[sdiy] <sob>Too honest for my own good...

[patchell]

Glen wrote:

>
> Well, it *might* have been better to have kept your company from using those
> 150 parts, especially if they had been simply dumped "naked" into a
> plastic-lined trash can. Think of the potentially high static electricity those
> chips might have been subjected to. Can those chips really be trusted to
> perform reliably in some mission-critical application, now that they have been
> "mishandled" by leaving them in the trash?

    Nope, still in the original tubes, inside vacum sealed shielded bags.  Can't
believe how I smiled when I saw them...

>
>
> It could be argued that using them at home for your own amusement would have
> been a far safer way to handle these "not to be trusted, and possibly damaged"
> semiconductors. That is, assuming your application at home isn't also
> "mission-critical" as well. (I doubt that you would have used them in a DIY
> life-support system.)   :)
>
> Next time you want to be honest, try my ESD excuse. Tell the boss "What a shame
> it is. Since someone placed these static-sensitive items in the trash, we can't
> use them now because of ESD concerns". At this point, it won't matter if you
> want to take a few home with you, because they are simply trash at that point.
>
> Later,
> Glen

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