As hectic as the loss of service on YouTube was for many users, perhaps no group of people was greater affected than YouTube employees.

“At first we thought it would be a quick fix,” said lead technician Abel Jones “but once we realized we couldn’t search for a ‘How to Fix YouTube’ video, things made a turn for the worst.”

Many were shocked to hear that those responsible for maintaining YouTube would need a tutorial on how to fix it, but employees were quick to play defense.

“Trust me, we tried every trick in the book, turning it off and turning it back on again, blowing on it, but nothing worked,” Jones said. “Right about then you would look for a YouTube tutorial, but then we remembered that YouTube wasn’t working, and also that we work for YouTube.”

Just when it seemed like DailyMotion might finally take over the video streaming world, Jones’ team struck gold.

“Luckily, we found a WikiHow on how to fix YouTube. Without that, who knows what would’ve happened.”

After the near-disaster, Jones expressed that YouTube employees are just happy that the whole ordeal is done with.

“We know how hard it must have been for our users to be without their favorite videos, like ‘FULL ENGLISH MOVIES 2018 FAMILY ANIMATED,’ and ‘EPIC Fortnite Compilation 29!!!!,’ for even a short period of time,” Jones said. “At the end of the day, we’re just happy that when people log on YouTube, they get exactly what they expect–quality content.”