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[dr-atheist.livejournal.com]

email the first

from $some_supervisor
to #my_team, #some_other_semi_related_team $some_supervisors_minion & several random people
subject: new account on development system

Please give $supervisors_minion an account on the development system, similar to his production account.

email the second (5 minutes later)
reply to all
from $supervisors_minion

Help! I cannot get into $development account.
I tried these details
username: $minions_username
password $minions_password (!!!)

email the third:
reply to all

from $your_friendly_operator

Please never give you your password to anyone. You have just emailed this to potentially up to 20 people. Any of us could now log in as you and anything we did would be accountable to you.
As a result I have expired all your passwords. Please log into all your accounts immediately and change the passwords.
No love, me

email the fourth
from minion
to friendly_operator

sorry about that, I got confused, I've changed my password to $new_password, I hope that's ok

*head meets desk repeat until the voices leave me alone*

Comments

[ravenshrinkery.livejournal.com]

Just forward the exchange up the food chain and make sure HR gets a copy. Somebody that stupid regarding data security is too stupid to be working there regardless of credentials.

[dr-atheist.livejournal.com]

Why do you think I hit "reply all" for my reply, at the very least his manager will see the stupid.

[canray.livejournal.com]

Or just say, "Screw it", find a nice terminal in a random place, and start uploading the Rubber Llama Pr0n.

Then a nice, anonymous e-mail to HR about violations.

[crazdgamer.livejournal.com]

... but did you fix his problem?

(Was there any? Was the account even created when he e-mailed?)

[ex-deliveryboy.livejournal.com]

That just made my day!

[major-error.livejournal.com]

expire the account again!

...then let HR and management see how far teh stupid goes...

[xforge.livejournal.com]

Jesus God Almighty.

(scoops own brain out with spoon)

[dr-atheist.livejournal.com]

no, he sent that email 5 minutes after we received the original request, before we even read the original request. I think he saw the request go in and assumed it would be immediate...
because he obviously assumes I'm like some sort of demi god or something.

[rev-thumper.livejournal.com]

Yea, see how many times you can repeat the password reset loop before they get it.

[dr-atheist.livejournal.com]

£5 says they I get bored (or kill) before they get it.