Dominic Mitchell wrote: > > Sue Spence <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > My other half used to do desktop admin years ago and reports that people > > get all sorts of disgusting filth in their keyboards on a regular basis. > > Turn your own keyboard upside down and see what comes out. :) > > Last time I did this, it was a disturbing amount of my beard. I've > actively tried to twiddle less with it since then. >
One thing that used to get him was the amazing number of people who apparently clip their nails (finger & toe) so close to their keyboards. The other thing was having to go under desks whose owners were messy eaters. Bleah. I used to revisit a former employer (most recently owned by Mitel, Skipton, RIP Sept 2001) every so often. The fellow who inherited my desk used to eat vast quantities of pie/fish/chicken & chips in his office chair. If you looked down at it, there was a V-shaped greasy area where his (ample) legs weren't. The carpet around the chair doesn't bear mentioning, didn't shake the keyboard. ;)
