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Where's the weirdest place you've used a laptop? (lemmy.blahaj.zone)

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[–] nixx@lemmy.ca 20 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The elevator shaft in 100+ year-old building while running Ethernet cables between the 8th and 9th floor.

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[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 1 point 1 year ago (1 child)

That actually sounds pretty cool. Was it?

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[–] nixx@lemmy.ca 1 point 1 year ago

It wasn’t as dramatic as it sounds honestly. I was going down the service ladder and had to stop and test the cable halfway through.

My manager at the time turned white as a sheet when he found out I did that.

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