I don’t make a habit of writing about co-workers but I feel I need to share this as that it involves (roll eyes) my iPhone:

A co-worker (lets call him Brunty) a few days ago saw my iPhone on my desk and asked me a couple questions about it. Yesterday it was like a floodgate opened and he was bombarding me with emails. Of course, I’m in heaven talking about it and answering all his questions about how I did it, where I get resources, etc. At lunch, Brunty comes into my cube and says, “Let’s see the phone.”

No “hello!” No “Mother May I…?” Just straight out “Let’s see the phone.”

I blink. “Can I see your phone?”

He reaches for his hip.

“No, you don’t understand. This phone is like a Blackberry: it has a lot of personal information on it now.” I demonstrate by turning it on to this welcome screen picture:

Pedestrian Wiener, originally uploaded by deadrobot.

I’m kind of freaked at his lack of concern for privacy. Especially when he works in IT…