Zippo
31st August 2008, 09:48 PM
Some of you may know I work weekends at a local TV station. Been doing this for five years so it gets rather boring.
Some of you also may know that I work as IT Support during the week (main job)
Some of you also may know that i'm off to Singapore in three weeks.
Being the IT support person means I have a work laptop. I take this laptop to my weekend job so I can watch DVDs and download movies/tv shows etc to pass the time.
Been doing this since December. All is good.
Until tonight. As im walking down the stairs, I hear a thud. As I turn around to see the newspaper I was carrying in my bag lying on the ground I also hear another thud and turn around to see my work laptop sliding down the stairs coming to a rest at the door.
As I pick up the hard drive cover and the DVD drive cover - I know its not going to be good. Hard drive would have failed, LCD screen is probably gone. Damage is as expected, the latch closing the lid is busted and the screen is no longer fully connected to the shell of the laptop. There are also a few abrasions to the shell (dented and cracked corners)
Too scared at the moment to power it on to see whats working or not..
I guess i'll see what happens at work when I let my boss know what happened. In a good way im glad it happened now while I have some savings to pay for the new laptop..
Some of you also may know that I work as IT Support during the week (main job)
Some of you also may know that i'm off to Singapore in three weeks.
Being the IT support person means I have a work laptop. I take this laptop to my weekend job so I can watch DVDs and download movies/tv shows etc to pass the time.
Been doing this since December. All is good.
Until tonight. As im walking down the stairs, I hear a thud. As I turn around to see the newspaper I was carrying in my bag lying on the ground I also hear another thud and turn around to see my work laptop sliding down the stairs coming to a rest at the door.
As I pick up the hard drive cover and the DVD drive cover - I know its not going to be good. Hard drive would have failed, LCD screen is probably gone. Damage is as expected, the latch closing the lid is busted and the screen is no longer fully connected to the shell of the laptop. There are also a few abrasions to the shell (dented and cracked corners)
Too scared at the moment to power it on to see whats working or not..
I guess i'll see what happens at work when I let my boss know what happened. In a good way im glad it happened now while I have some savings to pay for the new laptop..