Just a helpful reminder

[sbi5ar]

Move that coffee cup, mug of tea, cool beer, can of pop, or other beverage a little bit further from your beloved MacBooks and keyboards/trackpads etc...

You might have guessed what happened to me this morning... Luckily all seems to be okay now, but I expect things to start going wrong in the future sad times

Just thought I would make everyone aware it can happen to them so be careful!

 

[Hotwired]

I think I'm being more careful after knocking over mugs (usually not empty) at least 5 times when absent-mindedly sweeping an arm into space which was not in fact clear.

It's probably some kind of punishment for drinking at a computer and being too lazy to place the mug out of the way.

 

[Cleisthenes]

I had a 2 litre bottle of water empty itself on my MBP whilst it was in my satchel before, it's extremely saddening seeing a Macbook dripping with water

 

[Phate]

Did it to my old MacBook once, was orange juice. Got really annoyed/upset with myself at the time. Apple quoted £400 to repair the keyboard. Fortunately I found a new genuine one for £30 and repaired it myself. Took a long time due to the intricacy but was fine afterwards

Wouldn't fancy doing that on a rMBP.

 

[Rilot]

Dumped a whole pint of Good Old Boy over my rMBP once. Dried it out and replaced the keyboard. It's fine now. I now always move cups away.