Things that made you go "oh $h*t! no! no! no! no! no! no!" with your electronics

[Rob71]

Originally Posted by iam1bearcat

gah. i was just cleaning the screen of my LCD, and after i was done, it looked good and walked away. then i came back about 5 minutes later and the entire freaking screen was covered in streak marks. i could barely see anything on the actual screen (as far a show or movie) and it looked very cloudy and blacks now looked gray because of the streaks on the screen.

needless to say, i was this for the last 15 minutes:

but luckily i was able to fix this (i guess i didn't dry the screen fast enough after wiping) and lower my blood pressure greatly but man! that was frightening

anyone else have some almost-tragic stories to share?

Not me, but my uncle walked into his living room and saw his grandson "playing" with one of his toy cars on his TV screen. Left quite a few trackmarks on it.

And just in case anyone is concerned, the kid is alive and well.