because we use tax money to buy what we need at the courthouse, we can't throw any of it away...even if it doesn't work at all. being in the IT dept, there was obviously plenty of things i got rid of this year. i submitted a few phones, some ups's, a digital camera, a microfilm machine (complete with extra supplies), a cd tower (24 cd drives stacked in a ~2'x2'x2' box), some printers, and a bunch of keyboards -- of of which no longer work. there was also a bunch of pc's and monitors that would be good for parts.
throughout the year, as Binit (the guy i took over for) and i run out of room in the office, we bring the stuff to a storage building near the sheriff's office...which is about 7 blocks from the courthouse. then on the friday before the auction, we move everything to the sheriff's impound lot where the auction is held.
whenever i've moved stuff to the storage location, someone always offers to get inmates from the county jail to help me. i always turn them down because i'm too uneasy about that. but yesterday the maintenance guy and i needed to move all of the IT equipment from the storage building to the impound lot and he got an inmate to help us. i was thankful the inmate was there because some of that stuff was really heavy, especially after lifting equipment for a few hours. he never said a word and didn't make eye contact with either one of us the whole time. i guess that makes sense, but it kinda caught me off-guard. as we were moving the stuff, i always sat in the back of the pickup with the equipment while the maintenance guy and the inmate sat in the cab. after a few trips back and forth, i realized that it is illegal to ride in the bed of a pickup in nebraska. and i am a county employee, moving county property, in a county-owned pickup, going between the sheriff's office and the sheriff's impound (which is 1-2 blocks). :)
anyways...after we finished moving all the equipment, i was sitting in my office and saw the inmate walk by with another inmate and a lietenant. the inmate who had helped us told the lietenant, "i couldn't believe all of the nice computers the county is getting rid of!" that was the first time i heard his voice...it was kinda wierd.
last year they auctioned most of the computer equipment off for $1 and still threw a bunch away. this year, i bought 4 monitors with 6 keyboards thrown in for $14. so it's not the nicest stuff. so if any of you are too far from lu to go dumpster diving for old IT equipment and would like me to pick something up for you, let me know...
throughout the year, as Binit (the guy i took over for) and i run out of room in the office, we bring the stuff to a storage building near the sheriff's office...which is about 7 blocks from the courthouse. then on the friday before the auction, we move everything to the sheriff's impound lot where the auction is held.
whenever i've moved stuff to the storage location, someone always offers to get inmates from the county jail to help me. i always turn them down because i'm too uneasy about that. but yesterday the maintenance guy and i needed to move all of the IT equipment from the storage building to the impound lot and he got an inmate to help us. i was thankful the inmate was there because some of that stuff was really heavy, especially after lifting equipment for a few hours. he never said a word and didn't make eye contact with either one of us the whole time. i guess that makes sense, but it kinda caught me off-guard. as we were moving the stuff, i always sat in the back of the pickup with the equipment while the maintenance guy and the inmate sat in the cab. after a few trips back and forth, i realized that it is illegal to ride in the bed of a pickup in nebraska. and i am a county employee, moving county property, in a county-owned pickup, going between the sheriff's office and the sheriff's impound (which is 1-2 blocks). :)
anyways...after we finished moving all the equipment, i was sitting in my office and saw the inmate walk by with another inmate and a lietenant. the inmate who had helped us told the lietenant, "i couldn't believe all of the nice computers the county is getting rid of!" that was the first time i heard his voice...it was kinda wierd.
last year they auctioned most of the computer equipment off for $1 and still threw a bunch away. this year, i bought 4 monitors with 6 keyboards thrown in for $14. so it's not the nicest stuff. so if any of you are too far from lu to go dumpster diving for old IT equipment and would like me to pick something up for you, let me know...
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