• ping floyd (unregistered) in reply to Grump
    Grump:
    I'd hate to have to debug a core dump in there.

    Yeah, those working conditions would really stink.

  • Potatoboy (unregistered) in reply to Landy
    Landy:
    Where I work we have some network switches in the woman's restroom out in the shop because that is the only place that is air conditioned.

    Gotta knock before you go in to work on the networking gear. At least the gear is inside a locked rack in the corner.

    Sorry folks, the network's going to be down a little longer. Sheila had tacos last night.

  • (cs)

    At the little electrical engineering firm I used to work at, the circuit board etching equipment (basically a fish tank filled with caustic chemicals) was located in the bathroom on a shelf next to the toilet.

  • Just Kelly (unregistered) in reply to Dave
    Dave:
    I always knew womens restrooms were nicer than what we guys got. Now I see they have server rooms in there too?!?!

    Damn! Our secret's out!

    Oh, well. At least now you know why we all go in at once.

    LAN PARTY!!!

  • Andy L. (unregistered)

    They should consider adding "Knock before entering" to the procedure outlined above.

  • Saaid (unregistered) in reply to Chris
    Chris:
    Can that server room door be locked, or does any woman in the company have access to the servers?
    They can't lock it because that's where they keep the toilet paper and tampons.
  • Ozz (unregistered) in reply to Anon
    Anon:
    One would think, to read such wit, Shakespeare himself came here to shit.
    What you say may well be true, for Shakespeare had to do it too.
  • September ain't over yet (unregistered)

    That ought to be fun the first time a server breaks, and someone has to spend hours in the server room. Yeah, that'll go well when the bathroom is closed for several hours.

    We should start a bidding pool — which gets them in trouble first — sex discrimination lawsuit, ADA lawsuit, or unsafe work conditions/on-the-job injury/OSHA smackdown (gotta love carrying servers across wet bathroom floors!). The lawyers are already, no doubt, partying on the fees they'll soon be receiving.

  • tbrown (unregistered) in reply to Michael
    Michael:
    Didn't I play through a stage like this in Deus Ex?

    I'm pretty sure there was something like this in the old (but still kick-a**) Duke Nuke 'Em!

  • jdg (unregistered) in reply to Just Kelly

    Bravo...

    Really, that's just well done.

  • cod3_complete (unregistered)

    WTF...just WTF. The level of stupidity behind this is just astounding!

    Captcha:damnum. Again WTF!

  • (cs) in reply to dsevil
    dsevil:
    "Holy shit, that log is HUGE!"

    Haha you must think you're soooo funny, don't you???

  • Nervous (unregistered)

    Not unlike our server room. [image]

  • (cs) in reply to Saaid

    Toilet paper - maybe, tampons - nope! Never worked or been anywhere they supply them, you have to bring your own (good thing too, there are soooo many different brands, varieties and sizes... and they all really are very different)

  • (cs)

    Didn't C.S. Lewis write a book about this?

    "I gasped as the door slowly opened to a land full of blinking lights and whirring noises. The cold air from this magical place poured in and I could feel it circling my legs. Machines stood, stacked on machines, crunching numbers that only existed in my imagination. When a fawn galloped by I quickly wiped and tried to run after him, but to my horror found myself face down in a puddle on the floor. 'Next time pull your pants up!' mocked the fawn."

  • (cs) in reply to Luis
    Luis:
    Is this the same Jen Frickell, owner of the legendary Frickcam?

    Well, there's only 1 Jen Frickell that I know of and that is me.

    Anyhow, Alex paraphrased some of the story but tweaked a few details. It was late, so I'll forgive him.

    A second company was upstairs and we share the server room with them. They had to move downstairs because a third company was taking over the entire upstairs floor.

    • The server room door is accessed via key fob on a panel next to the door in the handicapped stall.
    • Yes, there are tampons supplied. In the event of flooding, we could use them to build a dam.
  • kEVIN (unregistered) in reply to Elliot
    Elliot:
    Just off frame is a toilet.

    That's what I call convenience.

  • (cs) in reply to Ozz
    Ozz:
    Anon:
    One would think, to read such wit, Shakespeare himself came here to shit.
    What you say may well be true, for Shakespeare had to do it too.
    To pee, or not to pee: that is the question.
  • robvas (unregistered)

    We had a similar situation at my old job. The phone room was in a close in the mens bathroom. There were 15 years worth of old tenants' telco equipment on the wall. The worst part was letting the AT&T guys in that room after lunch hours. Phew!

  • jason (unregistered)

    As one of the server engineers that uses this, I must say, my chances with having a normal conversation with any woman in this building probably just got shot to Nil.

  • Larry Craig (unregistered) in reply to Just Kelly

    Too bad it is the wrong bathroom....

  • Stall (unregistered) in reply to Just Kelly

    One word. Craptacular!

  • Bale (unregistered)

    "What's all that churning and bubbling? You call that a server room?" "No sir, we call it 'women's restroom'."

  • LaterSkater (unregistered)

    Of course, if you just hired all female IT staff, this is a non-issue. And if they were all in wheelchairs...well... even better

  • 1IJ (unregistered) in reply to Dave
    Dave:
    I always knew womens restrooms were nicer than what we guys got. Now I see they have server rooms in there too?!?!
    I'd hate to debug a core dump when somebody is dumping their own core in the next room over
  • (cs) in reply to 1IJ

    2>&1

  • (cs) in reply to FredSaw
    FredSaw:
    Ozz:
    Anon:
    One would think, to read such wit, Shakespeare himself came here to shit.
    What you say may well be true, for Shakespeare had to do it too.
    To pee, or not to pee: that is the question.
    "Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer?"

