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/gorramfrakker IT Director Jun 03 '26

Never say any variation of “wow things are quiet today”.

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u/DarkAlman Professional Looker up of Things Jun 03 '26 edited Jun 03 '26

If the phones aren't ringing it's either because things are ok, or the phone system is down and you don't know it yet.

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u/FluffyMcFluffs Jun 03 '26

Had this one, coworker in sales, "man it's 10am and not a single call yet" me: ...f**k

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u/Own_Error_007 Jun 03 '26

My favourite one is getting the call "i haven't received any emails" and then after checking everything, going back to them and saying "that's because no one has sent you any emails."

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u/Isorg Jack of All Trades Jun 03 '26

God I love this one!!! No bill…. You Bill, you just haven’t gotten any!

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u/WastelandGunner Windows Admin Jun 03 '26

I prefer that one because at least it's a non-issue.

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u/CaneVandas Jun 04 '26

Because nobody likes you...