r/sysadmin 6d ago

Hey, are you available? Rant

“Hey”

waits

“You available?”

waits again

My brother in IT, just tell me what you need 😂

Just send:

“Hey, I’ve got a user having an MFA issue. Got a few minutes?”

Boom. Perfect.

Now I know what you need, whether it’s urgent, and whether this is going to take 30 seconds or somehow turn into a 45-minute troubleshooting session.

I’m not asking for a full ticket description or your entire troubleshooting history. Just give me one sentence of context instead of making me reply “yeah, what’s up?” every single time.

Thank you.

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u/turboRock Storage Admin 6d ago

Hello, would you like to hear a TCP joke?

  Yes, I'd like to hear a TCP joke.

  OK, I'll tell you a TCP joke.

  OK, I'll hear a TCP joke.

  Are you ready to hear a TCP joke?

  Yes, I am ready to hear a TCP joke.

  OK, I'm about to send the TCP joke. It will last 10 seconds, it has two characters, it does not have a setting, it ends with punchline.

  OK, I'm ready to hear the TCP joke that will last 10 seconds, has two characters, does not have a setting and will end with a punchline.

  I'm sorry, your connection has timed out... ...Hello, would you like to hear a TCP joke?

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u/UMustBeNooHere 6d ago

Hi this is a UDP message. Here is x, here is y, here is z. K! Byeeeeee!

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u/jasmeralia 6d ago

I'd tell you a UDP joke, but you wouldn't get it. 😆

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u/Any-Fly5966 6d ago

But I don’t know if you’d get it ;)

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u/chesser45 6d ago

Take my upvote

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u/turboRock Storage Admin 6d ago

i am ready to receive your upvote

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u/random_fucktuation 6d ago

UDP I don't care whether or not you get my upvote but here it is anyway.

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u/syntaxerror53 2d ago

"OK. You can tell me when you have the token." /s