One horror story could be about the old, haunted dormitories on campus. There are rumors of strange noises at night, like whispers and footsteps in the empty hallways. Students living there claim to have felt cold spots and an eerie presence, as if someone was watching them. It really creeps people out.
Well, there's this story about a campus event that took a spooky turn. It was a Halloween event held near one of the abandoned buildings on campus. As the night went on, people started to hear screams that seemed to come from inside the building. But when they checked, there was no one there. Some believe it was the ghosts of former students who had some sort of bad experience in that building long ago.
One of the famous Texas Tech ghost stories is about the ghost in the old Engineering Key. Students have reported seeing strange apparitions and feeling an eerie presence there. It's said that at night, you can hear unexplained noises as if someone is walking around the empty halls.
There's also a story about the library. It's said that there are strange noises and a feeling of being watched when you're in the quietest parts of the library at night. Some students believe it's the spirit of an old librarian or perhaps a student who spent too much time studying and never left. This story has been around for a while and adds to the overall spooky reputation of the campus.
There was a case where a user called tech support for their printer. The support agent seemed very inexperienced. They gave the user wrong instructions on how to fix a paper jam. As a result, the printer's internal mechanism got damaged even more. It cost the user a lot of money to get it repaired later.
I once had a recruiter who was super pushy. They called me multiple times a day, even during my work hours at my current job. They didn't respect my boundaries at all. And when I finally agreed to an interview just to get them off my back, they didn't even have proper details about the company or the role. It was a chaotic and unprofessional experience.
One horror story is about a tech startup that got huge investment based on a false prototype. The founders faked the functionality to attract investors. But when it came time to actually develop the product, they couldn't deliver. The investors sued, and the startup went bankrupt within a year.
One horror story could be about a fiber optic cable installation gone wrong. Workers accidentally cut a major cable that provided internet to a large area, like a whole town. Businesses were disrupted, and people couldn't work from home or access online services for days until it was fixed.
Well, some people talk about the horror of the never - ending group projects. You get grouped with people who don't pull their weight. For example, in a CS project at Georgia Tech, one student ended up doing most of the work while the others in the group just showed up at the end to get credit. And then there are the horror stories of the campus ghosts. Some students claim to have seen strange apparitions in the old buildings on campus late at night.
In a company, a virus spread through the network like wildfire. It started encrypting all the files on the computers. The IT department tried everything but couldn't stop it in time. The company had to pay a huge ransom to get the decryption key. Even then, some files were permanently lost because the encryption process was corrupted for some of them.