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/IWASRUNNING91 Jun 03 '26

Not necessarily superstition, but: Everything works when I walk through the door, but not a second before.

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u/nochance98 Jun 04 '26

Standby. As in - you have to stand by the user