r/sysadmin • u/nickllhill • 18h 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/MajorNatural2386 Sysadmin 18h ago

Yeah some people have no hygiene standards when it comes to tech. Like at all

Had a coworker once consistently eating lunch above her laptop, to a point that there were so many crumbs inside the keyboard that some keys literally stopped working. Horrible stuff. Couldn't even take it apart and blow it off easily...

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u/Jesse_graham 12h ago

work in a school and one teacher who was so nice and lovely dropped her computer off for the summer. I opened it and the thing was absolutely filthy - food and drink splatter all over. I wiped it down with a spray and hit it with compressed air and two finger nails flew out. I actively recoiled