Ask for no, don't ask for yes (2022)

Re:Ask for no, don't ask for yes (2022) by ineedasername on Sunday February 23, 2025 @03:10AM (#43147642)

Well, the CYA in less healthy workplaces could be to leave things vague, if the person doesn’t respond then do what you want when the time comes, and if anything goes wrong you can pin it on the person who ghosted you on a response. Bonus points if you send that first email and immediately seek an in person response. The other person will then figure an email response is unnecessary, thus guaranteeing your ability to play things however you want.

After you’ve been on the wrong side of this dynamic you learn to always confirm things in writing. And to wait for the other person to go to the bathroom and unplug their desk phone so it looks like they’re ignoring phone calls. At the same time, you use your personal vpn to try a few dozen failed logins to their email from 2 or 3 other continents, then drop a hint to their boss alluding to a vague but urgent problem in their domain so the boss will want to get in touch with them immediately.

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Re:Ask for no, don't ask for yes (2022) by genewitch on Sunday February 23, 2025 @04:46AM (#43148114)

I never would do what you suggest but I always had the network room door codes. Scotch tape and a thin plastic needle to rub it down to blend the colors on the copper part of the cable, then into the patch panel.

I once playfully threatened a helpdesk senior manager: if you dont tell your team to shut to coffee pot off in the evenings I'm gunna start putting your LTO tapes into the carafe whenever Im forced to be here at 2AM cleaning a coffee pot so I don't take a box cutter to the entire patch panel.

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