the fact that you've tried to patiently explain that you're suddenly getting half as much work done because you're constantly answer the phone for their calls.

It's sort of the same mentality that caused the same boss to want us to turn in "day logs" - minute-by-minute records of what we were doing, how long we were doing it, and have them on his desk the following morning.

The only way I could do anything like that would be to carry around a microtape recorder in my pocket and dictate my log between jobs. No, I didn't transcribe it afterwards - he wasn't willing to pay another hour and a half or so of overtime for me to do it. So, he got a microtape in an envelope on his desk (I checked to make sure - I had a microtape recorder, but he didn't have a player.)

When you get a boss who won't listen to reason, what else can you do with him? For some odd reason, "justifiable assault" isn't an out if you decide to do something suitably horrible to him...

The "day log" thing lasted about a week.

He also decided, once, that he wasn't going to pay any more overtime. My reply? "Fine. Jobs that don't get done get your telephone number so you can explain why."

That lasted two days.

I will admit that cellphones can have their uses - but that use is not a surrogate social life for an idiot. Nor is it to constantly harrass someone trying to get work done about why the work isn't getting done.

Oh - one other fun thing I did with my issue - since it had an extended battery, this was really fun...

I'd hide my 'phone in his office. Somewhere that he couldn't get to easily, but he could certainly hear the damn thing. Since I had "God" keys and more access than he did, this was simple for me. Not destructive to property, but fun. "Call forwarding" can also be fun - especially if you have the numbers - and consent! - of someone higher on the food chain than your boss...

[tkjeeper]

Hey I have an idea! Why don't you do your best to answer the phone. Do a great job for those that give you a check. Get some decient promotions and maybe even a few referals from customers and co-workers. Then maybe with a half ass trac record you could move on up in the world to a job that satisfies you enough to make you want to do the best you can and answer the phone!


Stump you sound like a typical Liberal asshat. How do you know I don't do a great job, they have more toys and goodies now since I've worked there for 11 years than could have been imagined before I started, yes thanks to me, I don't have a problem admitting that. We are a small company, I'm all they have, it's not hard to figure out. I've got all the promotions there are, I get customers requesting me and only me for jobs, I have no coworkers most of the time and when we do hire part time seasonal workers, even if it's the same guys every year, I end up going over their work and redoing it. My track record is impeccable for your information, thats why I can get away with doing this stuff. YOU bitch about gun porn, probably against the war, probably love paying higher taxes and larger government, free Hillarycare, and a chicken in every pot. YOU probably think take from the rich and give to the poor. You contributed greatly to my little fun thread, take a bow! Go vote for Obama.

[Stumpalump]

Stump you sound like a typical Liberal asshat. How do you know I don't do a great job, they have more toys and goodies now since I've worked there for 11 years than could have been imagined before I started, yes thanks to me, I don't have a problem admitting that. We are a small company, I'm all they have, it's not hard to figure out. I've got all the promotions there are, I get customers requesting me and only me for jobs, I have no coworkers most of the time and when we do hire part time seasonal workers, even if it's the same guys every year, I end up going over their work and redoing it. My track record is impeccable for your information, thats why I can get away with doing this stuff. YOU bitch about gun porn, probably against the war, probably love paying higher taxes and larger government, free Hillarycare, and a chicken in every pot. YOU probably think take from the rich and give to the poor. You contributed greatly to my little fun thread, take a bow! Go vote for Obama. Take a breath!

[tkjeeper]

Off my soap box now.

[Mtb Jak]

my dad said ever since he got his blackberry for work everyone he works with has become nervous nellies. people just calling,emailing,txting eachother asking to do something or to get an opinion blahblahblah, instead of just doing it.

[5-90]

my dad said ever since he got his blackberry for work everyone he works with has become nervous nellies. people just calling,emailing,txting eachother asking to do something or to get an opinion blahblahblah, instead of just doing it.

Yet another misuse of comms technology. Cellphones (et al) should not replace brains. If you can't do bloody anything in your job without calling someone else, you're probably in the wrong line of work.

Just do it. If you don't know how - feel free to ask, but you shouldn't have to ask again. If you have to ask, Write It Down. If you ask again, don't expect an answer.

I wouldn't mind cellphones in the workplace if people would occasionally use them, or use them to co-ordinate myriad activities, or just generally allow me to get work done. If, for instance, you keep asking me how much longer the (same!) job will take me to finish, the time I give will keep getting longer. If you ask me why, I'll tell you true - it's because you keep pestering me to no end. It would have taken me another half-hour the first time, but you calling me every five damned minutes makes the job take longer.

