At first my fat ass thought it was a giant fountain-soda lid
AM/PM in the 90s when they let you come in and get a fountain drink refill in literally any container. I bet at least 1 person filled a microwave. 🤣
Such glorious madness I saw the tail end of this when I was a right little kid, I was with my uncle and we go into an AM/PM at like 6 in the morning and he fills one of those semi clear water jugs for like water coolers with Mountain Dew. Don’t know how much he paid cause I was like 3 but it was great.
Peter… Explain the joke.
A microwave plate is the part that spins during heating. It can be removed so it’s easier to clean. Removing it means that food will potentially heat unevenly and there’s usually a gear that the plate attaches to sticking out of the floor like a wart. Anything being heated will have to balance or lean on a slowly spinning gear which will potentially cause other problems.
That’s the joke?
The joke is that you can’t just buy the plate > in a quick manner and must order the replacement and will have to just…suck it up. And the absurdity of what such a theft entails.
AFAIK the plates are not standard (probably proprietary to that model/brand) so by taking it you probably have to get a whole new microwave if you want it back.E:thank you for the numerous replies saying they are standardized and replaceable.
They have become fairly standard due to consolidation of global manufacturing. I’ve taken apart a half dozen over the last decade and they all had the same slow mains motor and 3 wing drive mechanism. There are probably lots of exceptions, but the parts inside are pretty simple.
of course you can! there is site just for that aliexpress.com
Probably quicker to order from the manufacturer
idk for you but for me usually arrives in 5 days
Depends on the thing. Some stuff they have warehoused wherever nearby, but particular electronic bits have to ship from China.
This is not comedy.
Disagree. It is textbook comedy/tragedy.
The victim has been disproportionately inconvenienced to GREAT irritation. The plate can be replaced quickly and at very little cost. The microwave is in no way damaged permanently, and indeed will still work without the plate.
Yet therein lies the absurdity. Someone went out of their way to steal your turntable. It has zero value to them. They cannot resell it or use it themselves, as all microwaves come with one.
