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Lemmy, what are some of your "oh shit" work stories? (lemmy.blahaj.zone)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

I've always found the dial 9 to get out thing a mistake waiting to happen, why not pound hash twice as the tone? How did manufacturers settle on 9 as the sane default

[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago

I’ve always found the dial 9 to get out thing a mistake waiting to happen

Can confirm.