An aside - on my personal cell, I have deactivated texting and voicemail as well. I didn't want either, but it took some convincing to get the provider to believe that I didn't want either option.

[Beej]

Stump you sound like a typical Liberal asshat. How do you know I don't do a great job, they have more toys and goodies now since I've worked there for 11 years than could have been imagined before I started, yes thanks to me, I don't have a problem admitting that. We are a small company, I'm all they have, it's not hard to figure out. I've got all the promotions there are, I get customers requesting me and only me for jobs, I have no coworkers most of the time and when we do hire part time seasonal workers, even if it's the same guys every year, I end up going over their work and redoing it. My track record is impeccable for your information, thats why I can get away with doing this stuff. YOU bitch about gun porn, probably against the war, probably love paying higher taxes and larger government, free Hillarycare, and a chicken in every pot. YOU probably think take from the rich and give to the poor. You contributed greatly to my little fun thread, take a bow! Go vote for Obama. Don't call him a liberal. He's not. You now sound like an asshat, liberal or not...

[Ba-Riedo]

Easiest way to destroy a cell phone, give it to a teenager. I go through 3-5 a year becuase they just stop working. A good way to get rid of them is to leave them in the car overnight when its really cold outside then bring them inside quickly and heat them up. This will usually crack the screen but I do like the bag idea.

-Alex

[BruceB83]

Like others have said...ignore it or silence it. You have two options here and it will depend on what type of person you are. 1) deal with it and answer it all the time. Yes, this might land you some higher job someday because you sacrificed a private life and family time due to being stuck on work...but hey...you'll be a big wig someday. 2) Talk to your boss, establish the fact that you have a personal life and will not listen to the phone ring off the hook when you go home to be with your family or do whatever you do in your personal life. Will that piss him off? Maybe, would I care...no. Will he gain more respect for you because you are not scared to show him how you feel? Hopefully. That's the guy I want to work for. At my younger age, I've already been through the cycle of wanting to be a millionaire CFO with a "big" job at a "big" company someday to just wanting to enjoy my work and go as far up the ladder as that entails me to. Through an internship/job at the end of college I saw what it's like for people who have those jobs. I also now see what it's like for those people who are chained to their crackberry's. When I reach the point where I honestly feel that I'm chained to my blackberry...it's time to re-assess my situation.

Just my .02

[EMSJEEP]

just toss it in the microwave without the battery for about 10 seconds that should do it.

exactly what he said, just don't leave it in long enough to melt it, or put the battery in (it will/may explode), no evidence, no trauma, period, end of story...

[BruceB83]

Or you could just shoot it! Haha...right Stump! :cheers:

[tkjeeper]

Don't call him a liberal. He's not. You now sound like an asshat, liberal or not...

Not sure why you're speaking for him but ok, can someone identify an asshat? Maybe post a pic of one, I'd like to see that.

[tkjeeper]

exactly what he said, just don't leave it in long enough to melt it, or put the battery in (it will/may explode), no evidence, no trauma, period, end of story...


Just the internal damage eh ems? Thats the worst kind.

[tkjeeper]

Or you could just shoot it! Haha...right Stump! :cheers:


Maybe I could get Stump to shoot it for me? Get the weapons out Stump.

[tkjeeper]

At my younger age, I've already been through the cycle of wanting to be a millionaire CFO with a "big" job at a "big" company someday to just wanting to enjoy my work and go as far up the ladder as that entails me to. Through an internship/job at the end of college I saw what it's like for people who have those jobs. I also now see what it's like for those people who are chained to their crackberry's. When I reach the point where I honestly feel that I'm chained to my blackberry...it's time to re-assess my situation.

Just my .02

Now THAT I respect, congrats for standing up for whats you believe in

[Stumpalump]

Maybe I could get Stump to shoot it for me? Get the weapons out Stump. I got the weopon. A cell phone would be just right to toss up and shoot like skeet. It would make a good you tube video of you hearing it ring and getting mad. Then toss it up in the air and hit it with #8 high brass lead shot while it was still ringing.

[5-90]

I got the weopon. A cell phone would be just right to toss up and shoot like skeet. It would make a good you tube video of you hearing it ring and getting mad. Then toss it up in the air and hit it with #8 high brass lead shot while it was still ringing.

Old cellphones also make nice 300-500 yard rifle targets, I've found.

[EMSJEEP]

Not sure why you're speaking for him but ok, can someone identify an asshat? Maybe post a pic of one, I'd like to see that.

