My only fan for 6 months died today at work (I’m not ready to move on)
This fan was literally my only fan since I joined the company 6 months ago. Consistent. Loyal. Never judging. Always blowing air at me like it believed in me more than I did.
While the company kept investing in things no one asked for, it just stayed there, operating with that “I’ve survived audits you don’t even know about” look, and a speed 3 that honestly felt like an illegal electrical experiment.
It never asked for maintenance, never raised a ticket, never escalated anything. It just did its job. Better than many, to be honest.
It was there through everything: unbearable heat, long days, those moments where the only stable thing was that slightly suspicious noise it made while spinning. And still, it held on.
Until today, when it decided it had enough.
Short circuit. No warning. No meeting. No goodbye email. It went out like the great ones do: collapsing right in the middle of the workday.
Now they’re saying it’s being written off. “End of asset lifecycle,” they say. Easy to say when you weren’t there watching it give 100% every single day.
Anyway… today wasn’t just the day a fan broke. A silent legend is gone.