The maid broke my...

[aqrhine]

The dang maid broke my laptop charger. Got back from work today and notoced the lt was moved. Just tried turning it on and realized it was dead. Theres no place to just go buy a new one around here nor will i have time until tuesday so im down to using my phone now

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[MoonLit_Water]

Why don't Your send Your Valet out to get one for you?

 

[aqrhine]

Lol yeah ill send holmes to the city in the rolls. Lol im in a motel. I dont have a personal maid. (Though ive had a dream or two) with my job i stay in motels 3/4's of the time

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[MoonLit_Water]

I also stay in hotels 3/4 of the time, installing TV/Movie systems. I stay in the hotels I'm installing at 95% of the time, usually using our rooms as storage for our equipment also, so we for the most part only take maid service every third day or so. We usually become friendly with all the hotel staff as we are essentially employees ourselves. And don't require full service from the housekeeping staff, they generally avoid our equipment and personal effects like chargers, phones, laptops etc.

 

[zero7starz]

What is broken on the charger? Besides the obvious it no longer works.

 

[aqrhine]

The connector was bent over where it broke the connection inside. Its molded plastic plug. I could cut it open and re-solder then tape it back up. But ill check prices on a new charger before i go to the trouble. First time ive actually had an issue with staff at any motel. I usually try to put stuff out of the way on cleaning day i opt for cleaning around every third day as well.

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[2nd chance]

Thats why I learned to not leave things I care about lying around if someone is going to be in my space other than me.

 

[dwolf111]

Sorry to hear about your bad luck, but I never leave things like laptops laying out. Lesson learned!

 

[aqrhine]

Funny thing is i never have either not once. But my bunk mate at the motel leaves his out everyday (has for the last 2 months) amd always gives me a hard time because i lock mine in a tote. He jokingly calls me a racist for not trusting our mexican maids and blah blah blah. So finally i decided well nothing has happened to his stuff so i wont worry about it today.

Well the first day i didnt worry about it. It got broken lol. I knew better then to leave it out but i did anyway. Peer pressure i guess lol.

Really its not the laptop ive been worried about loosing or getting stolen that can be replaced. Its the 100+ gigs of information pictures and video i wpuldnt be able to get back. So back to the tote and lock it goes.

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[2nd chance]

Are you sure it wasn't your "bunk mate" that may have touched things??

 

[Euphonious Nonsense]

Lol yeah ill send holmes to the city in the rolls. Lol im in a motel. I dont have a personal maid. (Though ive had a dream or two) with my job i stay in motels 3/4's of the time

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Looks like they owe you a new charger...

 

[aqrhine]

Are you sure it wasn't your "bunk mate" that may have touched things??

Yeah he was out if the room before i left and i came "home" first that day. So the entire tine we were at work together.

And i wish they owed me a new one but do to liability laws in texas theyre not responsible if sonething is broken or stolen in the room.

Luckily my charger separates into 3 parts. The transformer the power cord and a charging dongle. I was able to get just the busted cord on amazon for under 10 bucks shipped. The whole charger local was 80. So i went home and looked online. $6.77 with free shipping. So not much of a loss. Just time luckily im home now on days off so i have my desktop back.

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[2nd chance]

Happy ending, good Hopefully lesson learned as well