OK, true confession time: I’m a bit of a slob. I’m not much for vacuuming, tend to leave dirty dishes in the sink until I need to use them again, and I can’t for the life of me understand the point of making a bed. You’re just gonna crawl back in and mess it up again, aren’t you?
When I was in college, my best friend and I got an apartment together. We were just like the Odd Couple—but because we were friends I tried hard to clean up my act and do my share of the housework. Things worked out fine, but I was awfully happy when I was left alone for a month-long backpacking trip to Europe; I could go back to my slovenly ways. The day before my roommate was due to return from the trip, I kicked it into high gear and cleaned up the whole apartment, and he was none the wiser.
I suspect that more than one owner or manager of a business would discover that similar things happen in their absence. If you are out of town on vacation or traveling to a client’s site, do your employees let things slide? Without access to your data, do you really know?
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