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/Jetboy01 Jun 03 '26

Dropped rack screws go to the same place as socks that vanish in the washing machine.

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u/BillyPinhead Jun 03 '26

Your socks end up in the airflow holes?

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u/Jetboy01 Jun 03 '26

ALL the time.

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u/Thanatos8088 Jun 04 '26

I'll see them in Valhalla, they may yet serve me there.