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We’ve all heard spooky tales of hardware stored in rooms where the temperature was up to 140 degrees, servers drowning because someone left the window open during a rainstorm, and IT tickets that made the hair on the back of an admin's neck stand up..

Tell us about the strangest request you’ve ever gotten, the dumbest question a user ever asked, or those days when Murphy's law seemed to only apply to you.

Write a short SysAdmin horror story in the comment box below to complete this activity for the July Mission and earn 150 points!

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  • Dealing with my ISP:

    Me: There is a problem with your head-end router, you need to get an engineer to troubleshoot it

    Them: no the problem is with your cable modem and router, we can see it fine on our network

    Me: That's interesting because I powered it off and disconnected it from the wall before we started this conversation.

    Them: Are you sure?

    Me. I'm pretty sure that the lack of blinky lights means it's got no power but if you think it's still working fine then I'd suggest the problem at your end of this phone conversation and not at my end.

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  • Dealing with my ISP:

    Me: There is a problem with your head-end router, you need to get an engineer to troubleshoot it

    Them: no the problem is with your cable modem and router, we can see it fine on our network

    Me: That's interesting because I powered it off and disconnected it from the wall before we started this conversation.

    Them: Are you sure?

    Me. I'm pretty sure that the lack of blinky lights means it's got no power but if you think it's still working fine then I'd suggest the problem at your end of this phone conversation and not at my end.

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