Pink Rain in the Workplace
Imagine the surprise of hearing coworkers hollering help in an adjacent workspace. Imagine that you rush to the scene, to find someone standing on a desk holding a waste can in position to catch a strange pink liquid pouring from the ceiling. This is exactly how my lunch hour began. Our workgroup started pulling equipment (monitors, 3D printers, computers, posters, etc. …) from the pink fluid flowing through the ceiling tiles. No sooner than we stated did others discover equal leakage from the other side of the wall. We divided into two teams and did damage control with little time to think.
As we cleared equipment beneath the drips, adjacent ceiling tiles developed holes — basically the leaks were spreading. Eventually we could see a line giving way to the pink liquid. It had the smell of antifreeze. We worked for 20 to 30 minutes moving equipment; eventually had time to document the event with the images below.
Shortly after the climax of the event, we recorded some video of the scene. It provides a good feel for the aftermath of the day.
Chilled water pipe burst?
Hey Randall, Yep; that’s exactly what happened.
What made the water pink? paint?
They dye the water so that one can recognize where it’s coming from if the leak is really small. Also, they put additives in this water to resist rusting — that’s what makes it smell like antifreeze.