IT PSA, Lesson #1
As an IT geek, I have a couple of pet peeves. Oddly enough, my cow-orkers universally share this particular peeve, so in the interest of office harmony I offer you this IT public service announcement:
Don't be a computer slob.
A user in computer distress brought us her troubled laptop today. Here's the patient:
Hmm. A little grubby, but not too bad. Let's open it up and see what the problem is.
Whoa. What has she been doing, eating lunch off this thing?
Saving a few crumbs for later enjoyment?
...And that hair for later use as dental floss?
Oooo... can I please use your laptop's trackpad? I'd love to scrape month-old easy cheese out from under my fingernail later.
I can't even think of what that might be, other than utterly NASTY. And we've got to touch this disgusting thing to fix it.
IT PSA #1: If you're a slob, and you depend on other people to fix your computer, take a minute to clean up that nasty wreck before you drop it off.
Your IT geek thanks you.
Don't be a computer slob.
A user in computer distress brought us her troubled laptop today. Here's the patient:
Hmm. A little grubby, but not too bad. Let's open it up and see what the problem is.Whoa. What has she been doing, eating lunch off this thing?Saving a few crumbs for later enjoyment?...And that hair for later use as dental floss?Oooo... can I please use your laptop's trackpad? I'd love to scrape month-old easy cheese out from under my fingernail later.I can't even think of what that might be, other than utterly NASTY. And we've got to touch this disgusting thing to fix it.IT PSA #1: If you're a slob, and you depend on other people to fix your computer, take a minute to clean up that nasty wreck before you drop it off.
Your IT geek thanks you.
posted by steve at 7:56 PM
11 Comments:
I hear ya. Back when I had to work in PC Support, I kept a jumbo bottle of Purell in my toolkit. Some machines were so bad, I wished that I had a pair of latex gloves as well (amazing how the computer doesn't like it when you fill the keyboard with soy sauce while eating sushi at your desk)
OMG ROFL LOL LOL LOL
SOS
Oh, that's more revolting even than a glass of V8 juice. She must be a make-up fan - looks like a bit of foundation on there. That thing should be fumigated.
I saw these on Flickr, and I was really hoping there was some reason you were posting them! (Also, I was hoping it was not YOUR computer!) Ew.
Chlorox wipes are your friend.
This post left me both fascinated and disgusted. It also made me feel SO much better about my laptop . . . while it is crumb-free, I'm always struggling to keep the dog hair that is ever-present in my universe, no matter how much I vacuum, from lodging itself in the laptop keys. Her computer makes mine appear pristine.
Listen, when I handed you my laptop, I didn't know you were going to publically mock me. Show some compassion, IT guy.
Hee. Seriously though, that's grosser than gross. But what's a worse sickness: that, or compulsively cleaning your computer with a little motorized brush from The Container Store? Not that I, ahem, do that.
J: Purell... not a bad idea. I keep cloroz wipes around, but they sorta stank.
courts: LOL FTW!
lee: I did fumigate it with a handful of bleach wipes and compressed air. Nasty.
stef: in comparison, my computer looks pristine (as long as you don't count the butt dents where Melba sat on it).
k*: that's exactly what I did to it after I took that pic.
lisa: dog hair is nowhere near as nasty as leftover food. having had cats, I understand the insidiousness of pet fur and don't mind it.
red: the owner of that lappy has red hair! the first sentence of your comment had me scared - I figured I was thoroughly busted.
Glad you fumigated.What's the trick for getting crap out from between the keys? I've become conscious of some crap here after seeing these delightful pics.
Gack.
In other news, Merry Christmas!
That's shameful & disgusting! If I had a laptop, I'd never treat it that poorly! I think it should have been confiscated and shipped to someone who would be good to it. Me.
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