Expensive Mistakescoopsweb asks "What's the most expensive mistake you've ever made? Should I mention a certain employee who caused 4 hours worth of delays in Central London and got his company fined £500k?"
No points for stories about the time you had a few and thought it'd be a good idea to wrap your car around a bollard. Or replies consisting of "my wife".
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chthonic, Thu 25 Oct 2007, 11:26)
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Some Insurance Corp That Likes Green In The Logo23:00 migrating from OS A -- B and doing firmware upgrades on the damn IBM servers i needed to switch it off and on....
Ooops pressed the wrong server power button... there were like 80 or so... and in my headrush from being on the floor with a KB to standing up i pressed the wrong off button...
How the hell was I to know it was the live quoting system...
Too my credit, i only pushed in and didnt let go... so 20 mins later we had created a story about an fizzing PSU lead and need for an emergency shutdown.
Called the OPS people... sure do it... we will manage it through...
Got a bonus for that one... arf..
I even got a free breakfast from the IT director for my actions....
Never insured with em tho.. mostly a bunch of tossers...
(, Fri 26 Oct 2007, 17:01, Reply)
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