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This is more fun than serious but... I worked at a small company who contracted out it support. One day I got a call that a computer wouldn't turn on, no signs of power at all. This was in a bank. Per their policy the teller had a list of things to check. They notify the branch manager who checked all the same stuff plus some extra. They then call a vp who checks all the stuff with some even more extra. If still broken, they would call us. On this day the call was no power on computer, branch was about an hour away, drove company car to client and immediately saw issue. The god damn power strip was turned off. The teller, the manager and the vp were to check this so I decided to have some fun. I told them there was an evil spirit and we had to "cleanse" it. I had manager go get leave from outside, I found some old candles from a old birthday, the lights were turned off, I called out some random non-sense about mother gia and cleansing and whatnot, arm motions, everyone's head down and eyes closed. Meanwhile I flipped the power strip switch to on and within seconds the windows xp sound was heard (yes I'm old). Everyone was confused but amazed and easily signed the paperwork to say I fixed it.

I drove back to my office and on way the vp asked me to come to his office as he had questions. I went to his office, he asked me to explain the issue at the branch which I did and how I "fixed" it. He was obviously upset but said "next time that happens call me first ". I was confused but said "ok". He then followed up with "we could have had a animal sacrifice" and pulled a rubber chicken out of a drawer.

I didn't technically work for him but he seemed like a great boss...