Computer room has a water-seepage problem, so operations manager buys sensors to alert operators when there's water under the floor. "Unfortunately, the ops manager went with a cheap sensor," groans pilot fish there. "The only way anyone would know the alarm was going off was to remove the floor panel over the alarm."

Color bland

User calls help desk pilot fish to report that a color laser printer is out of red ink. "I grab a magenta toner, remove it from inventory and add it to the department's bill," says fish. "But when I arrive at the machine, it's the cyan toner that requires replacement. When I ask the user about this, she says, 'Yes, cayenne -- red, like the pepper.'"

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