How Do You Deal w/ User Induced Stress?

Posted by Cliff on Tuesday November 30, 2004 @04:45PM from the 10-mississippi-9-mississippi-8-mississippi... dept.

Anonymous asks: "I've worked as a Network/System Administrator at a small company for two years now. It's my nature to remain calm and collected while trying to accommodate everyone, even when having a particularly stressful day. After two years though, I've recently found myself being stressed all the time and my calm, cool exterior is starting to show some cracks. How do Slashdot readers cope with the stress induced by a highly demanding job and being stalked by users asking for the same thing over and over (i.e. password resets, login problems, how do you...)?"

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Easy by jrivar59 · 2004-11-30 17:41 · Score: 0, Troll

I particularly enjoy subscribing users to inappropriate mailing lists:

- BSDM/Beastiality Mailing Lists
- Homosexual Lists
- Cult religious/political groups

For truly obnoxious users, snail mail is even better. I once had free samples of depends undergarments delivered to a (l)user.

For more inspiration, consult the BOFH.