Tech Team Stood and Laughed at Colleague Who Pressed the Wrong Off Button
The Register, Monday, September 14th, 2026
A datacenter technician held down the wrong power button to prevent an outage while colleagues laughed.
In a Glasgow datacenter during the early 2000s, technician Vince accidentally pressed the power button on a storage array instead of a server.
Unable to release the button without causing an outage, he held it down until the team could arrange emergency maintenance as cover.
The incident became a humorous workplace moment as colleagues arrived to witness his predicament, offering support and compassion by pointing and laughing before finally providing relief.