Using office supplies for personal agenda

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If it’s one of the perks of the position, that will be spelled out in the job description.

Never assume office supplies can be used outside of work.
 
I don’t disagree about taking things home. But I don’t think everything has to be spelled out for one to assume you can use it. I don’t think employers say in a job description you can use your office computer to look at non work websites, but everyone knows that is acceptable within reason. The same goes for the telephone. If you have an office phone surely you can use it for short personal calls.
 
I wholeheartedly disagree with the idea that this is wrong. Unless HR and management clearly have a rule regarding this than I think its safe to do if you need a pen or a small note pad or need to print something off.

It would be different if done in excess. This has to do with intent and obedience. If my boss specifically came to me and told me to stop, I would.

A pen? fine. A box of pens? probably not.
A small note pad? Sure. A pack of paper? no.

I guess I feel like this is a scrupulous topic?
 
Which I have needed to do before as well… Had to make a doctor’s appointment and my cell was dead.
 
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Exactly. If the entire office is under the tacit understanding that a few pages or a pen now and then is fine, and management does not correct it, then it’s fair game.
 
No. I do not.

You can think of it as the employer’s investment in staff morale.
 
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On the other hand, if your employer is looking for a legitimate reason to write you up, this would be such a reason.
 
If everyone does it it can get very expensive.

There is no such thing as a victimless crime, look at poor Rutherford2, racked with guilt.

I once ate a dessert in a restaurant and wasn’t charged for it. I realised this as I sat in my car to leave the premises and for a moment I was tempted to leave. Then I changed my mind and I wondered if the manager might actually let me have it for nothing anyway if I told him of his error.
I returned, saw the manager and he said “because you’ve been so honest you can have it on the house.” He was heartened that honesty still exists and I got off Scott free, I mean without having sinned. All was well.

It’s not difficult to live within the law, a life of crime does not pay.
 
Oh i am sorry. Let me clarify. I ASSUME the printer is for office use only (coz thats the right thing to do). There are no rules saying that I could not use it for personal agrnda.
 
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