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Happy System Administrator Appreciation Day
An anonymous reader writes "Today is the 8th annual System Administrator Appreciation Day. It is always the last Friday in July and is the one day that SysAdmins are supposed to get the respect they deserve to be getting the other 364 days of the year. Today is the day that we wish everyone would considering the daunting tasks, small budgets, and ridiculous timelines that many SysAdmins face all year. Please thank them for everything they do for you and for your business. If you think you have a great SysAdmin today would be the day to nominate them for SysAdmin of the Year. 'The idea for System Administrator Day was inspired by a print ad for a Hewlett-Packard laser jet printer. The ad showed lines of employees bringing gifts for the IT guy who made the purchase. System Administrator Appreciation Day has, over the years, garnered support from many organizations."
I'm going to celebrate by calling my SysAdmin and tell him that we'll come down to give him a party around 1 pm, but then we'll wait until after 3 pm to actually do it. Then we'll show up with a huge cake but only let him have a tiny sliver of a slice. When he wants more, we'll yell at him for using up resources, then make him sign a form to get more. And we'll give him punch in a glass with a hole in it, and when he complains about it leaking out, we'll tell him we have to throw away ALL the party stuff and start over again fresh.
Seems fair.
Excuse me? If I drop a drink on the floor, the fucking janitor will do his job, and I won't thank him for it.
If by accident I delete some files, the fucking sysadmin better restore them with a god damn smile on his face, and if he can't or won't, fire him.
Glorified janitors. No one gives 2 shits about them. Most of them are failures, who landed the job after failing to get something better