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Vent: A client in Phoenix yelled at me for not using canned air on his dusty server
I was doing a clean out at a small office there, and the guy saw me using a small vacuum and a brush. He went off about static, but I've been doing it that way for 8 years with zero issues. The canned air just blows the dust deeper into the heatsinks anyway. How many of you actually stick to the canned air rule for every job?
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nelson.cameron2mo ago
How many techs have gotten yelled at over that same stupid rule?
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leerobinson2mo ago
Man, I gotta disagree with you on this one @nelson.cameron. That rule is usually there for a real reason, even if it seems dumb in the moment. It often comes from a past problem that caused a bigger mess. Getting yelled at is never okay, but sometimes the rule itself isn't the stupid part. It's how people explain it, or don't explain it, that causes the frustration.
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the_elizabeth24d ago
Honestly, I used to roll my eyes at rules like that too. But @nelson.cameron, you're probably right that the yelling is what makes it stick in people's heads. I remember one job where they had this dumb rule about not stacking boxes a certain way, then found out it was because someone got hurt a few years back. It just never got explained well, so everyone thought it was pointless.
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