Last week I put in a request for a new ergo-dynamic keyboard at work. The one I’d been working on had a sticky left-shift key and when you type as fast (and manically!) as I do, a sticky shift key is a serious problem. How can I write about recruiter initiatives when my pinky is constantly having to double tamp that shift key? Double tamping can cause serious wrist problems!

This morning, as I was walking past the desk of the IT guy who’d placed the order, I thought to ask him when the keyboard might be coming in.

He gave me a confused look. “Erm, I plugged it in for you on Friday,” he said.

I blushed. “You mean I’ve been using it all day today? And I didn’t notice?”

“Uh … yeah,” he answered, clearly trying not to make me feel stupid, but failing. My stupidity knows no bounds sometimes.