Police excuse angry computer user for outburst

[helderheid]

BERLIN (Reuters) - A German man who startled his neighbors when he hurled his computer out of the window in the middle of the night, was let off for disturbing the peace by police who sympathized with his technical frustrations.

Police in the northern city of Hanover said they would not press charges after responding to calls made by residents in an apartment block who were woken by a loud crash in the early hours of Saturday.

Officers found the street and pavement covered in electronic parts and discovered who the culprit was.

Asked what had driven him to the night-time outburst, the 51-year-old man said he had simply got annoyed with his computer.

"Who hasn't felt like doing that?" said a police spokesman.

While escaping any official sanction the man was made to clear up the debris.

http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSEIC74877020070717?feedType=RSS

[thoughtanarchist]

1. Argh

:argh:

[jojo54]

2. I'm surprised no one has commented on this.

Haven't we ALL felt like doing that to our computer once in awhile? The police were probably laughing it off 'cause the guy now has to go out and buy another.

[blogslut]

3. Sigh

While I can sympathize with the frustration, if that PC had hit a person, well...

[slowry]

4. lawl wut a newb

:hide:

[dkofos]

5. Probably using microsoft OS.

[Amonester]

6. LOL!! Probably was running M$ Vi$ta!

Not something I would do to MY (quite stable, but not overloaded...) Vista laptop!

Maybe it's not a HP PC... :evilgrin:

:rofl: :argh:

[Throwing Stones]

7. Microsoft Vista, no doubt

:banghead:

[RaleighNCDUer]

8. I think we've all been there --

but who can afford it?

[cynatnite]

9. Feeling like it doesn't make it the right thing to do n/t

[pitohui]

10. how sensible, if only our police could be so sensible EOM

,

[slampoet]

11. it wasn't the right think to do but a jail cell isn't the place for him either.

It is good that the German police can see that.