This morning at work we discovered our old refrigerator was in dire need of a defrosting. So much ice had built up in the freezer section of the mini-fridge that it wouldn’t hold a single frozen meal. In lieu of the more patient method of unplugging the fridge and letting it defrost on its own, I decided to hammer on the chunk of ice with the first thing available: an old hard drive.

The corner of the hard drive was very sharp and managed to break off a significant chunk of ice. Unfortunately all corners of the hard drive were sharp, and it also cut my hand open. In search of a better weapon, we discovered a discarded weighted speaker stand. “Bang, bang,” went the speaker stand. “Hiss, hiss,” went the fridge. Somehow amidst all my banging I managed to sever the Freon line going to the freezer. Crap.

My first official duty for work this morning? Running to Wal-Mart with Emily and picking up a new dorm-sized refrigerator.