How many of you leave your rare/expensive keyboards at work unattended?

[sethk_]

No chance in hell I'd leave a nice board alone at school, not that I'd be "that guy" and bring a multi-hundred dollar custom keyboard to take notes anyway

The most expensive I brought was my hhkb into my ap compsci class and I just brought it home every day

[rowdy]

No chance in hell I'd leave a nice board alone at school, not that I'd be "that guy" and bring a multi-hundred dollar custom keyboard to take notes anyway

The most expensive I brought was my hhkb into my ap compsci class and I just brought it home every day

Portability is definitely a plus for HHKB ownership.

[pr0ximity]

I leave my 87U at work all day every day. I'm working up the courage to bring my Mini to-from work, but probably won't be leaving it there. Though having it locked in my filing cabinet there would probably be safer than my own home.

[osi]

I have left my HHKB at work 99% of it's life-no problems yet .

Honestly most people have no idea what the keyboard is nor its worth.

[azhdar]

I wish I had a personnal board at work, moving from SQ to rubberdome everyday is so hard.

[yomammary]

I usually bring home my HHKB on the weekends but I'd know if someone took it

[henz]

Everyone who comes in/out gets their picture snapped, so leaving them is no concern, but i choose to lock them into a locker, because ppl are interested and decide to finger on my lovely keycaps!!@!@!

[jbondeson]

I have no issues leaving my boards at the office (they're only a couple hundred), but even if it was more expensive I wouldn't mind. If the cleaning crew was going to steal something they'd take the laptops, or monitors they aren't going to steal the keyboard. And if I thought a coworker was a danger to steal stuff and the company kept them around, I think I'd be looking for another job.

But seriously, unless you tell people how much you spent, or they're an enthusiast themselves, people would have no idea that any of them are expensive.

[saturnotaku]

I have no issues leaving my boards at the office (they're only a couple hundred), but even if it was more expensive I wouldn't mind. If the cleaning crew was going to steal something they'd take the laptops, or monitors they aren't going to steal the keyboard. And if I thought a coworker was a danger to steal stuff and the company kept them around, I think I'd be looking for another job.

But seriously, unless you tell people how much you spent, or they're an enthusiast themselves, people would have no idea that any of them are expensive.

^ This.

[maskey]

When I'm using my Quickfire Rapid I'll usually leave it at work M-F and bring it home on the weekends. I bought a grifiti chiton case just for this very purpose. I'm usually the only person in my office so I'm not too worried about theft. Plus my coworkers are great and respect my things, mostly. The one person I didn't trust just got fired anyway.

When I bring my Novatouch to work, that comes home nightly. I have a pretty cool Hazard4 Sherman briefcase; the keyboard+case fits very easily into the fold. I can just slide it and it will never pop out. It only takes me ~10seconds to pack it up so bringing it home is not a hassle.

[jerue]

Everyone who comes in/out gets their picture snapped, so leaving them is no concern, but i choose to lock them into a locker, because ppl are interested and decide to finger on my lovely keycaps!!@!@!

We are setup at work that way. A computer shows who has scanned in/out of our building in the depths of IT land.

And in a shocking twist, our facilities crew has attempted to bump up security even further for our building, so much so that even I can't get into my own workspace at certain hours. Awkward when you're on call or have to work events during non-business hours...

[Melvang]

While I don't type for work, I do leave probably $2,000 worth of hand tools at work.  Many times I don't bother to lock them up because I don't feel like pushing them across the plant.  Most times I just close the boxes and push my cart up against a wall.    A list t of days I don't even bother locking up my individual tool boxes. 

Security ranges from being able to just walk in the plant without passing a single person, to having to have a picture magnetic badge and have to walk through a turnstyle, just to get inside the fence.

So if I had an office job, I probably wouldn't have an issue with taking something like an F77 and leaving it on my desk.

[Herothereu]

Nobody touches my Novatouch!

[asagage]

I carry my Realforce 87U with me every night. But thats just because I don't want to buy 2 and leave one at home.  I used to wrap it in bubble wrap and that was annoying so I made a custom sleeve (Dr|Feels).  The first sleeve got here Friday and I have some more on kickstarter if you want to check it out.  Now I carry my realforce to work in a sleeve and its pretty awesome. I think mine would be safe to leave at work, but YMMV.
 

[ConscienceDrop]

I leave my anniversary edition hhkb out at the children's OCD ward I work in. So far its fine.

