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ppcg4
Joined: 16 Oct 2008
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 Posted: Sat May 23, 2009 1:07 am Post subject: Pretty sure someone poured water into my laptop at work... |
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So yesterday (Friday) afternoon, I open my laptop during break, and there's water on the keys near the right side of the keyboard, and condensation on the screen.
No signs of a spill on top of the computer. It would be impossible for a spill to get water in there.
So, I have to replace the top case of my MacBook.
My question is... how should I handle this? I am 100% sure it wasn't an accident, and I have an idea of who it might have been (this coworker who doesn't like me). I don't want to falsely accuse someone, and it's probably worthless to accuse anyone anyway, since there is no way to prove it... no cameras in the teacher's room. |
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createasaurus21
Joined: 22 Feb 2009
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Sat May 23, 2009 1:12 am Post subject: |
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how lame!
why doesn't the co-worker like you? |
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ppcg4
Joined: 16 Oct 2008
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| Posted: Sat May 23, 2009 1:17 am Post subject: |
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| createasaurus21 wrote: |
how lame!
why doesn't the co-worker like you? |
We got into a spat 2 weeks ago because she poorly planned an art class that ran into my break. All teachers were in a big room doing the project with the kids. No problem. It's only 10 minutes anyway, but I had the shits bigtime and I had to run to empty my ass.
She got super pissed at me and told me that I don't care about the kids, and that I spend too much time on my computer (on breaks). I told her that when she is my boss, she can worry about this stuff, but in the meantime, she should mind her own business.
This is why I am suspicious of her. She's Chinese, not a 'foreigner', and she's got this idea in her head that she's at a higher position than us pesky foreign teachers... meaning those of us who don't butcher grammar in the kid's homework assignments. My thoughts on her could have their own thread. |
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Kurtz
Joined: 05 Jan 2007
Location: ples bilong me
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| Posted: Sat May 23, 2009 2:06 am Post subject: |
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| Do you have a Canadian flag on your backpack? any Americans in the school? |
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ppcg4
Joined: 16 Oct 2008
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| Posted: Sat May 23, 2009 2:24 am Post subject: |
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Jeez I've got so much crap for this avatar. Fine. I'll change it.
So yeah I'm stuck using an external keyboard. And I'm going to bring it to school with me too, just to spite the idiot who did this to me. |
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Kurtz
Joined: 05 Jan 2007
Location: ples bilong me
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| Posted: Sat May 23, 2009 2:29 am Post subject: |
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Sorry, couldn't resist  |
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phoneboothface
Joined: 26 Apr 2009
Location: Korea
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| Posted: Sat May 23, 2009 3:28 am Post subject: |
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| ppcg4 wrote: |
So yeah I'm stuck using an external keyboard. And I'm going to bring it to school with me too, just to spite the idiot who did this to me. |
I don't think that will spite them.  |
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Joe666
Joined: 19 Nov 2008
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| Posted: Sat May 23, 2009 3:31 am Post subject: |
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ppcg4 - If you suspect it was her, I would non-chalauntly say to her " I think someone poured water on my laptop the other day" while looking her straight in the eyes. Just make it sound fairly casual. Let her know that you know it may have been her. See how she reacts at that moment.
I believe you will know the truth in an instant.
By the way, you should be pissed about this. You may want to consider letting everyone that could have done this know that you are angry. Don't take a nutty, but express it in a half professional manner. That's just outright disrespectfull. |
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createasaurus21
Joined: 22 Feb 2009
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Sat May 23, 2009 4:14 am Post subject: |
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| or you could pretend you have come CCTV footage of it, heheheh... hey're they're everywhere! |
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Adventurer
Joined: 28 Jan 2006
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| Posted: Sat May 23, 2009 4:22 am Post subject: |
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This reminds me of a dog or cat that's upset and then goes to the bathroom on your wonderful Persian carpet. That really sucks........
She seems so vindictive if that's true.
You could say this: "Gee, someone poured some water on computer if you have any idea who would have done such a thing, let me know". |
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superacidjax
Joined: 17 Oct 2006
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Sat May 23, 2009 4:31 am Post subject: |
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| Kurtz wrote: |
| Do you have a Canadian flag on your backpack? any Americans in the school? |
Likely the other way around. |
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WendyRose
Joined: 10 Dec 2008
Location: hanam-si, seoul
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| Posted: Sat May 23, 2009 4:59 am Post subject: |
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| I can't imagine someone would be so disrespectful as to purposefully pour water on a computer. Perhaps I'm naive, but I just don't think that's plausible. Sorry to hear about the issues with your co-worker, though. |
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Kurtz
Joined: 05 Jan 2007
Location: ples bilong me
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| Posted: Sat May 23, 2009 5:05 am Post subject: |
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| He wasn't joking with the avatar change, that was quick, from a Canadian flag to Arnie in minutes. Didn't know Arnie is Canadian |
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bassexpander
Joined: 13 Sep 2007
Location: Someplace you'd rather be.
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| Posted: Sat May 23, 2009 7:04 am Post subject: |
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| You should have had it checked for fingerprints. |
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bardolf
Joined: 08 Jan 2006
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| Posted: Sat May 23, 2009 7:21 am Post subject: |
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| Moral of the story: Don't bring anything valuable to work. Thanks to OP for illustrating this important piece of advice. |
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