Why Your Sysadmin Hates You

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Posted by samzenpus on Wednesday June 19, 2013 @07:55PM from the you-wouldn't-like-me-when-I'm-angry dept.

jfruh writes "We've learned many lessons in the fallout from Edward Snowden's whistleblowing and flight to Hong Kong, but here's an important one: Never make your sysadmin mad. Even if your organization isn't running a secret, civil-rights violating surveillance program, you're probably managing to annoy your admins in a number of more pedestrian ways that might still have blowback for you. Learn to stay on their good side by going along with their reasonable requests and being specific with your complaints."

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So... by DarkRat · 2013-06-19 19:58 · Score: 5, Funny

So... it has come to this...
1. Re:So... by Anonymous Coward · 2013-06-19 20:14 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  Those poor, poor managers ... someone should hug and cuddle them!
  Shanti, shanti my friends!
2. Re: So... by Anonymous Coward · 2013-06-19 21:02 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  My manager is allergic to human contact, you insensitive clod!
3. Re:So... by sjames · 2013-06-19 22:51 · Score: 2, Funny
  
  That's nice when available, but it's really quite shocking how many adult children are in the workforce. It would be better if we could fire the lot and replace them with actual children. At least that way there would still be hope they may grow out of it.
4. Re: So... by jefe7777 · 2013-06-20 00:33 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  manager: "Sysadmins hate us for our freedoms!"
  sysadmin: "I'm standing right here John."
  manager: "The global caliphate of sysadmins threaten our children!"
  sysadmin: "I'm still standing right here John."
  manager: "Sysadmins will kill all our children."
  (sysadmin pulls out cell phone, and initiates an scp of a transaction dump, showing all the embezzlement, hookers and blow, said manager has been prodigiously enjoying.)
5. Re:So... by dbIII · 2013-06-20 02:53 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  Sink doesn't make sense, however a urinal makes perfect sense.
  It's an I pee address.
6. Re:So... by AK+Marc · 2013-06-20 04:28 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  I'm sorry, our last IT issued anteater is busy down in marketing, I've forwarded your message to the office manager for a vacuum rental, hopefully this time it won't be another penis pump, I've contacted OSHA about the safety of sharing penis pumps, but have received no response on the health risks.
  
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Re:Reason 6 works both ways by c0lo · 2013-06-19 20:28 · Score: 4, Funny

And people hate admins when admins waste their time. Mostly by forcing them to use software or mandatory processes that simply aren't well suited to their problems.
That is like blaming the accountant for the accounting policies
Blaming the accountant? Why not help him finish the inventory control sooner (drop table assets semicolon return)?

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Re:Not related at all by Intropy · 2013-06-19 20:39 · Score: 5, Funny

Nu-uh. It says it right there in the summary. Snowden leaked information about PRISM because "5. You make urgent, last-minute requests." It had nothing whatsoever to do with having evidence of a massive, illegal, covert surveillance operation being conducted against the American people by its own government.
Re:Which is the most counterproductive act of all. by Anonymous Coward · 2013-06-19 23:57 · Score: 4, Funny

The introvert who doesn't favor large social gatherings is telling someone to get out more.
True sysadmin logic! Do as I say, not as I do.
Re:Hire professional people, get professional resu by geminidomino · 2013-06-20 00:27 · Score: 3, Funny

That does make me wonder if he's not the sort of authoritarian human tornado who thinks the sysadmin is being "unprofessional" and "insubordinate" when he won't roll back one of those Java security updates that broke the boss' MineCraft game.
Re:Which is the most counterproductive act of all. by egcagrac0 · 2013-06-20 01:18 · Score: 4, Funny

I've also never intentionally reduced anyone to tears...
With a little effort, you'll get there. Not to worry.
Re:Which is the most counterproductive act of all. by g0bshiTe · 2013-06-20 03:42 · Score: 4, Funny

Did you sleep through your schooling?

Everyone I know that went through any type of CS program minored in psych.

We work with hardware and software, the psych was there to help of think of the feelings of others.

Luckily I spent my psych time reading B.O.F.H. that's where my people skills came from.

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Re:Which is the most counterproductive act of all. by Muros · 2013-06-20 04:07 · Score: 4, Funny

I've worked for at least a dozen companies so far in my carrier

Damn, that is a big boat.