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Face it, most of us have received swag items that we look at and think “Well that will sit in a drawer forever”. I have been working on a new fence and with all the construction work done comes the mind numbingly tedious job of staining it. So I pull out my HPE bluetooth speaker so I have some tunes, well the 1.5 hour battery life does not come close to the task and then Eaton saves the day with the portable power bank I received awhile back. Both items I never expected to be useful were. Thanks HPE and Eaton for making my weekend more tolerable. Oh and I drank my beer right out of the bottle so my Spiceworks beer glass remains unchristened.

Anyone else have tales of Swag saving the day?

@mikedecamp @molly-eaton @mark-hpe

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I used my lockpick set I got from @nic-automox ​ to break into my neighbor’s house and steal his toilet paper!

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Oh dim, what are we going to do with you. LOL

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The trick is to just know what drawer you put it in for when that time comes. Glad it came in handy!

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I had swag once till my ex recycled it all. Now I’m swagless :pensive:. Desperately in need of new Spiceworks T’s as I gained weight :smirk:

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OMG me too! Also, the locks on toilet paper holders in public restrooms are pretty easy to pick. You can walk out with one of those giant rolls.

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currently wearing Spiceworld shirts to work from home.

gave a user a usb hub I got from some vendor to use with the mess of stuff they needed.

I used to use my cell phone stand daily at the office. I did not bring it home with me.

Have often used a powerbank on the road.

I need to get one of those lock pic sets…

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I’ve used the Eaton powerbank a few times as well. Webroot mini flashlight/lantern is great when I take my telescope out to a dark site. Carbonite/Webroot apron is great when grilling.

@mikedecamp @drew-webroot

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In all the years I have been on Spiceworks, I have one small pepper shaped squeeze thingy that I got at a meeting! I need more and better stuff!!!

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I’ve got this neato orange SpiceWorks squeezable ball. As I speak to users about various things. I often take the time to squeeze this ball. Many times. HARD. Sometimes the users remark on how they wish they could have such a ball in order to exercise the muscles in their hands as well. I always agree.

<Edit: Eaton sent me their little green robot squeezable dude, but I just don’t have the heart to take it out on…I mean, EXERCISE… on him!>

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I have various pieces of swag but could always use more.

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I always seem to get XL Men’s tshirts. The hubby confiscates for work shirts. Occasionally he comes home asking for an explanation. I think the best was splunk - take the SH out of IT.

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That’s great!

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I’m changing all my locks to digital now…

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Just makes them easier to break!

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If you ever want to feel really bad about your physical security, then watch this guy:

then go replace all your locks with Medeco.

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Thought about sending that one earlier! The guy is really good.

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Honestly, those sound like two of the most useful swag items I’ve heard of! I’m still rocking a Scale shot glass I got from SpiceWorld a few years ago.

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Uhm, i do think the giant rolls are the towels, the TP is regular sized and should look like the one at home…now i’m anxious to use a public restroom after you visited it :wink:

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To be fair, aside of the “wiggle it a bit” or the “stick the antenna of a lego radio in to open it because it’s THAT bad” attacks he has a controlled environment, perfect angles and a lot of skill. The biggest issue with lockpicking is that you won’t notice the entry, aside of that it’s really not any less secure than glass windows.