> On Nov 23, 2009, at 2:28 PM, Chris Dunford wrote: > > And here's another funny one. Two Apple stores allegedly refused to > > fix broken Macs because their owners smoke, thus making the Macs > > "biohazards": > > Not so much "biohazards" as having the circuit boards gooped up with a > conductive layer of tar. > > http://news.cnet.com/8618-17852_3- > 10402711.html?communityId=2101&targetCommunityId=2101&blogId=71&messageId=8640348
Yes, but that's not what the Apple boys are alleged to have said, is it? "[D]ue to the computer having been used in a house where there was smoking, that has voided the warranty and they refuse to work on the machine, due to 'health risks of secondhand smoke.'" "After five days, [Apple] apparently told [Ruth] they couldn't work on it because it was contaminated with cigarette smoke and was therefore a bio-hazard. ... [Ruth] said she was told by someone named Dena that nicotine was on OSHA's list of hazardous substances." (Along with, as Ruth notes, chlorine, sucrose, isopropyl alcohol, hydrogen peroxide, and talc.) ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
