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That uncanny event in which your computer no longer is experiencing issues at the exact moment it is brought to IT, making you look both stupid and intentionally disrespectful of the IT representative's time. Don't be a Patterson.
Man I looked like a doofus at the IT desk today. The Patterson Effect got me again!
by MattTheBastard May 10, 2019
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