Unauthorized microwave use

[SneakyStuff]

You need to take the microwave and put it deep undercover. :laugh:

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[HomeBrewerDude]

webcam needs to be installed

 

[Red Irish]

Originally posted by: So
Buy a metal box. Put a plug *inside* the box, run the cord for the microwave into the screwed shut box. Put one of these on the face of the box. Have an extension cord running out of the box to the outlet.

I would let them use it, but I have to say that you are one devious bastard (in the nicest possible terms).

 

[waggy]

I'm just amazed someone is such a child that they are getting upset that someone else is using something they paid for. this is not someone coming into your house to watch you TV. its a fucking Microwave at work.

really how petty do you need to be?

 

[Brainonska511]

Originally posted by: waggy
I'm just amazed someone is such a child that they are getting upset that someone else is using something they paid for. this is not someone coming into your house to watch you TV. its a fucking Microwave at work.

really how petty do you need to be?

If it's like most publicly accessible stuff, it's probably a dirty mess because the inconsiderate shit-heads can't clean up after themselves.

 

[waggy]

Originally posted by: Brainonska511

Originally posted by: waggy
I'm just amazed someone is such a child that they are getting upset that someone else is using something they paid for. this is not someone coming into your house to watch you TV. its a fucking Microwave at work.

really how petty do you need to be?

If it's like most publicly accessible stuff, it's probably a dirty mess because the inconsiderate shit-heads can't clean up after themselves.

oh i agree. i hate people that leave it a mess. but im not going to be a child about it and hide it or put signs saying don't use.

its in a work enviorment. its not like its on private property or such.

though i would have issues with someone giving out the code for the door.

 

[Stuxnet]

Originally posted by: dullard
Someone from ATOT will turn any non-problem into a serious panic.

And another one will turn said perceived "non-problem" into an opportunity to get on a high horse.

While the issue may have started as one of financial principle, anyone who's had to share appliances - especially a microwave - knows that some people are allgrownzup and capable of cleaning up after themselves, while others are not.

So, on top of the fact that someone is using something they were specifically instructed not to use, the OP and his staff get to clean up after these twits, too.

 

[nerp]

OMG, who CARES? It's a microwave! Get over it. You sound like an 11-year-old child. BUT BUT BUT THEY BOUGHT IT FOR US!?!?! WHAAAA. Maybe you should focus on your job instead of obsessing over a trivial bout of possessiveness over a sedentary object. If you got terminated, could you take the microwave with you? No. Would you be able to use it? No. Will other people use it? Yes. Will anyone care but you? No.

 

[hiromizu]

From the looks of it, this is clearly an IT issue. Have them lock it down using fingerprint + RSA key. That should do it.

 

[VinylxScratches]

Install a webcam on top of the microwave. When a suspect you do not recognize uses it. Run to the microwave with a sword and tell them to begone or you shall meet my sword!

 

[BoomerD]

http://www.mcgillelectrical.co...cts.asp?nProductsID=97

 

[imported_Imp]

Your company is cheap for not providing one.

Put the wave in a storeroom/office, lock the damn door.

 

[yowolabi]

Originally posted by: So
Buy a metal box. Put a plug *inside* the box, run the cord for the microwave into the screwed shut box. Put one of these on the face of the box. Have an extension cord running out of the box to the outlet.

Step 1: Cut a hole in the box

Step 2: Put your ____ in the box

Step 3: Profit??

 

[magomago]

You need some type of biometrics measurement that isn't easily bypassed. If you get a key or have a pad, anyone can easily break through so as long as someone gives them the password or loans them the key to copy . This already happened as you said someone in the area gave out the password.

The other method would be to create unique passwords for each person (if possible) and have a data logger installed. This way, you can monitor who is the mole in the team (I can assume that a super majority of the team shares the same sentiments).
I would think its normal to see someone's password input 3 times a day. But once you get a password being used 10+ times a day, for a consistent basis each day, you know who is leaking their password to others. Even though I think this is a more interesting option, and its no doubt cheaper than stuff like thumb or retinal scans, it'll require hacking the microwave a little more to read the voltages from the button presses on the microwave.

