I Have Never Been Thanked for a Backup: Sysadmin and IT Tee

The emotional economics of infrastructure work. The job is measured by the absence of disasters, so the better it is done the less proof there is that anything was done at all. Nobody walks over to say the restore point was there. They walk over on the one day it is not.

Outside the trade, backup means support. The reader sees somebody who covers for other people, steps in, holds things together and never gets a word for it. That reading is sincere, slightly sad and completely wrong, and the person who buys it means every bit of it.

Stamped RETENTION SCHEDULE with VERIFIED WEEKLY underneath, which is the paperwork the sentence actually comes from. Weekly verification is the part nobody sees either.

What it is

• Unisex softstyle tee, 4.5 oz/yd² (153 g/m²)
• 100% ring-spun cotton in the solid colors. Sport Grey is a 90% cotton, 10% polyester blend, and Dark Heather is 65% polyester, 35% cotton
• Double stitched neckline and sleeves, side seamed, tear away label
• Sizes S through 3XL
• Fourteen colors. Seven light ones printed in near black ink, seven dark ones printed in cream

Where it comes from

Custom printed in the USA. Every shirt is printed here, one at a time, on a soft cotton blank woven overseas.

Nothing is printed until you order it, so nothing sits in a warehouse and nothing gets thrown away.

Getting it to you

Free US shipping on orders $45 and up. Under that it is a flat $8.00. We make it after you order it, which takes 2 to 5 business days, and it then takes 3 to 4 business days to reach you from a US facility. Most orders arrive in 5 to 9 business days. You get a tracking number by email as soon as the label is created.

Care

Machine wash cold, inside out, gentle cycle. Tumble dry low or hang dry. Do not iron the print.

The Natural colorway

Natural has small dark speckles through the fabric. That is the undyed cotton showing, and it is expected rather than a fault.