What are you supposed to do with a boss who constantly uses your keyboard and doesn't wash his hands. First of all, the dude always smells like ketchup or salsa or something like tomatos and then he finds some reason to get in my face and commandeer my keyboard away from me to "show me how to do it". And then I gotta wipe my keyboard and mouse down when he leaves. Once he came back by and saw me doing it and it seemed to stop him for like a week. Usually I tell people what I think when I think it, but I don't wanna get fired because my wife would probably have a giant cow if I came home with no job. I asked her what I should do about it and she didn't even look up from her rag mag and just said I should ask the people on "that schmobby website you talk about". Whatever. But I guess that she means you guys. So how bout it do I tell the jerkwad off or just coat my keyboard with seran wrap <---That's what I am seriously thinking about doing.
POST A COMMENTavid reader(06/20/2006)
That's freakin sickening but I don't know what you should do. Have you tried just saying "ok I got it" or something to cut him off when he tries to take over your keyboard? Seems like a simple nip it in the bud approach.
M. in Wisconsin(06/21/2006)
Or just wipe the board down when the boss is not looking. I once worked for this woman who would let her husband come in on weekends and use my computer to do his resume and write cover letters. He ate popcorn while he worked and liked a lot of butter. There would be grease everywhere!
RTFM(06/21/2006)
This may be too aggressive, but how about a pile of the moist towelette packets like KFC has in a small container by the keyboard as a not-so-subtle hint to the meathead to keep his grubs off.
the cynic(06/21/2006)
Anyone ever had the office nosepicker touch your comp?
M. in Wisconsin(06/21/2006)
Not that I am aware of. But we do have a guy who sneezes these mucous-y explosions all over his own keyboard and sometimes one of us has to use it. I keep a can of Lysol spray handy.
BoneyardDiva(06/21/2006)
I used to have a co-worker who would purposely wipe down MY mouse when she had to use my computer. I wasn't nasty, she was just a b*tch.
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