Timeline for Accidentally saw a private photo of my boss on the workplace file storage
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| Apr 27, 2023 at 4:18 | comment | added | Loren Pechtel | @Nelson Errantly dragged folders are enough of an issue that I put in a detector for a job (each job gets it's own folder) inside a job because they kept getting lost. | |
| Mar 4, 2021 at 15:29 | comment | added | ColleenV | @JonBentley The part about trying to prevent an argument threw me off.... I updated my answer to recommend sending a message to their owner after thinking about your previous comment. Maybe having read the comment above it put me in the wrong frame of mind to read your meaning correctly. It doesn’t help that I’m on my phone without my reading glasses either lol. | |
| Mar 4, 2021 at 15:22 | comment | added | Jon Bentley | @ColleenV I didn't say to base it on what the photos contain, I said based on which person placed the files there. E.g. if it is in Mr Boss's shared folder then tell Mr Boss and not Mrs Boss. Most file systems should have at least some basic folder/file ownership information available. Telling both parties is getting more involved and being less discreet, not the other way around as you are essentially making the decision for them about whether or not to tell their partner about the mistake. Let them make that choice for themselves. | |
| Mar 4, 2021 at 14:43 | history | edited | ColleenV | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Mar 4, 2021 at 14:38 | comment | added | Strawberry | I couldn't do this; I'd be too embarrassed to bring it up. :-$ | |
| Mar 4, 2021 at 14:10 | comment | added | ColleenV | @JonBentley If you start making choices based on what the photos contain, it becomes apparent that you know their contents. It’s better to just let them both know the files are there and let them handle the situation and to stay as far removed from it as possible. It’s a really bad idea to get involved in any married couple’s relationship, especially when they’re your bosses. | |
| Mar 4, 2021 at 13:25 | comment | added | Jon Bentley | @LindseyD Or better, if you can tell which boss put them there, contact that boss. In this way you potentially avoid causing an argument between a married couple for having uploaded the photos in the first place. | |
| Mar 4, 2021 at 13:00 | comment | added | Nobody | I think you should make a point to notify the one who is visible in the pictures, and not necessarily the one who probably took them. The fallout would mostly concern that person, and that person might want to have a very serious chat with the other one, if it's the other ones fault they are public. Of course only if you can do that without getting involved and preferably while still acting like you didn't actually seem them. | |
| Mar 4, 2021 at 6:39 | comment | added | Nelson | You'll be surprised how often people accidentally drag folders. I've done it by accident once or twice and it was like "Gosh, where did my folder just go?" | |
| Mar 3, 2021 at 17:20 | comment | added | ColleenV | @Dan exactly what I meant about not mentioning the content... it would be kinder to pretend that you didn’t see anything that might embarrass them. | |
| Mar 3, 2021 at 17:17 | comment | added | Lindsey D | +1 for "keep it private". Unless there are legal concerns, there's no reason to mention it to anyone beside your boss. I'd pick the boss that you have a better relationship with, and quietly pull them aside (verbally, if possible). | |
| Mar 3, 2021 at 17:07 | comment | added | Dan | I wouldn't mention the lewd photo at all. Instead I would just send a email, "Boss, FYSA, I notice a folder on the public drive that contains your personal photos. Anyone can access them. Thanks." | |
| Mar 3, 2021 at 14:41 | history | answered | ColleenV | CC BY-SA 4.0 |