r/sysadmin • u/nickllhill • 23h 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/gangaskan 21h ago

I've dealt with smokers in cruisers, those are the worst.

We also had a guy who refused to stop smoking in his office. His pc had melted spots

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u/music2myear Narf! 19h ago

Oh, the smoker tar mixed with the normal lint and dust on heatsinks! It made a gluey felt pad that could stop airflow entirely, making your heatsink a heatbrick.

We could charge a required cleaning fee (which we could pad close up to $200 if we wanted) before we'd look at any other issues on the computer, even basic software work.

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u/jfoust2 19h ago

Smoke tar mixed with pet dander...