Smoke and use a Mac? - Page 3

LeeNetworX · 11-30-2009, 08:48 AM

Back in the day I used to work for Digital as a warranty repair tech for the state of Florida. We received an inkjet printer in for service from the same person three times; he complained that it would just stop working. Each time, I cleaned so much nicotine from outside and inside the thing; I'd have a trashcan full of filthy brown alcohol pads when I was through. The nicotine covered the clear plastic guide strip that the print head assembly used for tracking its position and also made the nylon gears so sticky they could barely move. I couldn't believe how it could be that bad after 3 months. I envisioned the guy smoking a pack of cigs at once, blowing smoke directly on and into the printer. I want to vomit right now just thinking about it - I can actually smell the smoke, thinking back.

Papa_Complex · 11-30-2009, 09:02 AM

I've been through the same thing, as in my previous job I was the Eastern Canada (from the Manitoba border to the Atlantic) service manager for a mid-sized computer manufacturer. I would get computers back that had cigarette smelling dust caking the power supply and CPU fans, floppy drives, and any access that would draw air.

Not once did I think of voiding a warranty or whining about my delicate nose.

I'd pull on the rubber gloves and painter's mask, get out the vacuum cleaner, and clean that fucker out. If you don't build your stuff to take usual day-to-day use, then you'll end up paying for it in repairs. Smoking is a legal pass-time, for now at least. That means people will do it, and your equipment will be exposed to it. Refusing to deal with it is just so much bullshit.

Flexin · 11-30-2009, 08:23 PM

Like I said, we did smoking cars at my shop. Some of them were disgusting. We did them but we charged extra. More work, larger bill.

James

11-30-2009, 09:02 AM	#22
Papa_Complex Nomadic Tribesman Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Brampton, Canada Moto: '09 ER-6n Posts: 11,150	I've been through the same thing, as in my previous job I was the Eastern Canada (from the Manitoba border to the Atlantic) service manager for a mid-sized computer manufacturer. I would get computers back that had cigarette smelling dust caking the power supply and CPU fans, floppy drives, and any access that would draw air. Not once did I think of voiding a warranty or whining about my delicate nose. I'd pull on the rubber gloves and painter's mask, get out the vacuum cleaner, and clean that fucker out. If you don't build your stuff to take usual day-to-day use, then you'll end up paying for it in repairs. Smoking is a legal pass-time, for now at least. That means people will do it, and your equipment will be exposed to it. Refusing to deal with it is just so much bullshit. __________________ "Everything's better with pirates." - Lodge, "Dorkness Rising" http://www.morallyambiguous.net/

11-30-2009, 08:23 PM	#23
Flexin AMA Supersport Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Halifax, Nova Scotia Posts: 2,698	Like I said, we did smoking cars at my shop. Some of them were disgusting. We did them but we charged extra. More work, larger bill. James __________________ "Bust a nut inside your eye, to show you where I come from" "f youre horny, lets do it, Ride it, my pony, My saddles waitin, Come and jump on it, If youre horny, lets do it" "I'm not a playa I just fuck a lot" "Round two, I'm down to Do, what it takes to make you Understand I'm the Candyman And I melt in your mouth, not in your hands Hard as rock, yes I'm no sucka The boots I knock make me one bad mutha"

11-30-2009, 08:48 AM	#21
LeeNetworX SFL Expatriate #1 Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: ATL Burbs Moto: '09 Triumph Speed Triple Posts: 4,712	Back in the day I used to work for Digital as a warranty repair tech for the state of Florida. We received an inkjet printer in for service from the same person three times; he complained that it would just stop working. Each time, I cleaned so much nicotine from outside and inside the thing; I'd have a trashcan full of filthy brown alcohol pads when I was through. The nicotine covered the clear plastic guide strip that the print head assembly used for tracking its position and also made the nylon gears so sticky they could barely move. I couldn't believe how it could be that bad after 3 months. I envisioned the guy smoking a pack of cigs at once, blowing smoke directly on and into the printer. I want to vomit right now just thinking about it - I can actually smell the smoke, thinking back.