Something about IT brings out the schadenfreude in all of us. Sure, things are tough where we live, so we want to hear about the strange, the crazy, and yes, the misery of our colleagues as they deal with end users who couldn’t buy a clue if their lives depended on it. It’s why those lists of strange tech support calls are so popular.

InfoWorld has a great column — Off the Record – which allows IT pros to record their tales anonymously, to protect the innocent and the guilty. One recent post is “Oh, were you using that server?”

In the course of a few months, the mirrored server setup prevented costly interruptions to service several times — and I was pleased with myself for my foresight.Then I went on vacation.

It’s worth a read, even if it hits a little too close to home.