You are standing in front of a Leviton 42-inch Structured Data Center. It is full of seventeen points of CAT5e and CAT6, fiber-fed, UPS-powered, with an amp in it. You have laboriously connected this thing but it is now time to terminate everything so that it can be clean. All of your connections have passed QC with the exception of the one that read "SHORT" yesterday. CHECK AGAIN It still says "short", dumbass. What were you expecting? CUT CAT5 JACK The recently-crimped end of a CAT5 Jack falls to the ground with a satisfying "snip." RE-TERMINATE CAT5 JACK You arrange your orange-stripedorange-green-stripedblue-blue-stripedgreen-brown-stripedbrown extravaganza as you have a hundred times before. You hear a knock at the door. ANSWER DOOR It's the electrician. She wants to talk about moving a bunch of wire, per your request. TALK TO ELECTRICIAN Looks like this is all happening Tuesday. Oddly enough the breaker that popped is 100A, which is troubling. The electrician assures you that adventures will commence shortly. GET BACK TO WHAT I WAS DOING You terminate the CAT5 Jack. TEST CAT5 JACK It still says "short." EXAMINE KEYSTONE CONNECTOR Definitely not shorted there. STARE DISCONSOLATELY AT THIS MISADVENTURE TO CONTEMPLATE PULLING MORE FUCKING CAT5E The wire stares back mockingly. TUG ON WIRES The connector that is shorted is clearly not one of the ones that goes in the direction it should. TUG ON WIRES FOR ANOTHER HALF HOUR ANYWAY You have failed to transmutate the wire you need into the wire you want. Do you want to continue? TUG ON WIRE FROM THE OTHER DIRECTION Congratulations you have created 18 inches of slack. The wire you are attempting to re-run is not the one you are testing. WTF HOW I don't know how to do that. HOW CAN I CONNECT TWO COMPLETELY DIFFERENT CAT5 CABLES AND READ "SHORT" You... ARE running a PoE to 5V Adapter one one of these bad boys, jackass. OH FUCK THAT'S WHY IT THINKS THERE'S A SHORT BETWEEN PINS 2 AND 7 Is that a question? YOU'RE NOT ZORK And you're not really playing. Shall we call it even?