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[–] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 62 points 1 day 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@programming.dev 57 points 1 day ago

Fear will keep them in line.

[–] TachyonTele@lemm.ee 30 points 1 day ago

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

[–] GildorInglorion@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago

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