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pda trackers watching us?

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postmandick
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Re: pda trackers watching us?

Post by postmandick »

Hi our manager monitors our delivery progress and works out where our last red box's are and than works out how long it should take to get back to the office :evil/mad
So I deliver and have a cup-of-tea then when I have finished go back to my last box and scan it :Very Happy

Also be careful as your PDA will GPS your position so don't photocopy the bar codes (on paper or on 'Phone) pop home and when its time scan in your collection :roll: as your Dim will cotton on and chop you......

I take the battery out and put on my tin foil hat :Very Happy
Moley88
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Re: pda trackers watching us?

Post by Moley88 »

Take the battery out , can't send anything then
freelunch
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Re: pda trackers watching us?

Post by freelunch »

postmandick wrote:I take the battery out and put on my tin foil hat :Very Happy
Sh1t, I've been doing it all wrong. When my colleague pointed at my sandwiches in their foil and said I needed to wear it on my head...............
Well, six months later and I'm still wearing bread helmets......... bu$$er
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Speedmeister
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Re: pda trackers watching us?

Post by Speedmeister »

This week I've noticed my PDA keeps coming up with the message 'GPS Unknown' after every scan that I do, it's only started this week. Was thinking that maybe the software had been 'upgraded'.
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5plusbonusball
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Re: pda trackers watching us?

Post by 5plusbonusball »

It's a wonder we don't catch things or get radiated the way they're always beeping in your trouser pocket.
Why are lino's paid full-time ??
Shaman Mao
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Re: pda trackers watching us?

Post by Shaman Mao »

Every time you scan an item with a PDA it records the exact GPS position of the scan. That can that be translated into Google maps to find out where the scan took place to within a few metres. Luckily very few people know how to do this :)
clashcityrocker
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Re: pda trackers watching us?

Post by clashcityrocker »

5plusbonusball wrote:It's a wonder we don't catch things or get radiated the way they're always beeping in your trouser pocket.
Almost certainly we will all be impotent and infertile due to the introduction of the PDA.
Class actions are bound to follow.
Only a tin foil helmet will save us.
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5plusbonusball
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Re: pda trackers watching us?

Post by 5plusbonusball »

Does simpson millar do claims for toasted test icles i wonder! :nervous
Why are lino's paid full-time ??
Thunderthighs
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Re: pda trackers watching us?

Post by Thunderthighs »

No, not toasted testicles....only roasted peanuts!
veryn
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Re: pda trackers watching us?

Post by veryn »

Anyone ever had an incoming call on their pda?

Mine rang the other day, I thought wtf, who is it? I didn't answer it.

Not heard anything from manager either. Who could be calling?
clashcityrocker
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Re: pda trackers watching us?

Post by clashcityrocker »

veryn wrote:Anyone ever had an incoming call on their pda?

Mine rang the other day, I thought wtf, who is it? I didn't answer it.

Not heard anything from manager either. Who could be calling?
Have you made a claim for missold PPI yet?
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bigcol
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Re: pda trackers watching us?

Post by bigcol »

veryn wrote:Anyone ever had an incoming call on their pda?

Mine rang the other day, I thought wtf, who is it? I didn't answer it.

Not heard anything from manager either. Who could be calling?
PPI. Get them all the time.

The police, pissed off because you keep dialling 999.
chooch
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Re: pda trackers watching us?

Post by chooch »

Shaman Mao wrote:Every time you scan an item with a PDA it records the exact GPS position of the scan. That can that be translated into Google maps to find out where the scan took place to within a few metres. Luckily very few people know how to do this :)
maybe that's what the 'graduate dims' are for :hmmmm ?
IcanthelpthewayIam
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Re: pda trackers watching us?

Post by IcanthelpthewayIam »

Shaman Mao wrote:Every time you scan an item with a PDA it records the exact GPS position of the scan. That can that be translated into Google maps to find out where the scan took place to within a few metres. Luckily very few people know how to do this :)
why luckily? its a great help as if someone claims they never got the item manager can say it was signed for at your front door, why do you think its better that managers dont know how to interpret the gps output from the pda??