Reminds me of a story a friend told me from the days of working IT supporting 10BaseT coaxial Ethernet cabling, where if you broke the line at any one T-connect

Reminds me of a story a friend told me from the days of working IT supporting 10BaseT coaxial Ethernet cabling, where if you broke the line at any one T-connector, the whole set of nodes on that cable went offline. One secretary was annoyed by something about the line under her desk and kept disconnecting it despite requests. He finally came up with the idea to explain her that the cable end "leaked radiation" when unplugged -- technically true, just not at levels relevant to human health. From that day forward, no more issues...