I am sick and tired of people coming in my office and fingering my monitor. Today I hurt someone's feelings because he poked my monitor to point something out and I quipped "don't touch". He got his feelings hurt and looked like he dropped the soap in prison because I barked at him. The sad thing is the people that do it the most are engineers and other managers. I actually paid for my 24" Samsung LCD out of my pocket(my company would only allocate for an analog 19" Dell and it was trash), and I DETEST people pushing on the screen, not only in fear of damaging the pixels, but I don't want their greasy paw prints on it either. Oddly enough my 9 year knows better than to finger the screens.
I've tried notes, barking, and anything else I can think of. I've been contemplating putting up a sign that reads "if you touch my monitor, you will die of a horrible death" but wasn't sure if that was going too far. Any ideas?
2007-04-17 12:58:10 · 11 answers · asked by x_ill 4 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Monitors
yes jojo, I realize how I sound, but I don't understand the need for people to touch the monitor, not when I was a tech, not when I was an admin, and most certainly not now that I'm a manager. To me it is the same as if I walk up to someone and touch their glasses, or riding in their car and feel the need to touch the windshield to point out where to go, it is entirely unnecessary, how about if you just spent $300 having your car detailed and some nipplehead insists on closing the door by the window leaving huge hand prints(that's another pet peave but I'll leave that alone for now)?
To me it seems like common sense, courtesy, and simple knowing how to respect other people's stuff, but maybe I'm missing something.
2007-04-17 13:09:47 · update #1
Get a yellow sticky note and just say "IF YOU PUT YOUR FINGER ON MY MONITOR, I WILL BREAK IT OFF"
Stick it to the top corner. The next time someone does it, grab their finger and ask if they seen your note...
2007-04-17 13:17:05 · answer #1 · answered by orlandobillybob 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
My husband, an aerospace engineer, is constantly yelling at me and my children about this same thing. The rest of us non-engineering types just don't care, and some us could have a depth perception problem. It's not worth the time and effort to whine about it. We understand that fingerprints happen, and it's simple to remove them. As for damaging a pixel, I would like to know at least one person who has damaged a pixel by a accidentally pushing on the screen. A polite way to address this issue is easy. Use the screen the company provided, let people push, prod and poke on the screen all they want, and leave your nice screen at home. Unless you really want to be know as the computer screen psycho at work. The keep up with your notes, barking and threats. You'll be in social Siberia at work in no time.
2007-04-17 13:38:04 · answer #2 · answered by surfergirrl 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
you can always buy a screen protecter it should fit on the monitor. I cannot assure that they will stop but at least if they did touch you wouldn't see there greasy paw prints. Maybe if you explain to people why you don't like them touching your screen they might stop such as you could damage the moniter or it can be difficult to remove finger prints from the screen or maybe you can go ahead and let them know that this moniter was an investment for you and you'd like to keep it in good condition. I know that a lot people like to know why something is wrong or why they cannot do a certain things, yes it can be a pain to explain but maybe that would stick out in there mind next time they try to do it again.
Hope I helped. =]
2007-04-17 13:11:42 · answer #3 · answered by lovely2486 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
You must have a lot of time on your hands as a Manager to worry about fingerprints on your personal monitor. Just keep a box of surgical latex gloves near your monitor for anyone to use.
2007-04-17 19:17:27 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
get a clear cover for it that allows you to touch it without touching the screen like a glass shield
2007-04-17 13:02:33 · answer #5 · answered by fancy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
SOMEONE MOVED AROUND THE ICONS ON MY DESKTOP SO I USED THE MARQUEE SCREENSAVER THAT SAID, "BACK AWAY FROM THE MONITOR". IT GOT A CHUCKLE, BUT IT WORKED!
2007-04-17 13:04:09 · answer #6 · answered by DawnBT 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Charge them for it. Money talks. Seriously, people are morons - I doubt you'll ever get them to listen.
2007-04-17 13:01:56 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I dont suppose you realise how sad you sound?
Typical anally retentive office worker!
2007-04-17 13:01:48 · answer #8 · answered by jojo5050 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
i like to have my screen touched.....
36....d .monitor....
2007-04-17 13:03:24 · answer #9 · answered by amri 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
man i hate that myself,i really don't know what you can do about it without getting really offensive
2007-04-17 13:45:08 · answer #10 · answered by thomasl 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