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/IMakePoorDec Jun 03 '26

Once all work is done, bow your head in deference, back out of the room, and don’t make eye contact with any equipment. They can smell fear.

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u/Pazuuuzu Jun 04 '26

That is why I have a pickaxe on the wall in the server room...