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Ohpleeeease · 02/07/2026 18:04

I touch type. And I learned on proper upright manual typewriters where you needed to keep your wrist level with your fingers and the keys because of the effort needed to depress them. Is that what you mean, OP? It’ll blow your mind but I also learned shorthand.

ohyesido · 02/07/2026 18:02

I understand. I had a colleague who typed in the most irritating way.

I only noticed it because I didn’t like him though

HelpMeGetThrough · 02/07/2026 17:59

So she’s the “Laptop Liberace”.

Fitbodyproblem · 02/07/2026 17:58

Another vote for her being a touch typist. A dying art, but pretty efficient. 😀

Tillymint1234 · 02/07/2026 17:57

ChocolateSqueezyyogurts · 02/07/2026 13:05

She types like shes playing a piano! Its so irritating but I dont know why. Its the most random way of typing Ive ever seen.

Earphones?

JustGotToKeepOnKeepingOn · 02/07/2026 17:56

I used to work with a woman who did all her phone calls on speaker phone. She also talked really loudly. No idea why she thought we wanted to hear all her conversations. I always wished she’d answer the phone from her Drs telling her and the whole office she has crabs or something 🤣

Bondsolon · 02/07/2026 17:55

I have a colleague who requested and was granted an office barrier as his work is top secret. Who know if it is, or isn’t.
A large free standing bookcase was put in. However he talks very loudly and does not use headphones so we can all hear both sides of every conversation!

DeftGoldHedgehog · 02/07/2026 17:54

Get.
Some.
Headphones.

MajorSamanthaCarter · 02/07/2026 17:53

What level is she, Chopsticks or Opus Clavicembalisticum?

HoppityBun · 02/07/2026 17:52

cattreats · 02/07/2026 13:21

If you're that irritated, may I suggest that you're actually stressed about something else? How your colleague is sitting and typing shouldn't affect you. You're triggering yourself here and having all the stress responses that are making you feel worse.

I completely disagree. I have worked with colleagues who attack the keyboard as though it has to be knocked into submission. It might be a coincidence but they’re also the type of people who pride themselves on being ultra efficient. It’s bizarre, distracting and wearying.

Having said that, some keyboards do seem to make a lot of noise.

AWeeCupOfTeaAndAnIndividualFruitTrifle · 02/07/2026 17:47

PuppyMonkey · 02/07/2026 17:22

I still have flashbacks to a colleague at a former workplace who SHOUTED SO LOUDLY ON THE PHONE PEOPLE RIGHT AT THE OTHER SIDE OF THE MASSIVE OPEN PLAN OFFICE USED TO LOOK UP AND GO .

Shudder.

Did they not understand the basics of how a telephone works - or were they more familiar with the old non-amplified two-yoghurt-pots-on-a-long-string variety?!

MsTrish · 02/07/2026 17:44

I apparently type as though I’m operating a manual typewriter. Quite loud, but my fingers seem to be extremely powerful.

Ethelspagetti · 02/07/2026 17:43

whatyagotcooking · 02/07/2026 17:35

I thought it must have been to warn-off evil spirits,🤷‍♀️ not that I’ve ever heard of a potato being used for this before.

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I knew an elderly lady who kept an onion on her fireplace to absorb bad energy and intentions from visitors! Never tried it myself though! 😜

Thisthreadhasbeendeleted · 02/07/2026 17:37

Does she do it in a performative way, or does it look natural-for-her?

whatyagotcooking · 02/07/2026 17:35

Ethelspagetti · 02/07/2026 17:22

An emotional support potato! 🥔 😂 She did it for the whole 8 years I worked there! 😳 She clearly didn’t like it because it always went in the bin whenever people complained about the decaying smell. I’d have cereal bars, pasta mugs, soup packets and small water bottles in and under my desk!

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I thought it must have been to warn-off evil spirits,🤷‍♀️ not that I’ve ever heard of a potato being used for this before.

Ethelspagetti · 02/07/2026 17:25

Lexy2345 · 02/07/2026 14:54

Please explain more about the potato. Was it cooked or raw?

Yes a massive raw baking potato! 🥔 😂

TheLightSideOfTheMoon · 02/07/2026 17:25

I can’t type.

My fingers peck at the keyboard like a pigeon trying to eat from the ground.

Every job interview I always feel the need to say, “BTW, I can’t actually type..!” because I’m so ashamed of my sad typing efforts.

Ethelspagetti · 02/07/2026 17:22

NoCommentingFromNowOn · 02/07/2026 17:14

Does she sway back and forth like a piano player?

I need a bit more about the potato tbh. Is it cooked and edible? Is it an emotional support potato?

An emotional support potato! 🥔 😂 She did it for the whole 8 years I worked there! 😳 She clearly didn’t like it because it always went in the bin whenever people complained about the decaying smell. I’d have cereal bars, pasta mugs, soup packets and small water bottles in and under my desk!

PuppyMonkey · 02/07/2026 17:22

I still have flashbacks to a colleague at a former workplace who SHOUTED SO LOUDLY ON THE PHONE PEOPLE RIGHT AT THE OTHER SIDE OF THE MASSIVE OPEN PLAN OFFICE USED TO LOOK UP AND GO .

Shudder.

PenelopeJoanSterling · 02/07/2026 17:15

they have vape breaks yet moan about tea drinkers breaks

Ethelspagetti · 02/07/2026 17:15

ReleaseTheDucksOfWar · 02/07/2026 13:30

... a potato?
I mean, fruit I can get. But a 🥔?

Yes a massive raw baking potato on her in/out tray! I asked her how she was going to eat it? She replied, I’ll microwave it if I ever get hungry! I always saw her in the canteen eating cheese and chips and she’d say, you didn’t see this! 😂 I literally do not care if she eats cheese on chips every day! I just care she lets fruit and a potato decay on her desk. I was there for 8 years and it continued until I left. Love to go back and visit to see if she still does it now! 😜

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WonderingWanda · 02/07/2026 17:06

This sounds quite normal for touch typing. How do you type op? With two fingers very slowly?

👀😳

NoCommentingFromNowOn · 02/07/2026 17:14

Does she sway back and forth like a piano player?

I need a bit more about the potato tbh. Is it cooked and edible? Is it an emotional support potato?

RosieHosie · 02/07/2026 17:14

Worse was the guy who typed so hard everyone else's desk in the bank of desks shook!

AWeeCupOfTeaAndAnIndividualFruitTrifle · 02/07/2026 17:07

Does she have a piano at home that she plays like she's using a keyboard - and does she keep accidentally punching herself in the stomach when she thinks she's hitting an imaginary space bar?!