LCD vs. Sledgehammer

The Accident

I was climbing out of the bathtub, one hand holding my 10" tablet, the other swinging around vigorously to keep my balance.

I placed the tablet onto a 5-gallon bucket of roofing compound that I keep next to the bathtub, but to my dismay, the tablet slipped off the bucket and fell onto a sledgehammer resting next to it. Glass side down, of course.

The terrible sound of glass on sledgehammer!

For a few seconds I thought the screen was broken: there were weird lines going across the lit LCD. But it turned out it was just water droplets that ran across the surface.

Conclusions:

While no damage had occurred, in light of this accident, and the previous accident (in which I spilled 1 liter of water onto my laptop), I clearly need to review safety procedures around my house.

To that effect, I moved the sledgehammer behind the bucket, so it's more out of the way.

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