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Started by Michael E. Lee
Thu, 25 Jan 1990 01:11
Re: Hitting the Fan
Author: Michael E. Lee
Date: Thu, 25 Jan 1990 01:11
Date: Thu, 25 Jan 1990 01:11
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At the site of Ontek's previous offices, a printer shared one end of an office with a coffee nook. There was a refrigerator, water cooler, coffee maker, and a small sink. At the same site, another company was involved in casting and forming polymers, which required high-temp, high pressure autoclaves. Well, the obvious thing happened. Someone forgot to shut off the sewage connection to one of the autoclaves before firing it up, and the pressure spouted raw sewage up through all plumbing fixtures in the building, including our sink. Parts of it shot about six feet across the room, landed in the printer and thoroughly gummed it up. The printer was a total loss. Later I found out that one of the foremen in the shop had gotten really peeved about this. At the exact time this occured, he happened to be sitting on the toilet...
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