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    [โ€“] surewhynotlem 40 points 11 months ago (2 children)

    You're in a meeting with 16 people with identical corporate laptops. Easy way to see whose is whose if they're not open.

    [โ€“] Godnroc 40 points 11 months ago

    Pfft, that's what the asset tags are for. Clearly my laptop is the one with the number 2760754 on a... sticker... son of a bitch!

    [โ€“] rwhitisissle 11 points 11 months ago (4 children)

    I've never been in a corporate environment where stickers on laptops that weren't branded for the company itself was considered acceptable or professional.

    [โ€“] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago

    I sticker my laptops.

    I view it as theft deterrent. It stands out so it's easier to see in someone's hands, and makes an expensive laptop looks kind of shitty.

    [โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago

    I have. It's not all what it's cracked up to be.

    [โ€“] SuddenlyBlowGreen 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)
    [โ€“] rwhitisissle 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

    Extensively. Nobody has stickers on their laptops. Maybe that's some "fresh out of college" shit.

    [โ€“] SuddenlyBlowGreen 0 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

    Maybe. Maybe it's a "We can't afford to alienate expensive engineers over stickers" thing, or a "We care more about the quality of work than sticks on laptops" thing.

    Must be a fun place you work at. Do you wear a suit to work and work in cubicles?

    [โ€“] rwhitisissle 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

    I don't talk about the specific details of my employment on the internet with strangers. Especially with those who are fishing for a fight in which I have little interest.

    [โ€“] SuddenlyBlowGreen 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

    Okay, have fun a work tomorrow! Or don't, as that seems to be your preference. :-)

    [โ€“] rwhitisissle 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

    "You must hate your job because you think putting stickers on laptops is tacky!"

    Touch grass.

    [โ€“] SuddenlyBlowGreen 0 points 11 months ago

    Whoa, that's not very professional or acceptable :-)

    [โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago

    Yeah, god forbid anyone have a little fun in a corporate environment. Gotta stay in uniform.

    I put a rainbow peel off sticker next to my camera just so I had something nice to look at during the endless Zoom meetings. No one but I could see it. Still got a bollocksing because some boomer passed too close behind my work station once in four years.