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[–] [email protected] 68 points 1 week ago (3 children)

I used to work in local television news production and one of the most common occurrences was something not working, someone calling engineering, and then it starting to work when the engineer walked in the room.

[–] BurningTurtle 61 points 1 week ago

Fear will keep them in line.

[–] [email protected] 32 points 1 week ago

That's a universal magic trick, it applies to every industry and situation imaginable.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 week ago

Happened today with a password prompt. He didn't think he could type the wrong password 3 times.