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The original was posted on /r/talesfromtechsupport by /u/Newbosterone on 2025-06-26 16:46:42+00:00.

So, picture this: yesterday, our well-intentioned Kevin (whose parents mistakenly named him Mike) decides to push an alert configuration update to production. Now, you might think, “Hey, that sounds like a good idea!” But let me tell you, it was about as well thought out as a squirrel in a dog show.

Within hours, we were inundated with a flood of emails—thousands of them—landing in the inboxes of dozens of unsuspecting victims. It was like a digital version of a surprise party, except nobody wanted to be there.

Now, this little fiasco was courtesy of some software from Micro Focus, which is a fancy way of saying, “We’re not responsible for your impending doom.” I’m using their real name, since they’re not to blame. Their software sucks, but only as much as all software sucks, which is at least something.

By the end of the day, someone gave this little disaster a name: “Mike’ll Screw Us.”

If you’ve ever worked in a big organization, you know that if something goes sideways and it gets named after you, congratulations! You’ve achieved a level of notoriety that’s not exactly what you’d put on your resume, but hey, at least people know your name.