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InputZero
joined 2 years ago
This is the best idea. Just talk to them, best case they'll help you with it, worst case is they'll give you a talking to. Going around IT's back is a very good way to get fired really quickly.
I think you're overthinking it. I used to go into the US often for business and I have never had any of my electronic devices searched. The best advice is to leave your phone at home and buy a cheaper pre-paid travel phone. Not because of privacy but what if it's lost, stolen, or confiscated? It's no big deal losing a burner phone.
That would be my plan B. Plan A would be turn up my politeness and niceness knobs up for a little while. Maybe they're going through a rough time and it's temporary. After a sufficient amount of time to ensure it's not an anomaly, then go for the direct conversation. It usually pays off to give the other person the benefit of the doubt for a little bit, but not forever. It stopped me from being so reactive.
This is the way.
I remember the first time I saw a cockroach in my apartment I was terrified of it and of being called an untidy person. After a short time that fear faded and every time I saw one I immediately went on the war path.
Kill the roach, find where it came from, patch the hole, vacuum the area, wash the area, spray the area, triple check there's no food or dampness for them to live on. It was work but my unit had far fewer cockroachs than many other units.
Then start climbing the pirate ladder me matey. For the capin's keeps their secrets from us crew, or else it's the King's rope for us all.
Get a night family and make them do all your work. Just make sure to:
Rinse your dishes. Seriously, it's easy and makes them so much easier to wash later.
What is dead may never die.
The anecdotal odds are that you are living in a simulation though. I mean the simple math says that your odds are 1 over one whole value in infinity that you're not. It's just likely that whole value = 1.