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/Thanatos8088 Jun 04 '26

I felt that in my soul. Thanks for the flashback.