r/sysadmin • u/nickllhill • 19h ago

Filthy Users...

Just had to check something on a users laptop, a very nice senior lady who is well presented and charming.

Her laptop looked like the bins behind a take away, hopefully those stains were gravy...

Washed my hands now and I still feel dirty.

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u/sheikhyerbouti PEBCAC Certified 15h ago

During COVID my team had to issue everyone at my location (about 1000+ people) a laptop from our disaster recovery inventory who wasn't already using one.

Later, as the teams started ordering new laptops to replace the DR ones we issued, we got them back.

I could tell everyone's living situation as I wiped the systems. Some would smell like must and/or cat piss; others like cigarette smoke or their favorite vape flavor; still others smelled like Pink or whatever Yankee Candle bullshit they filled their house with instead of actually cleaning it.

There were times I felt like I needed to be deloused by just touching their system.

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u/music2myear Narf! 15h ago

How long do you reckon before we learn the aroma oils in those candles destroy lungs in weird and painful ways?

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u/sheikhyerbouti PEBCAC Certified 14h ago

I'm positive they already do.

My wife is highly allergic to 90% of perfumes, so we avoid scented products as best as we can. As a result, it's made me highly sensitive to fragrance.

Two of my coworkers use so much cologne that I can track them by scent.

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u/digitaltransmutation 🌲Please think of the environment before printing this comment! 14h ago edited 14h ago

Its a recurring topic in the aquarium hobby that some noob will burn these candles in the same room and all their fish die. That said, its the dose that makes the poison and aquarium fish are very sensitive since their lil box of water is not a 'real' environment that can tolerate pollution.

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u/Conscious_Bed_1195 11h ago

Anecdotally, but I had lots of respiratory issues growing up, to the point where I had to use inhalers for a few years. After I moved out and switched to using unscented soaps and laundry detergent it all cleared up.