I didn’t know that Apple was entering the health care industry? The Consumerist reports that they’ve had two readers in the past year come to them with complaints that Apple refused to service their broken computers because cigarette smoke is a bio-hazard. Both customers purchased extended warranties and after the computers stopped functioning, they brought them into their authorized Mac service center. After several days, they both received news that their staff would be unable to work on their computers because the second hand smoke is a bio-hazard, making their extended warranty void.

It’s unclear as to whether or not Apple isn’t fixing the computers because they believe that the smoke-contaminated computers are hazardous to their technician’s health, or if they won’t fix them because they believe that the smoke damaged the computers. Does Apple really care about their employees THAT much that they don’t want to subject them to second hand smoke via a computer? This is one strange case that’s for sure, all I know is that if I had purchased an extended warranty on top of a $2,000 computer, and then Apple refused to fix my computer when something broke down, I’d be more than a little upset.

Both customers have taken their complaints to Steve Jobs himself, but haven’t successfully pleaded their case yet. We’re still waiting to hear the exact details about these cases, but in the meantime, if you’re a smoker, I’d think twice before purchasing an Apple computer or an extended warranty.

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