# Power's out at work

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/powers-out-at-work/413376>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [July 27, 2007, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/powers-out-at-work/413376 "2007-07-27T14:35:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![iwakura43](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de0a6/32.png) [@iwakura43](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iwakura43)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2007, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/powers-out-at-work/413376/1 "2007-07-27T14:35:51Z")

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So I’m here reading the SDMB and not feeling guilty about it. Shooba doobie doo…

Edit: rather, the power’s back on but no file servers = no work. Of course one needs power to browse the net 🙂

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**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2007, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/powers-out-at-work/413376/2 "2007-07-27T14:51:36Z")

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Same thing happened at my old job (the workers on the roof drilled into a conduit :eek: ). I actually had power, but no servers (and no net, since the routers were down as well).

Brian