To Patch This Server, We Need To Get Someone Drunk
The Register, Saturday, September 7th, 2024
When maintenance windows are hard to open, a little lubrication helps
On Call The Register understands consuming alcohol is quite a popular way to wind down from the working week, but each Friday we get the party started early with a new and sober instalment of On Call, the reader contributed column in which you share stories about the emotional hangovers you've earned delivering tech support.
This week, meet a reader who asked to be Regomized as "Bob" and told us the tale of his time working at a private equity firm.
"The owner was a singularly one-minded man and his word was law, even when his word was dumb," Bob told On Call.