Posted: 6/21/2004 6:43:03 PM EDT
|
For some odd reason, the super here at work loves pissing us off by putting these shitty plastic covers on all of the computer keyboards. These damn things make it almost impossible to type quickly and accurately. I hate this shit. Just my little rant for the day... 
|
quit looking at too much pr0n at work, and the covers will not be needed. TRG |
That's what paper towels are for. |
Keyboard Condoms... Yeuck... Back when I was in HS, some dimwhit thought they made the KBs last longer... The problem was cheap KBs, of course... |
|
Purchase a keyboard, and use it while at work, if that is acceptable to your super. More deviously minded... take a knife and scrape the key edges to cut the plastic cover's corners/edges, so it looks like wear. When the covers keeps "wearing out" they'll get tired of replacing it. |
They'd axe you for that?? Where the hell do you work?! |
|
I have a 4+ year old $10.00 keyboard. Very simple, with nothing fancy except the windows buttons. It's also an off-brand mfg. It has been spilled on countless times, and I cannot imagine how much crap there is under the keys. Four years of crumbs, dust, spills, etc etc. It still keeps on typing. Although some of the commonly used button springs are getting a bit worn out, still works great. I think I will replace it soon, with another $10.00 keyboard, since some of the buttons are getting mushy. |
| Back when keyboards were about five pounds, had good Cherry switches (hey Beer Slayer...I'm thinking of the nice IBM AT keyboards) they were expensive. Now a keyboard is less than ten bucks. We buy them by the dozen so when the office types fill them up with staples that get lose or crumbs from their munchies or the coffee with cream and sugar, we give them the 'be more careful' and replace it. This assumes it is a standard PS2 keyboard. If this is on a proprietary device, the keyboard could be pricey. One PITA company we have to deal with has the keyboard in a case with a 3.5 inch floppy, a little LCD screen and a circuit board and they want over $1K no matter what is wrong with it. |
No, but I'm sure the head honcho wouldn't take too kindly to me removing the thing he spent the last two months trying to get. Now I could make up a bullshit story about how the covers hurt keyboards and he would probably believe it, but I won't go that far. I hate the things, but I don't really have a say in it. I'm the only one that really types on this machine anyway. Everyone else only uses the numerical keypad or the hunt & peck system. I can deal with it, but I don't really like it. I like hearing the clicking of the keys as I type and this damn keyboard condom (I like that term) muffles everything. |