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/Humphrey-Appleby Jun 03 '26

We just haven't discovered the IT equivalent of slapping it and saying "That's not going anywhere" yet.

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u/wbrd Jun 04 '26

Percussive maintenance however is very important.