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Not exactly a dev story, but an annoying experience overall. So, I was going to a Starbucks near me, I was too lazy to drive to the nearest shop that sells coffee, so I just went here. I was beginning my work (updating one of my old programs to a usable level). I was downloading some libraries from github for the project, as a middle-aged woman walks behind me. She looks at my laptop, and sees a terminal screen with git clone running. Now, I can understand, that if you aren't proficient at technology, a terminal can look suspicious. But she straight up said: "Stop hacking our passwords, it's illegal!". At this point, she walks over and asks the manager to come look. The manager comes, and calls their "IT guy". The supposed IT guy comes over, chuckles a bit and walks away. The manager proceeds to kick me out, and give me a warning to not come again.

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  • 14
    Next time, create a gui in visual basic to hack their passwords ;)
  • 4
    @alyx couldn't find a better quote 😆☺
  • 3
    They might have watched an episode of MrRobot. Terminal = Hacking!
  • 2
    Next time use github desktop
  • 5
    Leave the worst (accurate!) review of yelp, Google, etc. Let your fellow devs know that they aren't welcome there and watch their policies change...
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