Thread: I've sent the office staff in a tizzy

Bugs me too. Our district stopped making us use or SSN a few years ago for stuff, and our insurance had to legally stop using our SSN as an ID number last year.

I guess people don't understand what can be gotten with your SSN. Your whole life is available to anyone with your SSN.

Anyone of you should know by now that your first rule at work is to make sure you DON'T cause work for anyone else! That's what this really boils down to (and I agree with you).

TPFKACSW

As a victm of identitity theft (TWICE!!!), I flatly refuse to put my SS# on any document that others could see. (Not that it matters any more - seems like half the country already knows it )

Just let one of your secretaries have to go through a year as a fraud victim because someone is using their # to open accounts all over the country & the snide comments will stop PDQ. And four years after the first theft, when they're STILL getting collection notices from companies that they never opened accounts with, they'll become quite the SS#-privacy advocate.

Trust me, I know.

We used student SS#s as their ID #s until a few years ago. I was extremely relieved when the district started to assign local numbers for them. They were always losing shedules, cafeteria cards, etc that had their number on them, big as Dallas.

They were making comments like "Hey, you're not looking at those SSN are you?" and snickering. I don't know if they realize that it is not THEM specifically that may steal them. The kids, parents, vendors, visitors, and staff have access and the only person that needs that book is the sub. I think having it put u, watching them sign and putting it away is a great idea. We only have 1-2 a day anyway. If they say anything else I will say something. I don't know if they realize it was me that complained.