Vent: A client in Phoenix yelled at me for not using canned air on his dusty server

I was doing a clean out at a small office there, and the guy saw me using a small vacuum and a brush. He went off about static, but I've been doing it that way for 8 years with zero issues. The canned air just blows the dust deeper into the heatsinks anyway. How many of you actually stick to the canned air rule for every job?

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nelson.cameron11d ago

How many techs have gotten yelled at over that same stupid rule?

leerobinson11d ago

Man, I gotta disagree with you on this one @nelson.cameron. That rule is usually there for a real reason, even if it seems dumb in the moment. It often comes from a past problem that caused a bigger mess. Getting yelled at is never okay, but sometimes the rule itself isn't the stupid part. It's how people explain it, or don't explain it, that causes the frustration.