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Techie expensed a bag of oranges and then juiced up a stupid security incident

Many people start the day with a glass of orange juice to give them energy. Here at The Register, we start the working week with a new instalment of Who, Me? – the reader-contributed column that we hope gives you the little kick you need to avoid making workplace mistakes by learning from fellow readers’ confessions of their worst moments. This week, meet a reader we’ll Regomize as “Kirk” who told us about “the best-paid, easiest job of my life.

Tech support chap hauled out to help SWAT team saw his life flash before his eyes

ON CALL Buckle in, dear readers, for an extreme installment of On Call, The Register's reader-contributed Friday column in which we share your stories of superlative tech support scenarios. This week, meet a reader we'll Regomize as "Solomon" who sent a story from his time working for a county sheriff's office. "I usually arrived early in the morning to get my daily stuff done before the phone calls started," Solomon told On Call.

Marketing demanded IT add website feature that was already working

Under-trained techie didn't claim overtime for mistakenly failing to phone it in

Russian oligarch's financial network crashed thanks to a crank and a cleaner

Consultant mistakenly deleted a ton of data – but reported it as a bug

Is showing up for work every Monday a mistake? While you ponder that question, dive into a new installment of Who, Me? – The Register's weekly column that shares readers' stories of escaping their errors.