"I want it fixed TODAY."

Posted by paperlevel@reddit | sysadmin | View on Reddit | 285 comments

Me: Logs into server to move some files around. Carelessly mentions out loud, "dang, server is crawling today." Suit guy within earshot: "What's going on, there's a problem with the server?" Me: "yeah, it's just really slow, see look." Suit: "Is this our production server?" No, it's Dev. But we do work on Dev, correct? Uh, yeah, people use it if that's what you mean. Whatever is causing it to malfunction, I want this fixed immediately. Today. I'm kind of slammed today, probably Monday looking better. Listen to me, I cannot afford delays on my project, whatever else you are working on can wait. Yeah, definitely, I'll make sure it's fixed today. *Suit walks away.* \*Reboots server\* Later that day: Hey Steve, I got that server fixed man, just had to toggle the RAM allocation to CPU cache, and run the bitwise script on the hard drive. Thing is running like new again. Okay sounds good, have a good weekend.