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Well, it happened again. My friends and relatives all know that I'm in IT, that I contract for Microsoft and other software companies, and a few of them regularly put me on the spot by asking "Oh, do you have a copy of Office (or some other expensive software package)?" Well, of course I do. But that's not the realquestion. So if I try to avoid the issue by simply saying "yes," the next question is "Can I borrow it?"
Well, no. I'm running out of nice ways to say it. Especially to the ones to whom I've tried to say it nicely several times before. One of them is a nurse and one is a teacher. What if I asked "Oh, does the hospital where you work have any medications stashed in the safe?" or "Does the school where you work have any computers?" and upon hearing the inevitable "yes" I then continued, "Do you think maybe you could borrow some for me to use?" After all, drugs and hardware are expensive and why should I have to pay for them when I have a friend or family member who could so easily steal them for me?
I'm sure such a presumption would leave them absolutely appalled. Why, that's illegal. And they would be risking their jobs. How dare I ask them to do such a thing?
Indeed.
Then why is it okay for them to ask me to "loan" my software illegally and risk my own career for them?
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