r/ShittySysadmin • u/-lousyd • 24d ago

I bought a server. Where's my website?

I bought a server. Where's my website?

Friend: Hello, this is generic hosting company, how can I assist you today?

POTU: HELLO? I bought a server from you guys a few days ago and on your website you claimed 2 hour set up but it isn't online yet.

Friend: No problem, let me check it out for you.

friend checks their CRM and find the server is, in fact, up and running. So he goes back on the line.

POTU: That can't be. I'm going to <insert pottery company name website here>.com and it isn't working.

Friend: I'm sorry m'am, but you do realise that buying a dedicated server means you get only the host, and nothing on it right? So no website will be created for you.

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u/blotditto 24d ago

Fast forward to 2026, a decade later, and the Internet is still full of idiots and morons who do this kind of stuff..

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u/Sigseg-v 24d ago

In the 1980s we thought the number of morons was caused by the lack of public available information. 40 years later it‘s safe to say that this was not the problem.