system admin appreciation day!

[eakers]

is tomorrow!


YAY.

we loooooooooooooove you system administrators.

Have you hugged your geek lately?

Friday is System Administrator Appreciation Day ? really

By Lisa M. Bowman


July 22 ? If you?re like most people, when your computer crashes you groan, issue a string of expletives, and then wait idly by until your trusty information technology person rescues you from blue screen hell. On Friday, it?s time for you to show your appreciation for those geeks in shining armor. Ted Kekatos has created System Administrator Appreciation Day, a time to honor the people who neither rain, nor snow, nor bizarre ?illegal operation? errors can keep from fixing your machine.


KEKATOS, A droll system administrator in Chicago, was inspired to create the special day by a Hewlett-Packard ad he saw a few years ago. In the ad, a system administrator is bombarded with presents from employees as thanks for installing new printers.
?I tore that ad out and showed it to some of my co-workers and said, ?Look at what this guy?s getting. Where?s mine??? Kekatos joked.


The event, now in its third year, is designed to pay tribute to anyone in information technology. ?Let?s face it, system administrators get no respect 364 days a year,? Kekatos wrote in an e-mail urging people to celebrate.
All Kekatos is really hoping for this year is a simple ?thanks??and maybe some cake and ice cream. Last year, his co-workers bought him lunch.
But he?s put together a geeky wish list for nerds everywhere, just in case. Inspired by e-mails from fellow system administrators, the list contains gifts ranging from a case of iced mocha cappuccino to dream rewards like a handheld GPS unit or a home theater system.
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?I put some stuff on there that I would like,? he said. ?You can always dream.?
Kekatos? site also gives some tongue-in-cheek tips for maintaining your administrators? spirits on a year-round basis, including ?When Ted says he coming right over, log out and go for coffee. It?s no problem for him to remember your password? and ?if you get a .EXE file in a e-mail attachment, open it immediately. Ted likes to make sure the antivirus software is working properly from time to time.?
Kekatos hopes System Administrator Appreciation Day will become a bigger holiday along the lines of Secretary?s Day, and he?s even considering sending a little reminder to the CEO at his own company.

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*kat. <-- 😀

 

[Czar]

she loves me 🙂

 

[minendo]

Originally posted by: Czar
she loves me 🙂

She loves anyone that will provide her with attention.

 

[tigerwannabe]

i ran across the system admin appreciation site not long ago. a long overdue idea, i think 🙂

 

[spanky]

i wanna nuke my sys admin.

 

[XZeroII]

Read it last night 😉

 

[eakers]

Originally posted by: XZeroII
Read it last night 😉

are you suggesting this is a repost?
dammit i did a search.

*kat. <-- waaaaaah.

 

[bjc112]

so Kat, are you a System Admin?

Just the job i am shooting for! 🙂

 

[TNTrulez]

Originally posted by: minendo

Originally posted by: Czar
she loves me 🙂

She loves anyone that will provide her with attention.

hahah

 

[NikPreviousAcct]

Originally posted by: minendo

Originally posted by: Czar
she loves me 🙂

She loves anyone that will provide her with attention.

minendo = +1

 

[pulse8]

Originally posted by: ffmcobalt

Originally posted by: minendo

Originally posted by: Czar
she loves me 🙂

She loves anyone that will provide her with attention.

minendo = +1

Is this crap actually necessary anytime she posts anything? You guys really are pathetic.

You, FFM, should be the last one saying anything to anyone about craving attention with your "they want me to work more hours" crap thread.

 

[NikPreviousAcct]

Originally posted by: pulse8

Originally posted by: ffmcobalt

Originally posted by: minendo

Originally posted by: Czar
she loves me 🙂

She loves anyone that will provide her with attention.

minendo = +1

Is this crap actually necessary anytime she posts anything? You guys really are pathetic.

You, FFM, should be the last one saying anything to anyone about craving attention with your "they want me to work more hours" crap thread.

Bring it, bitch. 🙂

nik

 

[pulse8]

Originally posted by: ffmcobalt

Originally posted by: pulse8

Originally posted by: ffmcobalt

Originally posted by: minendo

Originally posted by: Czar
she loves me 🙂

She loves anyone that will provide her with attention.

minendo = +1

Is this crap actually necessary anytime she posts anything? You guys really are pathetic.

You, FFM, should be the last one saying anything to anyone about craving attention with your "they want me to work more hours" crap thread.

Bring it, bitch. 🙂

nik

Bring what? 😕 Oh, are you challenging me to something? Are we going to go into a cheerleading competition or what?

 

[brtspears2]

Sys admin not important until something breaks.... then you get sh!t on....

Yes, i LOVE My job.

 

[shiner]

Thanks Kat!!! Now....when do I get my appreciation massage from you?

 

[GoodRevrnd]

Originally posted by: pulse8

Originally posted by: ffmcobalt

Originally posted by: pulse8

Originally posted by: ffmcobalt

Originally posted by: minendo

Originally posted by: Czar
she loves me 🙂

She loves anyone that will provide her with attention.

minendo = +1

Is this crap actually necessary anytime she posts anything? You guys really are pathetic.

You, FFM, should be the last one saying anything to anyone about craving attention with your "they want me to work more hours" crap thread.

Bring it, bitch. 🙂

nik

Bring what? 😕 Oh, are you challenging me to something? Are we going to go into a cheerleading competition or what?

Gentlemen... shave your bikini zones!!

 

[Hammer]

heh, and I love doing it too.

<- not a sys admin, does the sh!tting 😛

Originally posted by: brtspears2
Sys admin not important until something breaks.... then you get sh!t on....

Yes, i LOVE My job.

 

[NikPreviousAcct]

Originally posted by: GoodRevrnd

Originally posted by: pulse8

Originally posted by: ffmcobalt

Originally posted by: pulse8

Originally posted by: ffmcobalt

Originally posted by: minendo

Originally posted by: Czar
she loves me 🙂

She loves anyone that will provide her with attention.

minendo = +1

Is this crap actually necessary anytime she posts anything? You guys really are pathetic.

You, FFM, should be the last one saying anything to anyone about craving attention with your "they want me to work more hours" crap thread.

Bring it, bitch. 🙂

nik

Bring what? 😕 Oh, are you challenging me to something? Are we going to go into a cheerleading competition or what?

Gentlemen... shave your bikini zones!!

Mine's already shaven. 🙂

nik

 

[rh71]

My fiance is a "junior" sys admin. Ooh Friday... I get to see her tomorrow. Woohoo.