[rowdy]

Nobody touches my Novatouch!

Nevatouch your Novatouch!

[snoopy]

my realforce with nightowl cc is at work all the time. no problems yet.

[pharaoh]

How about at LAN events?

At every (public) LAN that I have attended, I carried around my iems/headphones and my type-s in my backpack if I was away from my pc.  The only exception was going to the bathroom, I'd have a friend keep an eye on them for me.  LAN's seem a little more dangerous to have your stuff laying around because people attending them usually know what they're taking. Most large lans have equipment check-in and event security, but you can't be too careful if you have expensive peripherals, especially if you need to use them at the lan 

[Computer-Lab in Basement]

ssk is at work, as well as my poker 2

but i lock them in my office at night

[phosphor]

On a serious note, I don't type at work but i do handle company equipment. Every day i have to use a company issue FIRST phone, one per department. these overpriced android cellphones cost us $6000 a pop. And since there's only one per department if it accidentally ends up in our lockers (which is common) they have no problem using the bolt cutters.

My locker has been opened by my manager twice, and there's been a rash of thefts (wallets, credit cards, even a car - using keys stolen from a locker).

I wish I felt safe leaving my things, but i don't.

[ATXTider]

On a serious note, I don't type at work but i do handle company equipment. Every day i have to use a company issue FIRST phone, one per department. these overpriced android cellphones cost us $6000 a pop. And since there's only one per department if it accidentally ends up in our lockers (which is common) they have no problem using the bolt cutters.

My locker has been opened by my manager twice, and there's been a rash of thefts (wallets, credit cards, even a car - using keys stolen from a locker).

I wish I felt safe leaving my things, but i don't.

livin that orange life

[phosphor]

On a serious note, I don't type at work but i do handle company equipment. Every day i have to use a company issue FIRST phone, one per department. these overpriced android cellphones cost us $6000 a pop. And since there's only one per department if it accidentally ends up in our lockers (which is common) they have no problem using the bolt cutters.

My locker has been opened by my manager twice, and there's been a rash of thefts (wallets, credit cards, even a car - using keys stolen from a locker).

I wish I felt safe leaving my things, but i don't.

livin that orange life

sadly.
*sigh*
i know six computer languages, not including html. i know friggin sign language. and im stuck in D26.

[Macsmasher]

I work from a home office, so I don't worry about the keyboards I leave at the office. In addition, it isn't proper to have a one sentence paragraph, so I'm adding this sentence to make it two.

[nmur]

After reading this thread I decided to unplug my hhkb and put it in my drawer yesterday afternoon. I came in this morning, and in my morning haze, my heart skipped a beat when I didn't see it on my desk...

the last person I would suspect to steal my keyboard would be myself..

[Steezus]

After reading this thread I decided to unplug my hhkb and put it in my drawer yesterday afternoon. I came in this morning, and in my morning haze, my heart skipped a beat when I didn't see it on my desk...

the last person I would suspect to steal my keyboard would be myself..

Should bring in a decoy rubberdome and replace it with your hhkb at night, nobody will ever know.

[HoffmanMyster]

After reading this thread I decided to unplug my hhkb and put it in my drawer yesterday afternoon. I came in this morning, and in my morning haze, my heart skipped a beat when I didn't see it on my desk...

the last person I would suspect to steal my keyboard would be myself..

LOL that's totally something I would do too.  :facepalm:  )

[snoopy]

ssk is at work, as well as my poker 2

but i lock them in my office at night

wish I could use a ssk at work... but it's too loud, even with flossmod :-(

[derb2k2]

my HHKB sits at my workdesk in the laboratory permanently. Even though there are two other labs flanking ours in a large room, I don't think anyone here even knows the value of the HHKB. They probably wonder how the hell I get work done with it since we use a linux distro. 

[chyros]

my HHKB sits at my workdesk in the laboratory permanently. Even though there are two other labs flanking ours in a large room, I don't think anyone here even knows the value of the HHKB. They probably wonder how the hell I get work done with it since we use a linux distro. 

Even if they did know, who are they going to flog it to, right? Don't see the point to get all that paranoid about keyboards at work, myself.

[derb2k2]

my HHKB sits at my workdesk in the laboratory permanently. Even though there are two other labs flanking ours in a large room, I don't think anyone here even knows the value of the HHKB. They probably wonder how the hell I get work done with it since we use a linux distro. 

Even if they did know, who are they going to flog it to, right? Don't see the point to get all that paranoid about keyboards at work, myself.

