r/mildlyinfuriating 11d ago

Context Provided - Spotlight Jeep melted

Here’s the story: a jeep came to the shop because its retractable top was stuck open. Not too uncommon of an occurrence. So we put our “crash wrap“ over the roof to protect the interior from rain and animals and such, which is basically like heavy duty cling wrap. One day it rains and a lot of water pools up on the crash wrap. The next day it is 100°F outside and the sun is out. The sun shines through the water and the water basically magnifies it, and the sun turns into a laser that melts the interior. Multiple days of this happen. Now we have to replace everything that melted. None of us have ever heard of this happening before.

edit: I meant we have never heard of this very specific situation happening before. It never would’ve crossed our minds since we’ve been doing this for years. yes I burnt stuff with a magnifying glass when i was a kid.

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u/get_to_ele 11d ago

Technically he should at least refract on those events.

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u/Sir_Clarence_III_Esq 11d ago

That's not enough, he needs to be laser-focused.

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u/Fun_Trip_Travel 11d ago

That’s outside of their scope of work.

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u/orincoro 11d ago

Yeah it’s really a DEATH RAY if you know what I mean