Does your keyboard addiction get you into trouble at work?

[Lanx]

word of advice, never "force" your views on keyboards on ppl, it might make you seem like a snob or a supergeek, either way just let sleeping dogs lie, of course if they come over and are curious let them try it out and a tiny bit of education, treat them like a wild animal.

[kriminal]

meh i got ridiculed more than enough when i collect my keyboards from the delivery guy on work.. :\

[SmallFry]

Heh, this is quite funny to read. I myself do not work (high school), but I'm sure that when I bring my Zenith I will get lots of weird looks... Especially since it pings an angelic choir that I find to be ever so pleasing :angel:

[Lolcakes]

word of advice, never "force" your views on keyboards on ppl, it might make you seem like a snob or a supergeek, either way just let sleeping dogs lie, of course if they come over and are curious let them try it out and a tiny bit of education, treat them like a wild animal.

QFT. I have experienced that myself and I even don't talk to ppl about keyboards anymore. The real life is fool of noobs unfortunately :/

[sinis]

Addiction is a hard word. On work I do not have problems because I am a student and I do not carry around any boards. My girlfriend likes my new keyboard and the caps so far

[Lanx]

my fiance' just looked at my desk and said "is that another new keyboard, why are they getting uglier and uglier?" it's a kinesis i've had for a month?

[JustCallMeCrash]

Pretty funny story.. I went into a auto zone to get a wheel grip for my car. When I went to the front of the store there were 4 registers all with red switches or from what I could tell cherry keyboards with the card swipe.. and she was hammering on it as if it was some ****ty rubber dome.. it was like watching a horror show except I didn't show any expression on my face I just went on and sighed. :L

Most of the ones you find at auto stores are Cherry Clears.

[Lmnr]

They treat them like ****ty membrane ones though.

[zirb]

so since my G80-3000 with clears finally arrived i brought it to work..
funny thing is that i asked my boss last week if it would be okay to buy a new mouse (old one sucked). he offered me any microsoft wireless mouse/keyboard combination on which i said that i will bring my own keyboard but the mouse should be okay. from reflex i added that it would be kind of a "ergonomic" keyboard, where the keys have better feeling xD

he only said "O.K." and agreed that i can go buy a new mouse *hrhr*
so far noone else even noticed that i have a different keyboard, too much thoughts put in that beforehand...

so i have now a Logitech G400 and the cherry with clears (which i love by the way)
everythings fine

[itlnstln]

word of advice, never "force" your views on keyboards on ppl, it might make you seem like a snob or a supergeek, either way just let sleeping dogs lie, of course if they come over and are curious let them try it out and a tiny bit of education, treat them like a wild animal.

This.  I just bring my new stuff and don't make a fuss.  The only time anyone has noticed, recently anyway, is when I got my white Filco.  In that case it was just because it was white.

[Grimey]

This.  I just bring my new stuff and don't make a fuss.  The only time anyone has noticed, recently anyway, is when I got my white Filco.  In that case it was just because it was white.

My new keyboards only get noticed if the post has foreign characters on it.  Trying to explain to people the reasoning for ordering a keyboard from Taiwan is lost on most.  Otherwise we are just characterized as the "programmers with loud keyboards" in the office.

[N8N]

the thing is, for most of us that use keyboards/computers at work, these are our tools.  a mechanic isn't going to wrench on a car all day with a socket set bought from walmart, he needs a quality tool that he can count on and be comfortable with to make his living.  it's no different with my keyboard, mouse, and headset.

Exactly!

The funny thing is, I'm (tooting my own horn) a fairly decent amateur mechanic and also fairly handy around the house... my roommate has aspirations to be the same.  I keep trying to tell him that e.g. Craftsman is the minimum acceptable quality for mechanic's tools but he really wants S-K, Proto, etc. and similar comments regarding tools for home repair but he doesn't listen and keeps buying crap at Harbor Freight...  his rationale, "well, if I break it, I can buy two more for the cost of one of your tools."  Yeah, but mine *don't* break, and they don't exude that aura of cheapness and don't piss me off every time I use them, either.

He's still using the keyboard that came with his PC

The other thing that I find amusing is that so many cheap, crappy tools come from the same geographic area that makes such nice keyboards...

[Internetlad]

i've got a Unicomp M, type on it constantly and nobody ever says diddly, then again I have a whole area to work with on my own, and don't spend a considerable amount of time typing in a short period.