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/22/30718700_7d1ff796cb.jpg?v=0

[tkjeeper]

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/22/30718700_7d1ff796cb.jpg?v=0


LMFAO, Thats great ems, I knew I could count on a paramedic, or are you a fellow firefighter? So it appears I complimented you Stump, thats a handsome hat!
And Stump I'm all over that youtube thing, we could make a million!

[EMSJEEP]

LMFAO, Thats great ems, I knew I could count on a paramedic, or are you a fellow firefighter? So it appears I complimented you Stump, thats a handsome hat!
And Stump I'm all over that youtube thing, we could make a million!

Both...see the avatar...:patriot:

[tkjeeper]

Both...see the avatar...:patriot:

Ah yes I forgot down there you guys are both. Duh.

[EMSJEEP]

Ah yes I forgot down there you guys are both. Duh.


oh, thats not all we do.....:cheers:

[tkjeeper]

Yeah, same here bro.

[Darky]

As Jon's asked a few times, have you talked to your boss about it yet? If an employee of mine, no matter how good, started destroying company property for no reason, I'd be pissed. I'd start looking for someone else. Phones cost money. If he gives you the phone and you destroy it without first trying to explain why its a problem, then you're stupid (not really ;)). Seriously though, explain it first, if they don't listen, turn it off. Or put it on silent and answer once, then ignore it if they call back a few minutes later. If they question you, explain that you're too busy working to be able to answer the phone all the time. If they still don't listen, just leave it off or conveniently forget it in the office. Or find sneaky ways to ruin it...but that should be a last resort, because even then I'd be pissed. I'd rather have an employee tell me to quit calling so much and then turn the phone off when I don't listen. Then at least I can reuse it for someone else if necessary and I'm not out the $100 or so...

[tkjeeper]

As Jon's asked a few times, have you talked to your boss about it yet? If an employee of mine, no matter how good, started destroying company property for no reason, I'd be pissed. I'd start looking for someone else. Phones cost money. If he gives you the phone and you destroy it without first trying to explain why its a problem, then you're stupid (not really ;)). Seriously though, explain it first, if they don't listen, turn it off. Or put it on silent and answer once, then ignore it if they call back a few minutes later. If they question you, explain that you're too busy working to be able to answer the phone all the time. If they still don't listen, just leave it off or conveniently forget it in the office. Or find sneaky ways to ruin it...but that should be a last resort, because even then I'd be pissed. I'd rather have an employee tell me to quit calling so much and then turn the phone off when I don't listen. Then at least I can reuse it for someone else if necessary and I'm not out the $100 or so...

You don't get it...that's why I want it to be mysterious, new and devious ways to wreck a cell phone, untraceable. Seriously tho, it will take a while before I'm in the mood to be rid of it but the day will come...I actually like in a way having it cause I can get a hold of customers myself and keep work in the dark as to my whereabouts.

[RichP]

Head down to the border with the US, stick it on one of the tractor trailers just before it goes thru the scanner, that outta fix it...

[Darky]

You don't get it...that's why I want it to be mysterious, new and devious ways to wreck a cell phone, untraceable. Seriously tho, it will take a while before I'm in the mood to be rid of it but the day will come...I actually like in a way having it cause I can get a hold of customers myself and keep work in the dark as to my whereabouts.
Well there you go, ignore it when they call, it'll be fun explaining to your boss why your phone is always in the truck when he calls and yet you still manage to remember it when you need to call customers...:D

[tkjeeper]

Well there you go, ignore it when they call, it'll be fun explaining to your boss why your phone is always in the truck when he calls and yet you still manage to remember it when you need to call customers...:D

Ah, spoken like a true boss. They know it's left in the truck, thats fine with them. The idea is supposed to be to make things more productive not less. You probably like your employees to fill out timesheets to the 1/4 hr with every miniscule detail of the day. Let me tell you something, if the OFFICE staff had to fill out a 1/4 hr timesheet with what they do all day and what websites they visited, productivity problem solved!! Look into the office BlackSport, the ratio of office staff/outside workers, tells a lot also.

[Darky]

If they're ok with you not answering the phone when they call, what's the problem? You get the benefits you like, contacting customers directly and not having to tell the boss where you are. They get the benefit they want, a false sense of control because they can theoretically call you whenever they get bored. You just won't answer. ;)
I don't know, maybe I'm just old-fashioned (at 25?), in that I like to avoid property damage when possible. Especially when the owner of the property in question is also the person writing my checks...

[RTicUL8]

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[Muad'Dib]

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I dont see any cell phones....

[5-90]

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Who cares about the 'phones? Looks like the knockers are waterproof - which allows me fun in washing them...