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Fatmas

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I have no problem charging my phone at work. Site staff often call me on it so that's the justification.

 

On second thought, maybe I should let the battery die so they can't get hold of me....

HarryMonkey

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We have an entry in the staff handbook saying that it is inappropriate to use the school electricity supply for the charging of personal mobile phones.

 

I notice that there is no section saying that it's inappropriate to use my personal laptop for school use though!!

tech_guy

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Although I commend your conscientiousness I'm sure they wouldn't mind.

 

As an employer I wouldn't care if someone brought their dirty plates to throw in the dishwasher...as long as the work was being done.

 

(that invite is open to staff only....before anyone close by gets the wrong idea!)

 

Joe

 

Oh bum, I was just on my way round with the dirty dishes....

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mattx

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I stick my fingers in the electric sockets daily hoping for an early death - they can bill me for that if they like.........
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maniac

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I actually have a spare charger at work specifically for charging my phone. I also charge my personal laptop at work as well on the odd ocassion I bring it in, never thought twice about it to be honest.
Hightower

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If you are charging via USB from a PC then the PC is on anyway so you are not using more electricity?

 

Well yes, you are using the power from the USB port which wasn't being used prior to plugging your phone in, so those 5v have to come from somewhere. It doesn't say to the processor "i'm taking 5v from your supply so deal with it". It says to the PSU "I need 5v, give me it now!" to which the PSU happily responds and pulls a bit more power to supply it.

DrCheese

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I have no idea why anyone would even remotely give a damn. Get real, seriously. OH NOES 0.2p, Time to sack staff for theft and send the bailiffs over.

If you're worried about this, what about the work time you wasted posting/reading this thread?

 

*edit: sorry about the aggression, three hours of sleep makes for a ratty guy :p

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Andrew_C

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ISTR sometime ago, and employer of the scale of BBC/British Airways having a fight with staff over this, but can't remember the details.

 

I do charge my phone at work occasionally (like now!), equally occasionally use it for work, and I also bring in tools to make my life easier. For example, I know my Bosch router (wood cutting) so I use that over the nominally better Elu that the department has. Am I really loosing anything by that deal? I doubt it really.

elsiegee40

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The only wrist slapping we get here for using chargers for mobile phones, etc is if we haven't had them PAT tested first. All mains electrical equipment, including phone chargers, must be tested before it can be used in school. The caretaker does it and, as the school is small, it's simple to arrange here.
Hightower

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I have no idea why anyone would even remotely give a damn. Get real, seriously. OH NOES 0.2p, Time to sack staff for theft and send the bailiffs over.

If you're worried about this, what about the work time you wasted posting/reading this thread?

 

I think you're reading into the seriousness of this thread a little too much. :)

Hightower

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:( ya my bad... three hours sleep = grumpy me :p Sorry if I upset anyone >.>

 

OT but my Asda finally got ear plugs in stock again last night, resulting in my having a hasty drive down to buy ALL of them. Slept with ear plugs in for the first time in weeks last night, and boy did I sleep like a log!

 

It's not noisy in my house - I'm just a very light sleeper and any noise (even the wind) wakes me up

mrbios

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My personal phone = also my work phone, i see no guilt :p

 

The phone they wanted to give me as my work phone looked like it came off the arc along with moses and his animals, no one rings me apart from my manager anyway so it's all good :D

srochford

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As for people bringing in their own kettles, radios, etc, I am sure 0.00003 amps (ok sarcastic) is not going to hurt the electricity bill.

 

Actually, kettles is the one thing where an employer could complain. The radio probably draws just a few milliamps of current but the kettle doesn't - they're typically 10A and if lots of people are boiling lots of kettles then it all adds up (and electricity is wasted because people will put more than just a cup of water in the kettle so you heat up all the water you're not going to use that time, let it cool and heat it up again later!)

 

It may not matter - if the alternative is someone stopping work for 15 minutes to go somewhere central to have a cup of tea then the penny it costs to boil the kettle is no big deal.

 

If you think management is looking for reasons to get at you then I'd ask "is it OK to ..." - that way you're covered.

CAM

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All employers have picky and silly technicalities. The reason most of them don't pull you up on every tiny technicality like minute amounts of electricity is A) They'd have no staff left for being unreasonable and B) Can they really be bothered to expend more effort on the extra paperwork?

 

Unfortunately there are still a few employers out there who will pull you up on the slightest silly thing! Luckily these are generally companies like certain large supermarkets who you probably don't want to work for.

yugo

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A teacher here often brings his golf caddy battery in to charge and nearly every class has their own kettle, so I am not worried about what power I use in school!
K.C.Leblanc

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Actually, kettles is the one thing where an employer could complain.

 

It reminds me of my school days, if the RE teacher and the IT Technician switched their kettles on at the same time IT room would go down.

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