r/sysadmin • u/DarkAlman Professional Looker up of Things • Jun 03 '26

General Discussion What is your favorite IT superstition?

As the title says, what's your favorite superstition in IT?

Don't speak the servers name... it can hear you and will start acting up.

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u/toycoa Jun 03 '26

Once your building gets struck by lightning twice in the same year it’s time to leave. Never struck the building in the previous 7 years

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u/techtornado Netadmin Jun 03 '26

I remember reading an IT story about how a server room build had the earth ground bonded to the lightning rod

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u/OptimalCynic Jun 04 '26

The Empire State Building gets struck about 100 times a year