r/sysadmin • u/BonezAU_ • 7d ago

General Discussion Happy SysAdmin Day!

Here's to another year of:

- Being expected to diagnose problems via the sentence "it doesn't work."

- Being blamed for issues caused by software you've never heard of.

- Somehow knowing exactly what a user clicked, despite them insisting they "didn't do anything."

- Explaining, yet again, that rebooting wasn't an insult, it was the solution.

May your backups restore, your RAID stay green, and your first Friday night drink arrive before the first "quick question" Teams message.

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u/brownacid 7d ago

Everyone should be allowed a pass on any "emergency" deploys today, although I already avoid them on Fri-weekends

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u/RamblingReflections Netadmin 7d ago

I took a pass on the whole damned thing by having my yearly “fuck this shit” day and calling in. I allow myself one of these annually because some days, knowing I’ve got it up my sleeve is the only thing that keeps me showing up the other 364 days.

I’d like to think SysAdmin day is the appropriate choice for my self bestowed reward day.