To dislike a work colleague because.....

[ChocolateSqueezyyogurts]

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.

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! 😜

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

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?!

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.

What level is she, Chopsticks or Opus Clavicembalisticum?

Get.
Some.
Headphones.

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!

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 🤣

Earphones?

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

So she’s the “Laptop Liberace”.

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

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

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.

Agree it sounds like touch typing (which is what I do) - nobody is taught it now so it probably does look a bit weird.

I work with a one finger basher. Rapid fire and incredibly hard. It’s so loud.

A potato??? Don't go quiet, I need to know more . What sort of potato? Raw? Muddy? Wrapped?

Touch typing is wonderful. Best thing I ever learned.

@ChocolateSqueezyyogurts

So if I understand this correctly, you're having a rant because you don't like the way her typing LOOKS?

Are you SERIOUS??

Please put in a request for a desk change so you can no longer see her. 🙄🙄

Depends how good a pianist she'd be 🤔 🎹 ⌨️
If she's sight-reading Schubert, you could applaud her - if she's biting her lip and torturing "chopsticks", you may have a point.

Surely most of us type whilst looking at the screen, rather than the keyboard? I thought the term arose when typists had a document to type that the looked at whilst typing and didn’t look at the keys- no screen in those days. Or they listened to a dictated tape and looked at the document they were typing. Even my two finger typing colleagues don’t look at the keyboard

Does she turn & give a big smile to her audience - like Liberace (giving my age away).

I did suggest this but apparently there was nowhere else for her to sit!

I once had a colleague who did this.

Another colleague would sometimes comment 'were you phoning Australia? 🤣

🤣🤣🤣 yes! Very similar

Dies she also use the imaginary pedals?

Or try to do chords?

I can't imagine what this looks like!