[wastedhours]

We used to have one server for a website I was a content guy on - it was in a standard PC case, plugged into a switch in the IT team's office (this was not a tech-centered org).

The main IT guy went on holiday and one of the cover guys from another office decided to tidy up. He unplugged the server and thought (and told me after his thought process) "if anyone was using it, they'll let us know".

This was the one, single box for the whole website - no one else was monitoring (even though the central office had a proper, dedicated web team) and the assumption was I was sysadmin.

An hour later I'm sprinting down the corridor to find out what the hell happened and why I can't even SSH into the box.

We put a sticker on the case saying not to unplug it after that...