as someone that has accidentaly destroyed two laptops with liquid spillages, i have never understood the programming in a coffee shop thing, but doing it in a bar???
I am quite the clutz, and do spill a lot, but I have yet to ruin any device in the process. A few close calls, but none fatal.
I try to mitigate theft/loss/disaster anxiety by keeping a backup/recovery hygiene that enables me to be productive in <2 hours of obtaining a replacement (but I'll sheepishly admit a tool update has the backup script failing atm and I haven't found time to debug).
IME I'm more likely to spill beer on one at home than out and about. Something subtle about space or psychology? (Spaces at home are more likely to be cluttered enough to nudge me towards a risky drink placement? Not habituated to expecting spillables near the computer at home? Idk.)
I did have some jackass having a whiny argument with someone else spill my beer on my laptop this past summer. Close call, but luckily it was almost empty. This was, to some degree, my mistake for going against my gut and humoring his curiosity about what I was doing long enough for him to decide he was welcome to sit across from me.
