I work in Control system security, I am responsible for the supply and support of the control systems, the Wan's and Lan's they operate on and the security of the off net network for a large utility.
This is exactly why I work in a very specific area of IT, one that keeps the rest of it at arms length.
And most IT workers are assholes...egotistical assholes.
Mint condition as in freshly Minted...Coins and currency are Minted so mint condition is another way of saying like new.
Oh and as for a rant: f**k people named peter that create extra work for no reason at all, they should be used to test the buoyancy of anchors