How It Ended

So, you know that battery story? The one that involved fondue skewers, baking soda, and a freezer? Well... it ended in the most embarrassing way possible.

Off to the Genius Bar at the Apple store we went. I explained the problem and enumerated some of the ways in which I tried to solve the problem. Chris, the young man who was helping me, graciously took the keyboard into the back to try something. He came out five minutes later to tell me that... wait for it...

this model only has two batteries in it.

Not three. That thing I was trying to get out? Not a battery. Just part of the keyboard that looks deceptively like the positive end of a battery.

Here's the kicker: there's a little tiny diagram on the back depicting two batteries. The main purpose is to show you which direction the batteries should go, but there are two of them. I totally didn't notice that the picture was there. Instead, I spent two hours trying to get a non-existent battery out.

I am so humiliated. Not about what happened at the store. Chris was very gracious. I'm super embarrassed that I didn't notice that. I am embarrassed for myself. Ohhhh, boy.

And that, dear readers, is how it ended. *face palm*