Cleaning the laptop... ready to divorce my spouse!!!

Question

Yes, pretty severe but I just got a new (less than a week old) black MacBook. My husband was trying to 'teach me a lesson" about leaving fast food cups in the garbage (long story -- he says if I don't properly bag them they leak all over the garbage can) decided leave a wet cup with liquid it in on top of my new MacBook. He put the wet cups directly on top of the Apple logo. The paper cup leaked and water got all around the laptop cover and the Apple. Besides being really ****** - I need to clean the sticky residue off the top and I'm worried about the screen components.
2 important questions --
(1) Is the Apple logo on the lid sealed (thus preventing liquid from getting inside the top and into the screen components)? and
(2) What can I clean the case/lid with to get off the residue of the soda?
I'm calmer now. Deep zen breathing is working....
Very Sincerely,
Anne

Answer 1

I'm really sorry to hear that! It sounds as if your husband is like my stepfather, a compulsive-obsessive *******.
I've had to deal with crap like dishes being brought down from the kitchen and piled up on my desk in the basement because they weren't washed fast enough, a ton of other things also, etc.
If the screen looks fine then the computer is fine. I don't think it's watertight, but I do think the seal is pretty tight and if it was mostly just condensation as opposed to a pouring-out, etc. very little would have entered.
I know it's upsetting. I remember when I was gifted with an Omega seamaster watch, the jeweller was a complete idiot and kept hammering away at the strap to try and adjust it and ended up scratching both the band and the bezel.. he didn't know what he was doing. They polished it out a little but the damage was done. They tried to rationalize it by saying I would have scratched it up much more myself, and while probably true I hadn't even walked out of the store yet. So I could never enjoy the watch as much after that. In retrospect if I could do it over again, I would have said to my uncle, don't buy this.
You would not be out of bounds however to ask whether or not your punishment was out of proportion to your crime. It is true you are careless to throw full drink containers into the trash because they do tip over and leak, esp. if the bag gets a little rip in it. However, a leaking garbage bag is not the same as pouring pop on a week old laptop. So by all means ask. It will be interesting to see what he says.
Good luck with your marriage.
If you need inspiration, one time when I was 4 or 5 years old, I wrote my name on my dad's Buick with a ballpoint pen on all 4 sides. He wasn't too happy, and yes I got spanked. Maybe you could write your name on your husband's car.
Let me know when you guys hit the newspapers.