arg... g/f broke my vacuum

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zixxer

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g/f and I spent some time cleaning up my house.. she vacuum and dusted, I picked up/arranged/cleaned everything else.

After we were done, I went to vacuum my office... WTF... the roller isn't spinning. I take the bottom plate off and the belt is like mashed and melted, there's ball bearings all over the place, and what appears to be a tensioner (never seen a tensioner on a vacuum before...?) that is also broken from what I assume is the belt flying all over.



I was like hey babe.. did you notice anything weird with the vacuum?..... yeah - it was grinding and REALLY hard to push, and making funny noises - but it worked okay for me


WTGDF. If you are using something (vacuum, car, computer, blender, ANYTHING) and it is GRINDING and MAKING FUNNY NOISES then you should take 5 seconds and ****** CALL ME, and STOP USING IT
 
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Injury

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That's what you get for being a slob and making her clean your place. ;)

You're supposed to make sure it's nice, clean, and presentable for her to visit.
 
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chuckywang

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Originally posted by: zixxer
g/f and I spent some time cleaning up my house.. she vacuum and dusted, I picked up/arranged/cleaned everything else.

After we were done, I went to vacuum my office... WTF... the roller isn't spinning. I take the bottom plate off and the belt is like mashed and melted, there's ball bearings all over the place, and what appears to be a tensioner (never seen a tensioner on a vacuum before...?) that is also broken from what I assume is the belt flying all over.



I was like hey babe.. did you notice anything weird with the vacuum?..... yeah - it was grinding and REALLY hard to push, and making funny noises - but it worked okay for me


WTGDF. If you are using something (vacuum, car, computer, blender, ANYTHING) and it is GRINDING and MAKING FUNNY NOISES then you should take 5 seconds and ****** CALL ME, and STOP USING IT
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So where in this story did she break the vacuum?
 
Gibson486

Gibson486

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Originally posted by: chuckywang
Originally posted by: zixxer
g/f and I spent some time cleaning up my house.. she vacuum and dusted, I picked up/arranged/cleaned everything else.

After we were done, I went to vacuum my office... WTF... the roller isn't spinning. I take the bottom plate off and the belt is like mashed and melted, there's ball bearings all over the place, and what appears to be a tensioner (never seen a tensioner on a vacuum before...?) that is also broken from what I assume is the belt flying all over.



I was like hey babe.. did you notice anything weird with the vacuum?..... yeah - it was grinding and REALLY hard to push, and making funny noises - but it worked okay for me


WTGDF. If you are using something (vacuum, car, computer, blender, ANYTHING) and it is GRINDING and MAKING FUNNY NOISES then you should take 5 seconds and ****** CALL ME, and STOP USING IT
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So where in this story did she break the vacuum?
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I was thinking the same thing.
 
Linflas

Linflas

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Originally posted by: chuckywang
Originally posted by: zixxer
g/f and I spent some time cleaning up my house.. she vacuum and dusted, I picked up/arranged/cleaned everything else.

After we were done, I went to vacuum my office... WTF... the roller isn't spinning. I take the bottom plate off and the belt is like mashed and melted, there's ball bearings all over the place, and what appears to be a tensioner (never seen a tensioner on a vacuum before...?) that is also broken from what I assume is the belt flying all over.



I was like hey babe.. did you notice anything weird with the vacuum?..... yeah - it was grinding and REALLY hard to push, and making funny noises - but it worked okay for me


WTGDF. If you are using something (vacuum, car, computer, blender, ANYTHING) and it is GRINDING and MAKING FUNNY NOISES then you should take 5 seconds and ****** CALL ME, and STOP USING IT
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So where in this story did she break the vacuum?
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At the point where it started to make grinding noises and she failed to power it off and find out why. This is kind of like "The oil pressure light came on but the car was still running so I drove it home, is that ok?".
 
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zixxer

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Originally posted by: Linflas
Originally posted by: chuckywang
Originally posted by: zixxer
g/f and I spent some time cleaning up my house.. she vacuum and dusted, I picked up/arranged/cleaned everything else.

After we were done, I went to vacuum my office... WTF... the roller isn't spinning. I take the bottom plate off and the belt is like mashed and melted, there's ball bearings all over the place, and what appears to be a tensioner (never seen a tensioner on a vacuum before...?) that is also broken from what I assume is the belt flying all over.



I was like hey babe.. did you notice anything weird with the vacuum?..... yeah - it was grinding and REALLY hard to push, and making funny noises - but it worked okay for me


WTGDF. If you are using something (vacuum, car, computer, blender, ANYTHING) and it is GRINDING and MAKING FUNNY NOISES then you should take 5 seconds and ****** CALL ME, and STOP USING IT
Click to expand...

So where in this story did she break the vacuum?
Click to expand...

At the point where it started to make grinding noises and she failed to power it off and find out why. This is kind of like "The oil pressure light came on but the car was still running so I drove it home, is that ok?".
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exactly...



the belt starting slipping. at that point it was hard to push. she should have stopped RIGHT THERE. instead .. eh.. it's still working i guess... keeps going... grinding... some banging.. she thinks about stopping put she only had a little more to do... bang bang... dead.





and note that I wasn't mad at her at all.. I was just like it's not a big deal - but from now on if you're using something and it is making ANY kind of wierd noise - TURN IT OFF
 
JulesMaximus

JulesMaximus

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Jul 3, 2003
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Originally posted by: zixxer
Originally posted by: Linflas
Originally posted by: chuckywang
Originally posted by: zixxer
g/f and I spent some time cleaning up my house.. she vacuum and dusted, I picked up/arranged/cleaned everything else.

After we were done, I went to vacuum my office... WTF... the roller isn't spinning. I take the bottom plate off and the belt is like mashed and melted, there's ball bearings all over the place, and what appears to be a tensioner (never seen a tensioner on a vacuum before...?) that is also broken from what I assume is the belt flying all over.



I was like hey babe.. did you notice anything weird with the vacuum?..... yeah - it was grinding and REALLY hard to push, and making funny noises - but it worked okay for me


WTGDF. If you are using something (vacuum, car, computer, blender, ANYTHING) and it is GRINDING and MAKING FUNNY NOISES then you should take 5 seconds and ****** CALL ME, and STOP USING IT
Click to expand...

So where in this story did she break the vacuum?
Click to expand...

At the point where it started to make grinding noises and she failed to power it off and find out why. This is kind of like "The oil pressure light came on but the car was still running so I drove it home, is that ok?".
Click to expand...

exactly...



the belt starting slipping. at that point it was hard to push. she should have stopped RIGHT THERE. instead .. eh.. it's still working i guess... keeps going... grinding... some banging.. she thinks about stopping put she only had a little more to do... bang bang... dead.





and note that I wasn't mad at her at all.. I was just like it's not a big deal - but from now on if you're using something and it is making ANY kind of wierd noise - TURN IT OFF
Click to expand...

You're on the right track. I wouldn't be to hard on her though. Your POS vacuum was probably on it's last legs anyway. :p
 
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