    I'm trying not to imagine whither ye come, here.

    Lax-O-Drone, that's the ticket. Pop in to the local drug store.

  • k_der (unregistered)

    I'm just going into the server room to check the logs ;-)

    What about the disabled ladies. Brings a whole new meaning to DoS attack.

  • ContraCorners (unregistered) in reply to jason
    jason:
    As one of the server engineers that uses this, I must say, my chances with having a normal conversation with any woman in this building probably just got shot to Nil.

    20 years in this business and I don't think I've ever had a normal conversation with a Server Engineer. (Or a woman for that matter.)

  • Jason (unregistered) in reply to ContraCorners
    ContraCorners:
    jason:
    As one of the server engineers that uses this, I must say, my chances with having a normal conversation with any woman in this building probably just got shot to Nil.

    20 years in this business and I don't think I've ever had a normal conversation with a Server Engineer. (Or a woman for that matter.)

    I have a feeling I'll be quoting Friday more than Pulp Fiction now...

    Ezekiel: "Smokey... you been eating corn?"

    Seems like a decent enough way to break the ice.

    j

  • ContraCorners (unregistered) in reply to Jason
    Jason:
    ContraCorners:
    jason:
    As one of the server engineers that uses this, I must say, my chances with having a normal conversation with any woman in this building probably just got shot to Nil.

    20 years in this business and I don't think I've ever had a normal conversation with a Server Engineer. (Or a woman for that matter.)

    I have a feeling I'll be quoting Friday more than Pulp Fiction now...

    Ezekiel: "Smokey... you been eating corn?"

    Seems like a decent enough way to break the ice.

    j

    I rest my case.

  • Mr Coffee (unregistered)

    And now for your viewing pleasure, I shall eat my own spunk.

  • Mr Coffee (unregistered) in reply to Mr Coffee

    Spunkity spunk spunk!!

  • What's that smell? (unregistered) in reply to Myth
    Myth:
    Men are getting ripped off, I demand a Wii be installed in the urinals.

    ABOVE the urninal would be good, not sure about IN...

  • andy (unregistered) in reply to Just Kelly

    Well this is good for the people in the server room. No toilet break for them.

  • MeRp (unregistered)

    I wonder how many minutes this was in place before the first woman, in frustration over having had to wait for more than 10 seconds for someone to reopen the bathroom, barged in and started using the restroom, despite the closed sign and the presence of some guy working on servers.

    I'm guessing in the range of 10-15.

  • ContraCorners (unregistered) in reply to MeRp
    MeRp:
    I wonder how many minutes this was in place before the first woman, in frustration over having had to wait for more than 10 seconds for someone to reopen the bathroom, barged in and started using the restroom, despite the closed sign and the presence of some guy working on servers.

    I'm guessing in the range of 10-15.

    Wait a minute? Does my ex work there now?

  • J. Gray (unregistered)

    That is definitely an outside of the box way to encourage a company to hire more women engineers.

  • (cs)

    I'm live and on the scene...an actual employee at this special location. I have to say, it's not so bad everyone! I'm a woman who has a hard time meeting computer professionals, so it's great for me! It also came in handy the other day too, I handed the Systems Admin a screw driver and he handed me some toilet paper.

    I'm speaking to the property manager to see if we can get a martini bar in the handicap stall downstairs.

  • LordInfidel (unregistered)

    Now sure how I feel about someone bogarting on my idea.

    My own 'personal' office at home (by personal i mean my wife does not even use it), does, yes, have a functioning toilet and a sink.

    And if you are asking yourself why; I built it that way on purpose for the long long work nights.

    Nothing like walking 5 feet to take a whiz while still being able to look at your monitor.

    You may call me insane, i call myself a multi-tasker that is just optimizing his time.

  • D (unregistered)

    Can you imagine what'll happen when there's some sort of catesrophic system failure that requires physical access, and there's someone in said stall?

    One word: hilarity.

  • JamesR404 (unregistered) in reply to Grump
    Grump:
    I'd hate to have to debug a core dump in there.

    Oh my god. That's hilarious! :P

  • Captain Foobar (unregistered) in reply to Grump

    Even worse if you're debugging that core dump with the korn shell.

  • Douglas E. Welch (unregistered)

    Anyone else see a lawsuit coming with this soon?

    D

  • The Fake WTF (unregistered) in reply to Elliot
    Elliot:
    Reminds me of a server room my friend was recently sent to:

    [image]

    Just off frame is a toilet.

    That toilet must be handy when the servers take a dump...

  • T (unregistered)

    That location can't be good for that old PE2450's morale.

  • Jacques K (unregistered)

    It adds a whole new meaning to 'burst pipe'.

  • (cs)

    I laughed so hard at this... Until suddenly I realised that the server room at work:

    • has a sink
    • has a hot water system
    • is right next to a toilet
    • is my office

    I hope this article doesn't inspire anything in the building maintenance people at work!

  • JoeBloggs (unregistered) in reply to What's that smell?
    What's that smell?:
    Myth:
    Men are getting ripped off, I demand a Wii be installed in the urinals.

    ABOVE the urninal would be good, not sure about IN...

    In, PLEASE!

  • LMAO (unregistered) in reply to Grump

    ROFL!

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