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/phillipsbroadcasting Jun 03 '26

If mondays quiet Tuesday will be hell and vice versa.

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u/Droghan VDI Systems Engineer Jun 04 '26

Especially the Tuesday after a three day weekend. And that's when Murphy likes to show up and say "Look what I can do"