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One old one I heard was about an installation in the Philippines when I worked for Unisys. This was in the days of big mainframes and proper computer rooms with elevated flooring and etc.
An installation in the Philippines was having terrible trouble with disks, and with their whole systems. They were relatively poor so they didn't have a proper room for their setup. Someone had told them how to set up a decent room, though, and had told them that it's vitally important to have a clean flooring so there isn't much dust buildup.
They decided to re-wax the floor every night. They did it by first having people put sandpaper blocks on their feet and shuffle around. With the type of wax they were using, this resulted in clouds of dust flying up every night. This was before the day of sealed disk drives...
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