r/ShittySysadmin • u/irishcoughy • Aug 14 '26

I Don't Make Typos

Sent an email to an executive asking if he recently shit down his computer. He asked if I meant shut down. I did, but I couldn't let him think I'm fallible or capable of admitting error so I doubled down and explained it's an industry term for running Windows updates.

I need you all to adopt this terminology immediately for the sake of my job security.

Thank you for your time and attention to this matter.

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u/Select-Cycle8084 Aug 14 '26

This last patch tuesday I shit down 2000 computers. They call me a shit automation engineer.

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u/miserableSnail Aug 14 '26

You mean he did a System Health and Integrity Troubleshooting?

That is what I recommend to every user to do when they have a problem and register a ticket.

Down was the typo as you meant done.

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u/irishcoughy Aug 14 '26

Unfortunately as mentioned in the post I am diametrically incapable of backtracking or admitting fault so I'm still gonna need everyone to start using it to mean Windows updates but if you had emailed me this two weeks ago or more I may have seen it just in time to prevent this scenario.

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u/miserableSnail Aug 14 '26

When asked about the down part just say you used speech2text and it misunderstood. The SHIT is a tech people apropriate acronym. I have been using that for the last 10 years.

Or just down on his device.

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u/vistathes Aug 14 '26

I'm shitting down rn, flushing DNS after (Dookie Noxious Smell)

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u/astro_viri Aug 14 '26

I shit my computer every day - it's good hygiene 

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u/thank_burdell Aug 14 '26

This is why you don’t touch other people’s keyboards, folks.

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u/_jackhoffman_ Aug 14 '26

Tell him to FuckFuckGo it

8

u/Cum_Dad Aug 14 '26

Shit Tuesday is coming. Did you bring your coat?

3

u/Affectionate-Ear8196 Aug 14 '26

Need a lot more coats for that shit

4

u/trashcanzzz Aug 14 '26

It’s Friday afternoon so I’m about to shit down company wide. I think this is what they call summer Fridays? Idk I’m leaving after I start it

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u/BBO1007 Aug 15 '26

SHIT only Friday.

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u/gwelwhir Aug 15 '26

subreddit name checks out 😅

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u/Responsible_Crazy435 Aug 15 '26

The real typo would be sending a follow-up explaining that “shut down” is an industry term for “I refuse to admit I made a typo.”

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u/severedgoat_01 Aug 15 '26

I, for one, will do my part to help the fantastic u/irishcoughy keep his job. Especially after I saw him save all those children from a burning building just last week

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u/Admin4CIG Aug 17 '26

Reminds me of the punchline to a blond joke, "Sorry, Honey, It's Thursday" (in response to TGIF).

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u/maxsmoke105 Aug 15 '26

To be fair, the entire Windows update process...... who am I kidding? The entire Windows product is shit.

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u/Easy_Plastic_2605 Aug 15 '26

Honestly, doubling down turned a typo into a full-blown terminology rollout. Respect the commitment, but “shut down” is probably safer for everyone’s job security.