The Adventures of Roberta X: Just A Quick Note

Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Just A Quick Note

To my co-workers at The Skunk Works: Microwave ovens are not self-cleaning. And to the janitorial staff: really, they're not. Ick.

6 comments:

Ritchie said...: Dishwasher safe microwave? An invention waiting to happen.; November 17, 2009 8:33 AM
D.W. said...: Amen! I've recently had my own trouble with microwave delinquents:

http://c-the-d.blogspot.com/2009/10/microwave-blues.html

@ Ritchie: A genius idea!; November 17, 2009 10:47 AM
D.W. Drang said...: What happened to those microwave oven cleaning wipes? I think Easy Off made them: You put the packet into the oven on high for a minute, it popped open and covered the inside of the oven with Evil Icky Stuff Cleaning Fluid, and after a minute you wiped it up.

At work you usually needed two of them...; November 17, 2009 12:06 PM
reflectoscope said...: Riddle me this: Why isn't there a microwave with a removable liner that separates into five pieces for easy cleaning? You could drive the turntable magnetically to avoid having to seal a hole in the bottom one, and after that it would be a simple matter of layering the sides so that anything that gets loose runs inward as it runs downward.

Jim; November 17, 2009 7:05 PM
Stranger said...: Reflectoscope's post reminded me of my last boss' son. Zappers had just hit the market at $700 plus. Said son decided to put a tinfoil wrapped sandwich in one of an appliance store's display models and hit the switch.

There was a really lovely miniature lightning display. From the distances, I would guess at around 250 KV minimum. Before he could pull the plug the Zapper was zapped.

Roberta can tell you more if she cares to.

Stranger; November 17, 2009 7:25 PM
Scott said...: Workplace microwaves: the reason 99% of the time I eat leftovers cold. Seriously.; November 23, 2009 9:39 PM

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