Originally Posted by QuasiMondo

We had a new Lieutenant come in to our comm shop to get setup with a network account. After we briefed him about DoD policies and etc., we gave him the standard password of '12345678' that would need to be changed immediately.

His first question: "12345678, is that in all caps?"

IT guy (with a straight face) "Yes, sir."

Thank goodness my workbench had me facing away from them.