The game’s afoot Watson..

ByMike McBride Reading Time: 1 minute

As many of you know, in our small office the network server sits in my office. So do the spare laptops, and my own desktop with Admin access to everything in the building. Because of this, I take the extra physical security step of locking my office door at night. That means that my office doesn’t get cleaned like everyone else’s does and I have to get around to doing it myself when I have the time. Yesterday morning, I opened my office door to discover that the carpet had been swept. How that happened is a mystery. Maybe it was one of Santa’s elves? Maybe that was my Christmas bonus? Maybe I just closed the door but didn’t lock it properly and the cleaning person decided that since it wasn’t locked it was a good time to get it swept up? The world may never know…

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