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Envelope of White Powder Causes Panic at Apple

By - Source: Tom's Guide US | B 27 comments

Apple employees this week found a suspicious envelope of white powder in the campus canteen.

San Jose Mercury News was the first to report that emergency services had been called following reports that a member of staff had happened upon an envelope full of white powder in the company lunch room.

Fearing the worst (an entire team of Apple developers wiped out), they sent along some people in hazmat suits to sort things out. The building was evacuated lest anyone get tempted to snort anything and the team went inside to check things out. Mercury News reports (citing Santa Clara County sheriff's Sgt. Don Morrissey) that preliminary tests revealed the powder was not a hazardous substance. It was then taken to a Santa Clara County lab for more testing.

The Register reports that authorities viewed security tapes of the cafeteria in an effort to determine how the envelope got there in the first place. Apparently the tapes didn’t help and they still have no idea whether someone left it there on purpose or just forgot to bring their envelope of flour/cocaine/anthrax with them when they were heading back after lunch.

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    tenor77 , May 8, 2009 2:49 PM
    I always knew Jobs was on crack.
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    nirvanabah , May 8, 2009 2:14 PM
    I often pack my coke in envelopes for safe keeping, especially at work.
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    bin1127 , May 8, 2009 3:21 PM
    it's the flour for the APPLE pie.
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    nirvanabah , May 8, 2009 2:14 PM
    I often pack my coke in envelopes for safe keeping, especially at work.
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    Tindytim , May 8, 2009 2:27 PM
    Lol, can we say unwarrented self-importance? Who would actually waste time to attack Apple? I could understand Microsoft, but Apple?
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    xantech22 , May 8, 2009 2:44 PM
    The Cold War Between Microsoft And Apple Has Begun!
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    tenor77 , May 8, 2009 2:49 PM
    I always knew Jobs was on crack.
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    mamw93 , May 8, 2009 3:10 PM
    HAHAHAHA
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    bill gates is your daddy , May 8, 2009 3:15 PM
    Someone was probably just bringing some Splenda to work from their house. They should have just grabbed an intern and had them eat some of it instead of calling out HAZMAT
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    bin1127 , May 8, 2009 3:21 PM
    it's the flour for the APPLE pie.
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    dman3k , May 8, 2009 3:33 PM
    whoops... I know I dumped my heel shaver shavings somewhere.
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    eddieroolz , May 8, 2009 3:39 PM
    tenor77I always knew Jobs was on crack.


    Epic!
  • 10 Hide
    tipoo , May 8, 2009 3:43 PM
    Relax, its just Steve's monthly cocaine shipment.
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    hellwig , May 8, 2009 4:30 PM
    dman3kwhoops... I know I dumped my heel shaver shavings somewhere.

    Dude, sick.
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    tipoo , May 8, 2009 5:36 PM
    dman3kwhoops... I know I dumped my heel shaver shavings somewhere.



    Narstey.
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    starryman , May 8, 2009 5:48 PM
    tipooRelax, its just Steve's monthly cocaine shipment.

    Ha ha ha... cheers to that!
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    grieve , May 8, 2009 6:48 PM
    I wonder if its to late to ask for my envolope back?
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    WheelsOfConfusion , May 8, 2009 7:22 PM
    It was actually a shipment of 100,000 of the next-generation iPod Shuffle.
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    Greg_77 , May 8, 2009 7:59 PM
    It was actually the new, about to be released MacBook air. It's very thin, so it must have broken up into powder when it was in its protective envelope. Of course, customers will never use their macbooks airs anyway, so this will not be solved in the release version. In fact, in the next apple commercial, Justin Long will turn to powder on stage, while Hodgeman tries to make excuses of why he can't do that.
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    The_Blood_Raven , May 8, 2009 8:03 PM
    I think they believed the envelope contained anthrax...

    Moral of the story: DON'T BRING WHITE POWDER TO WORK IN A F&%KING ENVELOPE!

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    zwaig , May 8, 2009 8:05 PM
    dman3kwhoops... I know I dumped my heel shaver shavings somewhere.


    Was it bad to snort it then... ?
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    Greg_77 , May 8, 2009 8:06 PM
    Quote:
    I think they believed the envelope contained anthrax...

    Moral of the story: DON'T BRING WHITE POWDER TO WORK IN A F&%KING ENVELOPE!


    Hmmm... Why would you ever bring white powder to work? Splenda, flour? I think the envelope may have been hiding something.... or it was just a pulverized macbook air.
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    Greg_77 , May 8, 2009 8:09 PM



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    zwaig 05/08/2009 10:05 PM
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    dman3k :
    whoops... I know I dumped my heel shaver shavings somewhere.



    Was it bad to snort it then... ?


    I'm still alive, so I guess not?
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