Tuesday, May 16, 2006
Stir-Fried Pinkie
I finally was able to get through to iRobot about my broken roomba. When I explained that it was getting stuck in corners, they asked me to turn it over to see if there if there was anything lodged behind the roomba's front bumper. It's unbelievable how some companies will put their customers to work, rather than fix something themselves.
So, I turn the roomba over, and lo and behold, there was something lodged behind the front bumper! At first glance, it looked like somebody's pinkie finger. I was so shocked that I nearly dropped the roomba.
I told the iRobot service rep that I saw something in there, and that I was going to remove it. I quickly said "goodbye" and hung up.
My first thought was that I should call the police, because it could be evidence in a murder or something. Then I realized that somebody's pinkie being found in my roomba would make me the prime suspect. As I am relatively certain that I haven't hacked anybody's digits off recently, I decided it was unwise to put myself in jeopardy by calling the police.
I decided to take the law into my own hands and conduct my own investigation. First, I boiled a pair of tweezers in water to sterilize them. Then I got an evidence bag. Well, a sandwich bag actually. It's not like I keep a supply of evidence bags on hand!
I carefully removed the pinkie from the roomba and placed it in the sandwich bag. Then, I was able to get a good look at it. It wasn't a pinkie at all! It was a baby corn. And then I remembered: I made stir fried veggies and chicken last week. A baby corn must have fallen on the floor and gotten itself lodged underneath the roomba.
I cracked the case! Not only that, but my roomba is working again!
Don't tell the cops: but I threw the evidence in the garbage. I wasn't about to eat a baby corn that had been lodged under my roomba for the past week because I knew it would make me sick, although I doubt it could have made me sicker than thinking about about all the hours I wasted waiting on hold.
At least I can vacuum my carpet now.
- Bernie ¶ 6:36 PM
I finally was able to get through to iRobot about my broken roomba. When I explained that it was getting stuck in corners, they asked me to turn it over to see if there if there was anything lodged behind the roomba's front bumper. It's unbelievable how some companies will put their customers to work, rather than fix something themselves.So, I turn the roomba over, and lo and behold, there was something lodged behind the front bumper! At first glance, it looked like somebody's pinkie finger. I was so shocked that I nearly dropped the roomba.
I told the iRobot service rep that I saw something in there, and that I was going to remove it. I quickly said "goodbye" and hung up.
My first thought was that I should call the police, because it could be evidence in a murder or something. Then I realized that somebody's pinkie being found in my roomba would make me the prime suspect. As I am relatively certain that I haven't hacked anybody's digits off recently, I decided it was unwise to put myself in jeopardy by calling the police.
I decided to take the law into my own hands and conduct my own investigation. First, I boiled a pair of tweezers in water to sterilize them. Then I got an evidence bag. Well, a sandwich bag actually. It's not like I keep a supply of evidence bags on hand!
I carefully removed the pinkie from the roomba and placed it in the sandwich bag. Then, I was able to get a good look at it. It wasn't a pinkie at all! It was a baby corn. And then I remembered: I made stir fried veggies and chicken last week. A baby corn must have fallen on the floor and gotten itself lodged underneath the roomba.I cracked the case! Not only that, but my roomba is working again!
Don't tell the cops: but I threw the evidence in the garbage. I wasn't about to eat a baby corn that had been lodged under my roomba for the past week because I knew it would make me sick, although I doubt it could have made me sicker than thinking about about all the hours I wasted waiting on hold.
At least I can vacuum my carpet now.
- Bernie ¶ 6:36 PM
