Water spills all over the keyboard on my laptop at work. YEEEEEP!
What’s the best thing to do when you spill water on your laptop? Thankfully one of my coworkers told me to turn off the computer, take out the battery, and unplug it. Let it sit overnight and dry out.
It may be tempting to turn the computer back on to see if it works. But patience is the rule here. I came back into work the next day and saw the above photo. It looked like my computer was some sort of bug that turned upside down and died. (Memories of my poor pet frog in 8th grade…)
But this computer didn’t die. It’s alive! Phew. In fact, maybe it might start growing some plants from the keys now that it has some water.
Whoa, whoa! I had a dream last night that I left my laptop in water! My dreams seem to control your actions. Hopefully I will dream tonight that you win a million dollars.
This is one of the reasons that manuals given to you when you start a new job has wording against keeping food and drink at your computer. People do it, of course, all the time … but the idea is really to protect equipment. I think we should take that advice home too.
Manuals?! baaaaaaaah! Who reads the manual?… maybe i should have.