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Hello Tiger
An elderly woman brought her PowerMac G3 to Ringo, because it wouldn't turn on. Sure enough, after plugging it in, no response. As Ringo moved to open the case to check the logic board, he noticed the fans were a little... fuzzy. "Did you have any pets?" The woman replied that her cat, Tiger, had just passed away, but used to hang around the computer a lot. What happened next, in Ringo's words:
I open up the computer and immediately see the entire inside of the computer filled with orange hairballs the size of my fist. Upon seeing this the customer exclaims loudly and happily, "Oh Tiger, you left parts of yourself in there before you died!" I immediately say, "Excuse me," and run to the back of house and sit stunned in the AppleCare room, begging someone else to take over the case for me.
Ringo's manager explained to the woman she'd need to get the computer cleaned before having it repaired, because it wasn't sanitary. She pulled a worn handkerchief out of her bag, brushing the dead cat fur out of the tower, scattering it on the counter and nearby Geniuses and customers. She was told to leave. But she somehow got a strapping young Genius to carry her dead cat shrine to the car for her. Image via Tambako/Flickr
