Offbeat Humor

Facilities did an office inspection and found the mini-fridge under my desk. “Personal appliances are prohibited.” They put a red removal sticker on it. I removed the sticker. Put on an IT asset tag. Ran an Ethernet cable from the back of the fridge into the wall. Updated inventory: DEVICE: SRV-THERMAL-04 TYPE: Auxiliary cooling appliance OWNER: Infrastructure CRITICALITY: High Facilities came back. Saw the asset tag. Saw the network cable. Wouldn’t touch it. Three months later Security found SRV-THERMAL-04 during an audit. They asked what business service it supports. I opened the fridge. Six Diet Cokes. Two Red Bulls. String cheese. I told them it maintains temperature-sensitive IT assets. Security asked why it has never transmitted a single packet. “Air-gapped.” They nodded. The fridge passed the audit. It is now officially classified as critical infrastructure.

— Derek Devicemanager (@IT_unhinged) October 6, 2026