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Showing Original Post only (View all)My shithead kitten just turned off the UPS for the server AGAIN!!! [View all]
I have to battle him every day. He doesn't turn it off when I'm not at the computer. It's the challenge of getting past me he seeks. He knows EXACTLY where the off switch on the UPS is and goes straight for it. A couple of days ago I bitched at him and told him to turn it back on AND HE DID! This time I just hauled him out by the scruff of his neck and screamed at him. With 9 TB of disk space, it takes the thing a LONG time to reboot after an "unexpected" shutdown.
If he wasn't so cute and cuddly I'd throttle him. Asshole. But hey, I love him. What can I do?
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Throttle him | |
0 (0%) |
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Cuddle him and go "kiddy widdy woddy woochie woo" | |
5 (42%) |
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Give him a treat | |
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Throw him in a bathroom and leave him there for three hours | |
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Chill the fuck out and reboot the server | |
3 (25%) |
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Get a good stiff drink | |
1 (8%) |
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Go out to a bar and get a good stiff drink | |
1 (8%) |
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Give up all technology of all sorts and live naked in the woods | |
1 (8%) |
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Fart in his general direction | |
0 (0%) |
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Watch "V is for Vendetta" - Remember remember the 5th of November | |
1 (8%) |
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He managed to get over a book shelf and work his way back to the UPS behind the TV.
HopeHoops
Nov 2012
#5
E-FUCKING-GADS! I had issues with Verizon DSL and got a free replacement modem.
HopeHoops
Nov 2012
#15
Fuck splitting it. Let's each have one. Been there, done that, didn't get the t-shirt.
HopeHoops
Nov 2012
#33
What I can't stand is when they no NOTHING about the service/product - just the decision tree.
HopeHoops
Nov 2012
#39
I cut an old tupperware-type container to sit over the power switch and duct-taped one side down
haele
Nov 2012
#10
I'm going to e-mail APC and tell them to put a "ANTI-CAT" cover over the power switch.
HopeHoops
Nov 2012
#17
I don't know that one. And I just tried to look it up but got no relevant hits.
HopeHoops
Nov 2012
#19
Teach shithead kitten to turn on the coffeepot in the morning, teach him to turn
onecent
Nov 2012
#22
So... It's your cat that's causing all the issues over in freeperland today?
Glassunion
Nov 2012
#31
Bad news. My wife doesn't want to watch "V" today. She wants to watch a comedy.
HopeHoops
Nov 2012
#34
Had a cat who did that - figured out he liked the "beep, beep, beep" of the unplugged UPS.
mikeytherat
Nov 2012
#40
We had a ferret who hated a porcelain, cow-shaped creamer so much she killed it.
mikeytherat
Nov 2012
#43