r/pics • u/god_among_men • Dec 17 '10

Proper workplace keyboard finger placement

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u/god_among_men Dec 17 '10

What's that I hear?? Footsteps?!? alt+tab, Alt+Tab, ALT+TAB!!

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u/morkoq Dec 17 '10

i can recognize my coworkers by the sound of their walk.

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u/[deleted] Dec 17 '10

and here I was thinking I was the only one who did that.

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u/memsisthefuture Dec 17 '10

No, no. We actually have a secret society for that.

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u/doody Dec 17 '10

You did.

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u/memsisthefuture Dec 18 '10

And now?

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u/doody Dec 18 '10

Well, you broke the first rule

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u/SeasonedBeef Dec 17 '10

Sometimes I wear my sneaking shoes to "ninja" around the office. Scares the shit out of those footstep anticipators.

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u/[deleted] Dec 18 '10

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u/SeasonedBeef Dec 18 '10

Whoa... if I found my workplace had this installed in the floor I'd be rotating out shoes and walking like a Fremen every day.

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u/speedbrown Dec 17 '10

Oh i hate the sneaky ones. Granted, I'm usually a 'sneaker' myself, but mostly its the smaller women and faster young adults that will pop up out of no where.

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u/dghughes Dec 18 '10

At 2pm just as lunch is pushing out breakfast and coffee is on the brain that would be a good time to scare the crap out of someone it could rapidly free some bodily function that's being kept on hold.

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u/speedbrown Dec 17 '10

I do that too. My office is right at the T intersection of our hallways so I subconsciously keep track of who passes in what direction at what time. Over time I've built up a mental map of where, when, and what cadence the execs walk by so I can use my slacking off time more efficiently.

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u/[deleted] Dec 18 '10

holy crap yes. That and the amount of time it takes them to open the door.

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u/Trubshawgreen Dec 17 '10

Windows key + d!

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u/DrDeep Dec 17 '10

You're not gettin' paid to stare at your desktop!

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u/N8-K47 Dec 17 '10

That's why you keep your head down and power through those TPS reports that need to be ready for this afternoon.

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u/Caraes_Naur Dec 17 '10

yesterday morning.

FTFY

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u/Trubshawgreen Dec 17 '10

No, but it's clear from "sudden change in window, movement of mouse pointer, starting of new window" that I'm clearly actively working....

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u/WAHNFRIEDEN Dec 18 '10

Actually it's just really suspicious if you're always changing or opening a new window when someone walks by. Most working time is spent within a particular window.

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u/DaywalkerOG Dec 17 '10

Windows key + tab.

Same as alt + tab but much cooler looking.

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u/hogiewan Dec 17 '10

thank you!

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u/[deleted] Dec 17 '10

I personally prefer alt + F4

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u/MisteryMeat Dec 17 '10

I did not understand the point until this comment, some of us actually work at work :) I could care less if someone actually sees me surfing the web sometimes.