Re: Tech can bite you in unusual ways
> It rattled when they picked it up.
I had a Catalyst 6509 chassis sent to me by the US office of the company I worked for at the time (as a spare - we were moving offices and "old kit might not come back up again" was a valid cause for concern).
Depite being made of pure unobtainium and constructed solidly enough to survive a nuclear war, when it arrived it was a definate lozenge shape (noticable even by my non-IT colleague who said words to the effect of "should it be that shape?").
Courier company tried to claim:
1) It should be that shape
2) It was that shape when shipped (no - my US colleague had taken a photo of it pre-ship..)
3) It wasn't their fault and I had to sign for it anyway.
Not only was the chassis utterly broken, but all the switch cards and controller cards were also splintered down the middle and completely dead.
It takes a special kind of UnCare to do that much damage!
Biting the hand that feeds IT
