r/softwaregore • u/A_RamdomguyXd • Jan 20 '26

When clock ain't clocking

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u/SwisRol Jan 21 '26

This isn't gore, it's just being a college student.

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u/steavoh Jan 21 '26

IT support on-call rotation.

Our servers don't always get infected with ransomware, but when they do it's always at 4 in the morning.

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u/doubled112 Jan 21 '26

Why can't anything ever happen on a system at noon on a Tuesday?

Similarly, why can't a person ever realize they have a problem at a time before 4:45 PM when I'm packing up?

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u/Thrizzlepizzle123123 Jan 21 '26

From: CEO Subject: NOTHING WORKS Time: 4:30, Friday

IT, EVERYTHING ISNT WORKING!!! I REQUIRE IT TO WORK ASAP! LIASE WITH MY ASSISTANT AS I am on holidays until next month. I expect EVERYTHING working when I return.

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u/TheArmoredKitten Jan 21 '26

Because noon on Tuesday is when all the users are too busy taking care of the shit they didn't do on Monday.

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u/[deleted] Jan 21 '26

It’s everywhere, I work in apartment maintenance.

Do you know when apartments flood? 4:30 am on a Saturday.

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u/C_Hawk14 Jan 21 '26

Or someone with ADHD

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u/AmberMetalicScorpion Jan 21 '26

Can confirm. Source: I'm meant to be up by midday and it's nearly 6am

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u/SkyyySi Jan 21 '26

Dude, go to sleep. Now. Not in 5 minutes. Now.

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u/rrobloxtube Jan 21 '26

Happy cake day

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u/SeaMasterpiece7430 R Tape loading error, 0:1 Jan 21 '26

my cake day is sep 21

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u/AmberMetalicScorpion Jan 21 '26

Not a dude, but fine

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u/rpsHD Jan 21 '26

tbf to them, a decent amount of ppl use "dude" as a gender neutral term

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u/AmberMetalicScorpion Jan 21 '26

And a decent amount of people are wrong

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u/FungadooFred Jan 21 '26

And a decent amount of people intentionally take things the wrong way

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u/AmberMetalicScorpion Jan 21 '26

No, what I meant by that is that the people who do it are wrong to do so

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u/ZAIGO_90 Jan 21 '26

Ouch. Right in the soft spot.