Yes, it was a mall. The guy they are firing is a character, never liked him to begin with. They had some program where payments needed to be made with PayPal. Can't remember what happened, but the corporate PayPal account stopped working for some reason. This guy "stepped up" and offered to use his personal PayPal account to receive payments and then give them back to the company. That was years ago and no accounting has been done since then. And they can't get into the system that sends the payments because it is now tied to the guys personal PayPal account!
On Thu, May 18, 2017 at 1:26 PM, Steve Jones <[email protected]> wrote: > I assume someone's palms got pretty greased along the way during this > "cost effective" project > > On Thu, May 18, 2017 at 12:22 PM, Sterling Jacobson <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Asshats always get in the way of real progress. >> >> >> >> *From:* Af [mailto:[email protected]] *On Behalf Of * >> [email protected] >> *Sent:* Thursday, May 18, 2017 11:18 AM >> *To:* [email protected] >> *Subject:* [AFMUG] Would you like some porn with your shopping? >> >> >> >> A customer of mine decided they needed some digital displays for their >> mall. As part of the deal, they decided to replace our Internet >> ($500/month) with a fiber circuit ($2,500/month)... because we were "too >> expensive" and redo the WiFi we installed for something like $50k because >> there were a "few dead spots." Even though we were specifically told not to >> cover those areas. >> >> >> >> Total cost of contract to new vendor? $2.2 million. >> >> >> >> They fired the IT consultant we had been working with and replaced him >> with the new vendor. After months of not being able to get just about >> anything to work, they re-hired the IT consultant and kept us and expanded >> our role. >> >> >> >> After the IT consultant warned for months the digital displays were >> insecure, the person in charge of them did nothing. >> >> >> >> So, today, everyone in the mall was greeted with porn on the monitors. >> Needless to say, the guy in charge of the project is finally being fired. >> > >
