Can't touch this.

We've finally convinced the Perth office that, if we can't have complete IT control of their office, to at least let us install a server that will firewall the office and do some file sharing. It's taken at least 2 years to get this far, so it was kind of a mini-celebration when they finally said "ok". PonyGirl travels to Perth office on Wednesday, installs new server + UPS, and hangs around until Friday afternoon to make sure that everyone is working, no bugs/issues etc. His conversation with the Perth office workers went a little something like this;

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PonyGirl: "Ok, I'm going home, don't touch anything. Seriously, you'll never need to touch it. I know it looks pretty, but don't touch. Ever."
PerthOfficeMonkeys: "Ok!"

PonyGirl flies home on Friday, we all relax over the weekend.


*Monday morning Perth time*


PerthOffice: "We can't get email!"
Me: "Ok...let me do some checks...ok, your server is offline. Can you check if there are flashing lights on the front?"
PerthOffice: "No lights, no noises, nothing!"
Me: "That's no good, can you turn the server back on? The power switch is on the fron-"
PerthOffice: "Tried that, nothing!"
Me: "Um...can you check the UPS? The big, flat, rectangle thing...any lights on that?" *ohshitfactor rising at this point*
PerthOffice: "Nope!"
Me: "That's weird, turn that on, then turn on server."
PerthOffice: "Should we unplug any of the cords?"
Me: "Nope, only thing running off the UPS is the serv-"
PerthOffice: "Oh, we turned the UPS off on Friday, you know, save money on power."

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Whatever they had done (PonyGirl flew over this afternoon, crying and sobbing like a girl), it had fried the server.

Makes me cry too :(