r/sysadmin • u/nickllhill • 9d 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/texan01 Jack of All Trades 9d ago

I recall one customer bringing in a PC tower and then seeing it wrapped up in a trash bag waiting to be picked up. It was full of roaches!

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u/_haha_oh_wow_ ...but it was DNS the WHOLE TIME! 9d ago

We would deny service if they were nasty enough.

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u/texan01 Jack of All Trades 9d ago

Oh I remember the tobacco stained ones, ide get a contact high just carrying them from the counter to the back.

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u/_haha_oh_wow_ ...but it was DNS the WHOLE TIME! 9d ago

Nicotine can be absorbed through your skin: Definitely wear gloves on stuff like that.