5th grader pees on a cart full of MacBooks, ruining them

[Yebot]

http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2012/04/boy_urinates_on_computers_caus.html

An 11-year-old boy urinated on several MacBook computers on a cart in the Upper Allen Elementary School Wednesday, damaging them beyond repair, according to Upper Allen Twp. police.

The loss came to more than $36,000, police said.
Police charged the boy with institutional vandalism and criminal mischief and are turning him over to the Cumberland County Juvenile Probation Department.

This happened near my home town.

 

[ucfgrad93]

Hopefully, the family will be charged the full amount to replace the computers that can't be repaired.

 

[leekohler]

I'm sorry, this made me giggle.

 

[Mr. McMac]

Bill Gates's son?

 

[rdowns]

Something isn't right here. $36,000? At a $1000 a pop, he'd have to have peed on 36 of them and have one hell of a bladder.

 

[thejadedmonkey]

Something isn't right here. $36,000? At a $1000 a pop, he'd have to have peed on 36 of them and have one hell of a bladder.

The card could have been $5000, but I agree that does seem a bit high. Maybe it's including cleaning up the floor or something.

 

[malman89]

Something isn't right here. $36,000? At a $1000 a pop, he'd have to have peed on 36 of them and have one hell of a bladder.

Even more, since you'd figure there would be a decent district purchased .edu rate. Especially if "MacBook" truly means the white unibody ones.

 

[eternlgladiator]

doesn't apple value them at one price and charge another for insurance? I can see how the claim would be something obscene but the actual value much less.

 

[mobilehaathi]

Something isn't right here. $36,000? At a $1000 a pop, he'd have to have peed on 36 of them and have one hell of a bladder.

Perhaps he was pretending to be a fireman?

 

[416049]

Something isn't right here. $36,000? At a $1000 a pop, he'd have to have peed on 36 of them and have one hell of a bladder.

Maybe they are are giving it such a high penalty so nobody repeats it?

 

[-aggie-]

He was tired of waiting for a refresh.

 

[dommeister]

Someone's taken the piss!

Teacher said "urine trouble"!!!

From the link in the OP's post.

 

[eric/]

It was a public school. That's why it cost $36,000 and he ruined all of them.

 

[jj48]

He was tired of waiting for a refresh.

Classic. Love it.

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He was obviously a pee-c.

Stolen from the OP's linked website, but worth a second mention in my opinion.

 

[Starfighter]

I'm sorry, this made me giggle.

Same here.

 

[iJohnHenry]

How high was this cart??

Perhaps congratulations are in order.

 

[thatoneguy82]

I'm sorry, this made me giggle.

Haha. Same here.

I'm sure it's just kids being kids. Young children lack the mens rea to commit do something like that. It's debatable if the parents should be pay for it, it's probably up to the school and it won't be at the full price of each. Or he may just be charged as a juvenile and some sort of insurance or replacement will take care of the products.

 

[ixodes]

I'm sorry, this made me giggle.

I laughed so hard a few people in the office took notice

 

[gramirez2012]

I'm sure it's just kids being kids. Young children lack the mens rea to commit do something like that.

A 5th grader is not a "young child". They would be about 10 or 11 years old (11 in this case), certainly old enough to know better.

 

[thatoneguy82]

A 5th grader is not a "young child". They would be about 10 or 11 years old (11 in this case), certainly old enough to know better.

Touché. However, I was just making a blanket statement. And just to me, anyone who isn't a teenager and probably still in elementary school is young to me, and a child. Hence, young child.

 

[leftywamumonkey]

Something isn't right here. $36,000? At a $1000 a pop, he'd have to have peed on 36 of them and have one hell of a bladder.

The card could have been $5000, but I agree that does seem a bit high. Maybe it's including cleaning up the floor or something.

I helped unbox a cart of iPads, a Macbook and the cart itself for school once and took a peek at the invoice. The Macbook was $7XX and the cart (made for iPads) was surprisingly $55XX. Maybe there was a lot of software on the Macbooks? I wonder how much he actually peed. Honestly though, if a student peed inside the cart when all the Macbooks were inside, I'd bill his family for the whole cart including all the contents because that's just unsanitary.

 

[obeygiant]

What? no video?

 

[Zombie Acorn]

I'm wondering why schools are hosing taxpayers by purchasing macbooks personally. You can get a PC equivalent for half the price. I love my MacBook and all but its not a budget laptop.

 

[thewitt]

I'm wondering why schools are hosing taxpayers by purchasing macbooks personally. You can get a PC equivalent for half the price. I love my MacBook and all but its not a budget laptop.

...and he would have been perfectly justified for pissing on a cart full of PCs and there would be no story here...

 

[aicul]

just clean them, who's child has not done something silly