“No but you don't get it, my son is really good at those things, he said he would speed up our Windows machines 10x if I gave him the codes and physical access

“No but you don't get it, my son is really good at those things, he said he would speed up our Windows machines 10x if I gave him the codes and physical access to the servers during weekends!” That would be a very bad, very cliche joke if it weren't a true war story (2005, good times). Turns out the 15 y.o. had convinced his father that I was "lame" at my job because I didn't tweak regedit. Important lessons were learned by the three of us that day!