IMO I'd go that route because it sounds more fun. Probably test it on a junk microwave...and once you can get it to work, take the work microwave with you over the weekend and try to repeat it (hopefully its not too different on the keypad).

 

[magomago]

Originally posted by: VinylxScratches
Install a webcam on top of the microwave. When a suspect you do not recognize uses it. Run to the microwave with a sword and tell them to begone or you shall meet my sword!

The webcam idea works, but is annoying b/c he has to be constantly vigilant. I like the data logging method better because he can check it each week to find out who the mole is

 

[KingGheedora]

You guys should switch to a keycard system, not a keypad system. Any keycards reported lost should get disabled, so no one can "lose" one that ends up in the hands of the other divisions.

But really, what's the big deal about others using your microwave? How do you know the messes are created by the other divisions and not your own? I don't see how you can know that. Why can't the secretaries tell people not to use it if it's in their room?

 

[l0cke]

Weld two tabs and put a padlock on

 

[Ramma2]

Cut the microwave cord in half, and wire up a new set plugs but in reverse on the ends (so the microwave will have a female plug, and you are left with a male to male cable).

New cord ends will cost you at most a few bucks at the hardware store, and are very easy to wire up.

Keep the male to male cord in your posession and everyone else will be stuck with no way to plug in the microwave.

 

[magomago]

Originally posted by: Ramma2
Cut the microwave cord in half, and wire up a new set plugs but in reverse on the ends (so the microwave will have a female plug, and you are left with a male to male cable).

New cord ends will cost you at most a few bucks at the hardware store, and are very easy to wire up.

Keep the male to male cord in your posession and everyone else will be stuck with no way to plug in the microwave.

annnnd how are the others supposed to use it when he is 150 feet away? Sounds like he would be constantly bothered from 11am to 2pm for the cord

 

[Genx87]

Smear shit on the handle and inside it and watch as the sick days start mounting up in other depts.

 

[Ramma2]

Originally posted by: magomago

Originally posted by: Ramma2
Cut the microwave cord in half, and wire up a new set plugs but in reverse on the ends (so the microwave will have a female plug, and you are left with a male to male cable).

New cord ends will cost you at most a few bucks at the hardware store, and are very easy to wire up.

Keep the male to male cord in your posession and everyone else will be stuck with no way to plug in the microwave.

annnnd how are the others supposed to use it when he is 150 feet away? Sounds like he would be constantly bothered from 11am to 2pm for the cord

If he cares so deeply about the microwave then it shouldn't bother him that much.

 

[waggy]

Originally posted by: KingGheedora
You guys should switch to a keycard system, not a keypad system. Any keycards reported lost should get disabled, so no one can "lose" one that ends up in the hands of the other divisions.

But really, what's the big deal about others using your microwave? How do you know the messes are created by the other divisions and not your own? I don't see how you can know that. Why can't the secretaries tell people not to use it if it's in their room?

yeap. i never been a fan of a keypad system. you can't trace who came in etc.

keycards are far better. though i had a bad habbit of loseing mine. finally a secetary got me a nice thing to put it around my neck heh.

 

[xanis]

As I see it, you have a few options here.

1) Lock microwave door, give key out to only the people you say can use it
2) Move microwave closer to you, near your desk, so people have to go to you to use it
3) Grow a pair and confront the next person that uses it

 

[Eli]

I completely understand.

Strange. The only thing I could find online regarding an electronic appliance lock was patents for devices.

My idea was some sort've device that sat between the appliance and the wall. You couldn't turn the appliance on without punching in a code, and it would reset when the appliance shut off.

Can't find anything though.

 

[jamesbond007]

Keycard system that controls the power to the microwave. I know there are ethernet ports on devices you can hook up to a special wired socket to control the power to it.

I would also throw out the old microwave that no longer works. Replace it with a cardboard box that says "Microwave" on it. Then attach a note that says, "If you want one that works, buy one."