At work we have to log on to our computers with a smart card, which is like a credit card that sticks in the keyboard.  For security reasons, our computers are automatically locked after ten minutes of inactivity, at which point we need to log in again with our smart card, which is a small pain in the butt.  There's a guy who sits near me who doesn't like this feature, and he found that if his computer is playing music, it doesn't automatically lock.  But playing music is annoying for other people, so he hooked up some small speakers under his desk.  Apparently somebody must've complained, because there are also headphones connected to those speakers.  The volume is just loud enough for me to hear the occasional Carlos Santana guitar solo, which is mildly excruciating.  The headphones, of course, don't rest on my co-workers head.  They merely sit on his desk as the end result of a long chain of events meant to get around the simple problem of an overactive security system.  This is what's wrong with IT departments. #technology