About 6 years ago I had a friend in your same situation. He took the IT support job at a local RV manufacturer. After his first couple of weeks he got his first call to go repair a workstation where he found the normal "not related in any way to work" software, virus, excessive disk useage, personal hardware etc. Not having any policy against piracy or abusing work internet priveledges he reported the problem to his superiors. He was told to investigate every workstation and report who had what and for how long. He made up a nice memo, gave it to his superiors, and it was used as a document to fire him. He was hired to prevent these specific problems and "allowed them to continue on for the entire duration of his employment". Take whatever response you got from your boss, write it down if he didn't, and quote that in your letter of resignation. I'm sure you can find employment at a better company. If the company can't afford to buy software, sooner or later they won't be able to pay the payroll.

--MikeW

"Don't tread water next to a sinking ship, it eventually goes down"

I feel sorrow for the families and friends who lost loved ones. I'm sure the loss is unexpected, untimely, and unjust.

I blame the touchy feely "give me a hug" society for this event. Unfortunately people are to used to statements like "things will get better", "don't worry you'll recover", and "look forward to tomorrow, and not this moment". Some people always expect a "pick me up" when they are down. Our American society needs to be more emotionally hard. Not everything will be better. Some things won't change, and tomorrow just might suck worse than right now. We need to grow up and be a little more rugged like our grandparents were. This didn't happen at all until we traded an ass whoopin' for a hug and an emotional time out. Teach your kids to "stop crying and get tough" and prevent this shit from happening in the future.

Mike Wilson

P.S. And for Christ's sake, don't try to blame this bullshit on any video games or the kid drinking to much soda or eating too many candies.