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Who, Me? Tech team stood and laughed at colleague who pressed the wrong off button

Ticklish situation solved with a lie about emergency maintenance

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A reader known as “Bowman” contributed a story to The Register’s “Who, Me?” column about a workplace mishap from the early 2000s. He recounts an incident where a colleague mistakenly pressed the wrong power‑off button on a floor‑mounted server, prompting the tech team to stand and laugh. The piece highlights the awkwardness of admitting such errors and reflects on the era’s bulky server hardware.

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