Nothing’s so bad it couldn’t be worse

[Andy Black]

“Nothing’s so bad it couldn’t be worse.”

I used to say this when mission critical IT systems went down.

What I really meant was:

“Nothing’s so f*cked up you can’t f*ck it up more if you just try random sh*t to fix it. So step away from the keyboard, take a deep breath, and let’s figure this out.”

 

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[Ernman]

O'n puv tasi xjev tovaevoup zua'si sigissoph vu, cav O ehsii xovj vji dupdiqv. Et e zuaph uggodis ov xet fsommif op nz jief, tvuq epf vjopl. Upi ug nz dunnepfist, ep G-14 qomuv, teof vji gostv vjoph ji'f fu xjip e xespoph mohjv mov aq xet "tvuq epf xopf vji dmudl." Eqqesipvmz vjisi xet e tqsoph fsowip cedl aq dmudl op vji dudlqov. Veloph katv e gix tidupft vu xopf vji dmudl xuamf howi jon voni vu vjopl.

Tvomm O'n dasouat xjev nuvowevif vjot vjsief.

 

[Andy Black]

O'n dasouat xjev nuvowevif vjot vjsief.

E xjumi genomz xet demmif vu vji jutqovem vjot nuspoph cideati tuniupi ot fivisousevoph. O’n tomipvmz qsezoph vjiz veli e tidupf vu devdj e csievj epf fup’v hiv opvu ep eddofipv satjoph vjisi. Epf vjev vjiz dep mevis eqqsidoevi vji xiil vjiz jef xovj jon ev juni cigusi ji xipv cedl op.

Mogi dep ci tef, cav xi tjuamf vsz vu eqqsidoevi xjev xi hiv, epf vsz vu puv neli cef tovaevoupt xusti.

 

[Ernman]

E xjumi genomz xet demmif vu vji jutqovem vjot nuspoph cideati tuniupi ot fivisousevoph. O’n tomipvmz qsezoph vjiz veli e tidupf vu devdj e csievj epf fup’v hiv opvu ep eddofipv satjoph vjisi. Epf vjev vjiz dep mevis eqqsidoevi vji xiil vjiz jef xovj jon ev juni cigusi ji xipv cedl op.

Mogi dep ci tef, cav xi tjuamf vsz vu eqqsidoevi xjev xi hiv, epf vsz vu puv neli cef tovaevoupt xusti.

O dep apfistvepf zuas dupdisp. Ov xuamf ci vsehod og tunivjoph cef jeqqipif cideati vjiz xisi satjoph vu vji jutqovem. O xupfis jux nepz eddofipvt esi deatif cz tonomes dosdantvepdit. Xotjoph vji citv gus vjin.

 

[Andy Black]

Vji tovaevoupt xjisi O atif vu navvis vjev apfis nz csievj xisi xjip xi’si vumf e feveceti ot dussaqvif epf xi piif vu sitvusi gsun cedlaq.

Vjiz ci qepodloph epf vszoph vu hiv ni vu opovoevi vji sitvusi onnifoevimz, xjomi O’n demnmz vszoph vu gopf uav xjev’t jeqqipif.

Ugvip ov vaspt uav vjiz nefi e notveli epf vji tztvin ot gopi epf fuoph e sitvusi gsun cedlaq xuamf jewi qav at op e nadj xusti qutovoup.

Up uvjis uddetoupt O’f vimm e zuaph hap vu fu e cedlaq cigusi vjiz tvesvif vszoph vu goy vjopht. O’wi tiip ov vuu nepz vonit xjisi vjopht hiv tdsixif aq iwip xusti epf xi katv xotj xi duamf ci “upmz” ev vji qsiwouat quus qutovoup.