The Omron Pedometer that survived being flushed away

I was going to talk about targets and goals today but I couldn't pass up what happened this week with one of my fellow WalkingSpree members and her USB Omron Pedometer. A frantic message relayed by one of the members that she flushed her omron pedometer down the toilet and got it STUCK. She quickly told her kids to use the other bathroom to avoid the ensuing disaster (we know what this means - lego anyone?). She's a doctor and so the timing to get a plumber in to remove it is challenging. 3 days later is the earliest time she can have it removed.

The worst part is that she flushed her pager a few months ago. I told her she needs to have a plumber on retainer. So 3 days later, the plumber fishes out the soggy omron pedometer (much to his amusement after being there recently for the pager). We don't want to think too hard about what has leaked into the electronics, or what it's done to it's upload capability to the WalkingSpree website.

She lays the pedometer out to dry assuming the worst. The next day she picks it up and sees numbers on the LCD. She puts it in her pocket and walks a few steps, takes it out and glances at the display. Unbelievably, it still works. She rushes to her computer, plugs it into the usb port to upload her data and logs into her WalkingSpree dashboard to see her steps. All there, even the previous days in the memory.

And no, for those wondering, sloshing around in the toilet did not add on steps to her USB omron pedometer;) It's got that accelerometer thingy remember.