I made my first SC visit in six months on a short trip to civilization earlier this week. I had a grand evening in my favourite oil patch club in central Alberta - many, many Kokanees were consumed, many $20 bills were tucked in the buxom bartender's cleavage, saucy chat with one of the stage dancers. And that, I thought, was that.
I roll into the office shack in camp this morning and check phone and e-mail. Holy Shit!! There, on my phone and secure business e-mail, were messages from that dancer I chatted with last Monday. I am so pissed off at myself; that is NOT the e-mail address I hand out to dancers! I called my office manager at her home in Calgary and told her to set up a new e-mail account, get new business cards printed, and notify all employees, clients, suppliers, etc. of the new e-mail addy. I am not the world's favourite boss this morning.
What a fool I am! It is important for me to have an uncorrupted e-mail account and I just blew it away in an evening of alcoholic frivolity.
Alucard.......you may have a comment??
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last commentfa: You're not the first, nor will you be the last person to do a dumbshit thing. Now that you recognized it, and took quick corrective action, go pour yourself a nice stiff one. (If you hadn't done so already.)
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How is she different from any other spammer?
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Oh well, Art. It could be worse. I feel your pain, though.
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You said it yourself Art. Rubbing your nose in it isn't necessary. Do you need alcohol to have fun?
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Shit, if that's the worst you ever do, you'll be getting off easy.
I helped a girl out with some moving boxes one time, and one of them was an Amazon box with my home address on it. I didn't even have alcohol to blame. Fortunately, I saw it before she did, but she did wonder why I ripped one of the flaps off and put it in my car. When I told her, she laughed.
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I've had just the opposite happen before. A dancer easily gave away her real name to me, without thinking. (No address, though.) She treated me to dinner for my birthday at a nice Seattle restaurant, with a view of Lake Union. When it came time to pay the bill, she plopped her credit card down where, accidentally, I could easily see her name on it. It hasn't caused her any problems since. I was a six-month regular of hers at the time. I'm now almost a six-YEAR regular of hers.
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I've know the full real names of my last 3 ATFs & the addresses. They NEVER had anything to be concerned about with my knowing.
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Hmm, why am I not more worried than I am. Should I be?
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FA: given my work situation, I could see how that could be a serious problem. Although, I do have the same question as deogol. Why not just fwd her info to a personal email account and then have IT block her from your corporate account? Seems like overkill to nuke you whole email account without any evidence she'd try to do any harm.
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Not really that big a deal, is it? It is likely that only you, your office manager and perhaps your tech support have access to your email and who is going to give you crap for receiving a naughty message anyway? You are not married, so no issues on that front. Also, how bad could her email messages be?
I think you are overreacting. Now it might be different if you were a mid-level employee rather than the owner as HR and other employment policies regarding naughty messages kick in, but nobody is going to fire you and, unlike that mid-level employee, you can limit inbox access as much as you want.
You probably went overboard in switching up your email just because one stripper had it.
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Damn Art. And I had just sent you my resume!
I once gave a dancer my business cell phone number because at the time it was the only way for us to hook up later! I've fixed that issue now.
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alutard: "They NEVER had anything to be concerned about with my knowing. "
Depends. You are, indeed, a complete psycho. OTOH, you probably are too pussy to do anything even if you did have an "episode".
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Hmmm, this could be the first time ever, but I actually agree with the RickyBoy. What's the big deal here?
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Another reason that I have taken "alcoholic frivolity" out of my SC visits, since I've done similar questionable things when hammered.
Luckily I prefer the nude clubs anyway.
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I don't remember any dancer ever asking for my email address. I might have told anyone who did that I only check it maybe 2 or 3 times a month.
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"Another reason that I have taken "alcoholic frivolity" out of my SC visits, since I've done similar questionable things when hammered.
Luckily I prefer the nude clubs anyway"
Good for you lopaw. An example of having FUN without intoxication. Bravo!
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Alucard: "I've know the full real names of my last 3 ATFs & the addresses. They NEVER had anything to be concerned about with my knowing. "
Funny, I thought we were talking about strippers knowing OUR names and email addresses.
Makes me wonder what the DSM has to say...
I use to think Dougster was a little bit out there - but for the last few months I have been watching your statements and have been surprised at how they can be categorized. Dougster seems to be on to something.
Granted you are an intelligent person and may be leading Dougster ... for all I know, you may BE Dougster having a chuckle at all the rest of us.
Still... interesting.
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I now return you to guns, boobies, and secrets...
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For those of you who asked why I went nuclear over this, I will say that I am exceedingly anal about security. I had a very expensive lesson about e-mail security a few years ago.
My industry is filled with spies, scouts, crooks, thieves, and assorted other ne'er-do-wells. The dollar numbers I deal with are rather large and the geophysical technical data are priceless. I make no excuses for being such a wuss about security.
e-mail communication is my preferred method of contact with dancers. I never hand out my phone number and especially not my Blackberry info. I have several tame e-mail addresses for matters like this.
Not the first time that my love of booze has bit me in the ass but the mellow memories of the great booze moments far outweigh the occasional disaster like this one.
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fa,
Should you venture to S. Florida, we'll protect you from the evils of booze, NOT! :)
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