IT intern tries to show off by going over his superior's head and organizes the cables in the server room, crashes company's entire system for 2 hours: ‘[He had] a very proud expression on his face.'

It's normal for an intern to make some mistakes, but it's not every day that they make such a colossal mistake that it shuts down the entire company for hours. This poor intern, however, truly takes the cake. He truly reenacted the nightmare everyone has before their first day on the job. That dream where you make one small move, and it's the biggest mistake you could've made.

This intern wasn't used for anything too seriously. As an IT intern, there was a lot of room for error. So he was given easier tasks like making sure the client's computer is plugged in, password resets, etc. Things that would be hard to mess up, and he did great with that. Everyone seemed to like him enough, he wasn't malicious in any way. However, he did seem to be kind of a slow learner, which can be frustrating in the field of tech.

He must have known he wasn't progressing fast enough and decided he needed to make a big splash and do something that sets him up to be seen as a go-getter employee worthy of more responsibilities. However, he chose the wrong splash… Instead of doing something positive for the company, he ended up unplugging its main life source…

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"The day the "organized" intern decided the server room cables looked messy"

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You can only imagine the face of his superior when he discovered what this intern just did. The intern was looking so proud of himself as he held the now unplugged cables to the company's main system. He claims he felt his “soul leave his body.” He and his colleagues then had to spend two hours fixing this intern's huge mistake. The intern wanted to help, but the damage was done and they no longer trusted him in the server room. He wasn't allowed back in a room with a “blinking light” from that point on. He seemed sorry, but after that mistake, you might just have to cut your losses and move on to the next job…
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