Someone from a Mexican bank showed me a common practice in Mexico for not password locking your computer when you are away.
Someone, generally the co-worker next to you, will see your computer logged on and you not there, so they will quickly log onto their coworker's e-mail and send an e-mail to their own e-mail saying, "Breakfast tomorrow is on me!" Then he or she will go back to his computer and forward that e-mail to all 20 people in the team with the additional comment, "Maria is happy to pay for/bring breakfast tomorrow."
Then the person who left their computer unlocked brings tacos and quesadillas for everyone. (I asked him how would people think of you if you brought a box of cereal and told people to bring their own milk? Culturally, he said, you don't pull something like that.)
The purpose of this practice is to make sure people are in compliance with the policy to never leave their computers logged on when they are away.
Someone, generally the co-worker next to you, will see your computer logged on and you not there, so they will quickly log onto their coworker's e-mail and send an e-mail to their own e-mail saying, "Breakfast tomorrow is on me!" Then he or she will go back to his computer and forward that e-mail to all 20 people in the team with the additional comment, "Maria is happy to pay for/bring breakfast tomorrow."
Then the person who left their computer unlocked brings tacos and quesadillas for everyone. (I asked him how would people think of you if you brought a box of cereal and told people to bring their own milk? Culturally, he said, you don't pull something like that.)
The purpose of this practice is to make sure people are in compliance with the policy to never leave their computers logged on when they are away.
