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It Makes Me Nauseous

There’s a industrial strength pencil sharpener over the wall in the next cubicle.

When the draftsman, er… draftswoman uses it, the display on my monitor goes all wonky. A warped, vibrating display. Makes me queasy.

If the sharpening noises would just start a split second earlier, I could learn to look away for those 5 seconds.

Just an annoying office observation.

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8 responses to “It Makes Me Nauseous”

  1. Uptown Girl Avatar
    Uptown Girl

    I hate when things make the monitors go all jiggy.

    At my office when the A/C kicks on mine gets jiggy for a few seconds. It’s annoying.

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  2. Stephen Avatar
    Stephen

    The jiggyness started on my monitor years ago, right after that Pink Floyd concert.

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  3. Sean Avatar
    Sean

    Dear JohnJohn, here’s the latest dirty trick – office pencil sharpeners.

    Do not adjust your monitor – we have assumed control.
    We control the veritcal,
    We control the horizontal
    We control the media –
    Mwahahah.
    – Terry McAuliff

    http://www.strangecosmos.com/content/item/16202.html

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  4. Sean Avatar
    Sean

    BUT thAT DAMN SPELL CHECKER IS STILL GIVING ME PROBLEMS-

    vertICAL.

    – TA.

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  5. Courtney Avatar
    Courtney

    Ooooh. Good information to have. I think all my pencils are a bit dull…..

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  6. Michael Avatar
    Michael

    Murph. That’s disgusting. Don’t encourage him, Courtney.

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  7. Courtney Avatar
    Courtney

    And where it stops, nobody knows.

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  8. Courtney Avatar
    Courtney

    Heh. Last comment belongs to Nascar thread…..

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About Me

Michael, a sinner saved by grace, sharing what the good Lord has shared with me.

Solomon, in the book of Ecclesiastes, said, “I have seen all the things that are done under the sun; all of them are meaningless, a chasing after the wind.”

If you’re not living for the glory of God, then what you’re doing is meaningless, no matter what it is. Living for God gives life meaning, and enjoying a “chasing after the wind” is a gift from God. I’m doing what I can to enjoy this gift daily.

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