I'm not antisocial but...

[plonq]

...I cringe when certain people stop by my desk to talk.  I'm not antisocial, and atara will readily attest to the fact that I am not fastidiously neat, but my blood pressure jumped a few notches when he thumped down his overfilled, dripping coffee mug on my desk and then started jabbing my screen with his greasy fore finger.

Two things that I really don't like are industrial-grade coffee rings on my desk, and greasy smudges on my screen.  It is both fortunate and unfortunate that I lack the power to make people's heads explode by force of will.  It would be entertaining, to be sure, but then I'd have an even bigger mess to clean up.

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[feren.livejournal.com]

[It is both fortunate and unfortunate that I lack the power to make people's heads explode by force of will.]

This is precisely why you will find no Scanners in the Info-Tech industry.

[duncandahusky.livejournal.com]

Which is a fortunate thing. Otherwise, I imagine a tall office building somewhere in Illinois where the walls are painted red...

[quickcasey.livejournal.com]

I cover my desk with lopsided stacks of paper. Some of which I have no idea why they are there. You can't set a coffee cup down. Also my computer is at the end of an "inlet" between a shelf, and my L shaped desk. No-one can reach it without getting around me. I just have to put up with the stupid questions.

[tamarik.livejournal.com]

My monitor at home is old, nasty and covered with smears and prints that just won't budge no matter how much I clean the thing. I'm so used to 'em I don't see them anymore.

But God help the ruddy bastard that puts their finger on my monitor. I'll gut the son of a bitch.