I think it was mentioned but sometimes I do think about the cleaning crew and worry a bit. Of course, they also don't have a clue but I do think about it sometimes.

[njbair]

Living in a small house and having a preschooler at home, I prefer to leave anything of value in my office. This includes all my keyboards, my camera gear, and my oscilloscope.

I have a pretty big office, with both a desk and a soldering/workbench. So there's a lot of room for my stuff, and I have trustworthy coworkers.

[daerid]

I leave my expensive keyboards in my office all the time.

Of course, my office happens to be in my home.

[jamster]

I think that GH has skewed everyones' perception of normal.

Surely most workplaces have thing that are much better theft material than a keyboard. Computers. Tools. Even stationary or alcohol. Most people don't care about keyboards, wouldn't recognise the value of a fancy keyboard, and wouldn't be able to resell a keyboard if they stole one.

I suspect that if most potential keyboard thieves would do it for mischief, and would be more likely to steal some horrible RBG Razer monstrosity than something higher quality and more expensive.

[chilldude_22]

After reading this thread I decided to unplug my hhkb and put it in my drawer yesterday afternoon. I came in this morning, and in my morning haze, my heart skipped a beat when I didn't see it on my desk...

the last person I would suspect to steal my keyboard would be myself..

I'm pretty much friends with everyone at my agency, but still get a little nervous about my Nerd 60 from time to time. This story is hilarious, but putting it in the drawer is genius.

[Melvang]

Just remember locks only stop an honest thief.  I leave my car doors unlocked everywhere.  If someone wants in, they will get in.  I would rather have my radio stolen, than my radio stolen and a broken window.

[swill]

I was never worried about leaving my FC660C at work.  I now have 6 Bros and a Candy Corn skull on it now, so its a big more sketchy leaving it here.  But I still do...

[inanis]

Living in a small house and having a preschooler at home, I prefer to leave anything of value in my office. This includes all my keyboards, my camera gear, and my oscilloscope.

I have a pretty big office, with both a desk and a soldering/workbench. So there's a lot of room for my stuff, and I have trustworthy coworkers.

This is exactly how I feel, and pretty much exactly what I do. Everything valuable goes to the office. There is far more security there than at home with my two young kids!

[Blaise170]

Just remember locks only stop an honest thief.  I leave my car doors unlocked everywhere.  If someone wants in, they will get in.  I would rather have my radio stolen, than my radio stolen and a broken window.

I once accidentally left my car unlocked for about an hour and someone stole my amps out of the backseat. I seriously doubt that would've happened if the doors had been locked. Most thieves are looking for easy theft, they don't want to break windows when someone else left their car unlocked.

[chyros]

Just remember locks only stop an honest thief.  I leave my car doors unlocked everywhere.  If someone wants in, they will get in.  I would rather have my radio stolen, than my radio stolen and a broken window.

I once accidentally left my car unlocked for about an hour and someone stole my amps out of the backseat. I seriously doubt that would've happened if the doors had been locked. Most thieves are looking for easy theft, they don't want to break windows when someone else left their car unlocked.

The Romans had a very good saying; "opportunity makes the thief". And it's very true; that's why entrapment is a grounds for dismissal in court.

Still, I don't think anyone would come up with the idea to steal a keyboard, even if it DOES look fancy.

[mullidan]

It's a good idea to buy a front baby carrier like fathers use to walk their babies around strapped to their chests, to walk the keyboard around at work

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It's a good idea to buy a front baby carrier like fathers use to walk their babies around strapped to their chests, to walk the keyboard around at work

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Simply fantastic!

[Steezus]

It's a good idea to buy a front baby carrier like fathers use to walk their babies around strapped to their chests, to walk the keyboard around at work

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Simply fantastic!

Haha thanks, I love messing around in photoshop. I taught myself how to use photoshop so the image still has some blemishes but I like it.

[Oobly]

Yup, I leave my beloved 60% customs with SA caps on my desk (whichever one I happen to be using at work at the time), but I take them home for holiday times.

Secure office, so they're safe enough, and everyone knows who they belong to, so I don't think anyone could get away with taking one. Most people don't know what they're worth, either.

[TopreFan333]

My coworker's $50 "fancy" Logitech looks a lot more expensive to the eye than my board, so I assume any keyboard thief would take that first -- after they stole the tens of thousands of dollars worth of laptops and monitors lying around, of course.