Re: Evil Interview Questions (was Re: [SAGE] Coolest thing?)

[Justin Dossey <jbd@well.com>]

That reminds me of one of my stupid moves in the too-recent past.  At
a certain unnamed dot-com, I picked up a 21-inch Sun monitor to move
it from one area to another.  Started moving it-- carrying it in my
arms, rolling down the hallway on a skateboard.  Hit a bump that
stopped the board, I kept going.  Tripped and fell, monitor still in
arms.

Somehow, I managed to twist around so that the monitor fell on me
instead of on the tile (I couldn't have afforded to replace the
equipment, but I had medical insurance!).  No permanent damage to
either monitor or me, though I had a nasty bruise on my leg for a
month or so.

Talk about embarrassing.  Now I only skateboard with my own expensive
computer hardware <g>.

-- 
:Justin

On Thu, 6 Mar 2003, Jim Hickstein wrote:

> > - Balanced a Sun monitor on a cushioned bench seat and went into the
> >   storeroom, whereupon I heard a loud CRASH from outside. (Cracked case,
> >   but fortunately the monitor still worked.)
>
> We had one of those recently, but it ended with a 6-hour visit to the local
> ER.  Broke a bone in her foot.  We have a rule now: two of us are present
> whenever one of these things is in motion.
>
> As my mother used to say when she was little, "I didn't drop it; it fell!"
>
>