# I pit the end user **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 22, 2012, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-end-user/625978 "2012-06-22T19:17:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Sandwich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/22d042/32.png) [@Sandwich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sandwich)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2012, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-end-user/625978/81 "2012-06-26T07:42:40Z")
> [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](#): > > I do get times were the person would tell me about dropping her Blackberry in the toilet or about the laptop falling over backwards onto the tile floor. I appreciate those stories – the toilet one was especially funny. We had left Our Cold Northern Home for a vacation in Sun Drenched Spain. Early one bright clear morning after a long evening of wine and shellfish I pull my Blackberry from its sleeve AAAAAAAGH there is a giant ugly multi-limbed thing on the keyboard. A True Scot in a fragile state cannot cope well with such events. One graceful parabola onto the rustic terracotta flooring later and the alien bug is smeared all over the keyboard. Some short period of time later my Inner Help Desk whispers to me “Sandwich, it may not be optimal to continue to clean this electronic device by holding it gingerly under a running tap. Do you wish to continue? Yes/no?”. I decide not to leave it in the bright Iberian sun to dry, but leave it in the room for a day. It worked fine after that. Sturdy devices Blackberries, you know. ---
**Author:** ![gamerunknown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6bbea6/32.png) [@gamerunknown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gamerunknown)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2012, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-end-user/625978/82 "2012-06-26T23:14:19Z")
> [@Intergalactic Gladiator](#): > > They can be like little kids who don’t want to tell mom that they broke the kitchen window or something. I understand this response if it’s a question of insurance or the producer covering a free replacement. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-end-user/625978.md?page=4)