Who, Me? Tech team stood and laughed at colleague who pressed the wrong off button
A technician named Vince accidentally pressed the power button on a storage array instead of a server in a Glasgow datacenter. He was forced to keep his finger on the button to prevent an outage while his colleagues gathered to mock him. The situation was resolved when the boss was asked to perform urgent maintenance on the server to free Vince's hand.
- ▪Vince mistakenly pressed the power button on a storage array rather than the intended server.
- ▪Vince held the button down to prevent a system outage because no one else was nearby to help.
- ▪The tech team entered the datacenter to laugh at Vince and attempt to tickle him.
- ▪The incident ended when the boss was called to take the server down for urgent maintenance.
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| Publication time | Mon, 14 Sep 2026 08:30:00 +0200 |
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