I should be grateful...

[Darsa]

But it's so hard!

I have a decent job in a decent office; low man on the totem pole, seniority-wise, but that doesn't bother me too much.

I have decided I'm going to have to sabotage my boss' keyboard in order to stay sane. The woman has NO qualms about making a simple e-mail request into a several-page-long novel, complete with colors, bolding, and italics. And I am NOT exaggerating in the least. This wouldn't concern me, since the emails are directed towards our poor attorneys rather than me; the thing that bothers me is she has the MOST ANNOYING TYPING STYLE IN THE WHOLE WIDE WORLD. She is a TERRIBLE typist, and the combination of that, and her rickety, clacking keyboard that she REFUSES to replace, and the somehow *slithery* sound between keystrokes (I assume the search for the next key with dry hands), is enough to drive me right 'round the bend!! And she types all.... day...... LONG!!!

I know that this is the stupidest thing possible, and that I should appreciate the fact that I still HAVE a job, and that I'd probably miss the sound of it if I was out on unemployment and job-hunting in this day-and-age... but AAARGGGGGHHHH!!!! I have to vent somewhere! Not to mention I'm pounding the keyboard in an effort to drown out the sound...

Anyway, thanks for giving me a place to vent my annoyance. I feel a bit better now!

 

[Uncle Remus]

But it's so hard!

I have a decent job in a decent office; low man on the totem pole, seniority-wise, but that doesn't bother me too much.

I have decided I'm going to have to sabotage my boss' keyboard in order to stay sane. The woman has NO qualms about making a simple e-mail request into a several-page-long novel, complete with colors, bolding, and italics. And I am NOT exaggerating in the least. This wouldn't concern me, since the emails are directed towards our poor attorneys rather than me; the thing that bothers me is she has the MOST ANNOYING TYPING STYLE IN THE WHOLE WIDE WORLD. She is a TERRIBLE typist, and the combination of that, and her rickety, clacking keyboard that she REFUSES to replace, and the somehow *slithery* sound between keystrokes (I assume the search for the next key with dry hands), is enough to drive me right 'round the bend!! And she types all.... day...... LONG!!!

I know that this is the stupidest thing possible, and that I should appreciate the fact that I still HAVE a job, and that I'd probably miss the sound of it if I was out on unemployment and job-hunting in this day-and-age... but AAARGGGGGHHHH!!!! I have to vent somewhere! Not to mention I'm pounding the keyboard in an effort to drown out the sound...

Anyway, thanks for giving me a place to vent my annoyance. I feel a bit better now!

I'm with ya on things that drive ya to the edge.

After a summer of my neighbor's new hobby of woodworking with that
damn circular saw runnin' all day, I moved to 10 acres in the country.

 

[SC Minnie]

Chocolate should calm you right down.

 

[LuvOrlando]

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[DVC~OKW~96]

Can you discretely wear ear buds? If so, listen to music instead of the annoying office noises.

I used to have an office where there employee in the next office over used speaker phone for ALL telecons. There were many. I knew this person's most private (financial) business and all office issues as a result.

Lucky for that person I know how to keep my mouth shut.

 

[Darsa]

Heh, I tried ear-buds in the past, and apparently my boss didn't like it when she said my name but I didn't respond

That's another thing that drives me batty. I am this woman's ONLY EMPLOYEE... and yet whenever she has to say something to or ask something of me, it's always "Uummmmm................ Rachel?" Who the heck else's name could she be thinking of???

Okay, done again! LOL

 

[Robmom]

I feel for you. I have a woman in my office who types all day too and her charm bracelet keeps hitting the keyboard, and it drives me crazy!!

 

[agnes!]

It's a shame you can't figure out some way to get her to replace that keyboard...if reason isn't working, maybe some "sabotage" ?

agnes!

 

[lovetoscrap]

I have heard that soda is really bad for a keyboard--sweet soda that is all sticky and carmaly, you know like a Pepsi or Coke.

It would be a real shame if you had a mug full of soda and went in to talk to her and accidentally tripped and spilled that full mug all over her keyboard.




(not a can or a bottle, the liquid would come out too slow, you need a wide mouthed mug or glass)

 

[JessicaR]

It would be such a shame if that coke you were drinking accidentally spilled all over that keyboard.

 

[Darsa]

I have heard that soda is really bad for a keyboard--sweet soda that is all sticky and carmaly, you know like a Pepsi or Coke.

It would be a real shame if you had a mug full of soda and went in to talk to her and accidentally tripped and spilled that full mug all over her keyboard

Oh, this is definitely on my list of things to do! I've just been too chicken, all that guilty conscience and all I always have a soda on my desk... this very well may occur next time she's out for a day (gotta give it a chance to dry some!)

Mwaaahahhahaaaaa!

 

[SAHDad]

It sounds like it might be a Model M keyboard (see wiki for info) - those things are not cheap (by comparison). I'm borderline geeky enough that, if I could get my hands on four or five of them, I would. I have used them before, and I preferred them to the disposable piece of junk that I have right now. It may be louder, but they are much more durable, and just feel better to type on, IMO.

 

[Val]

I am a touch typist (thank God for Catholic all girls high school). My DH of 23 years isn't. He is a keyboard pounder. We can hear him pounding on that keyboard from several rooms away. He has BROKEN keyboards.....it drives me NUTS! Not enough for divorce, mind you, but enough to disable his keyboard or break his fingers. I guess at his old age (he's 50 and I am not ) I suppose he is too old to retrain. But.......

 

[Pumbaa_]

pop a couple keys off and wedge something in there

 

[MinnieMe87]

I have heard that soda is really bad for a keyboard--sweet soda that is all sticky and carmaly, you know like a Pepsi or Coke.

It would be a real shame if you had a mug full of soda and went in to talk to her and accidentally tripped and spilled that full mug all over her keyboard.




(not a can or a bottle, the liquid would come out too slow, you need a wide mouthed mug or glass)

Oh yeah!!! I love it!

 

[doxdogy]

I use to work with a girl that POUNDED her keyboard. Drove all of us nuts and would end up giving us all a headache. Of course this was pre Ipod days so now way to drown it out. I finally asked her one day what in the world did her keyboard do to her.

 

[ckret01]

I Understand the feeling. My old boss would do the same thing and really hit each key as he typed and then he would slam on the enter key everytime. It used to drive me batty.

 

[klmall]

I totally understand. Could you place something underneath to soften the sound? Maybe a thin layer of rubber matting? I had to do this for my new keyboard at work since it's on a swivel tray and noisier than my old one.

I've also heard about keyboards that somehow just manage to fall off desks........

Maybe they are knocked off by the items moved around on the desk to make room for flowers or a book on Touch Typing for Dummies.....

Anyway, here's sympathy! I finally got my new keyboard because it had more than 10 letters worn off (apparently 10 is the magic minimum at my place of work!).