9.02.2005

laid to rest

How to kill a mini refrigerator at work:

-Make sure it is one of those that does not defrost on its own.
-Wait until it has accumulated a large amount of ice, perferably until the freezer is pretty much useless.
-Offer to help in the defrost effort.
-Realize that the only way will be to chip the ice out since there is nothing to collect the water as it melts.
-Start chipping carefully, be sure to be encouraged on by fellow co-workers.
-Accept jokes that because I'm from Canada I should be used to this.
-Accidently hit the inside wall of the freezer.
-Jump back as freon starts hissing out at you.
-Close the fridge door and wonder how you will explain this one to the boss.
-Lay it on its back so that all the ice that still remains will not leak out onto the carpet.
-Go home and check on the harmfulness of breathing in freon gases.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

This must run in the family.

Did the EXACT same thing to a harvest gold fridge while I was still living in Summerland Apt.

My chipping tool of choice was a butter knife; and a hammer.

I love the smell of freon in the morning...

Tracy A. Wieler said...

mmm, freon...