Today, according to my west coast brother is "Crackers Over the Keyboard Day." I'm not at all sure that this is something to be celebrated. I do have a little compressed air gadget that I can use to blow dust off my laptop as needed but I never eat while I'm working on my computer. I sometimes drink coffee or water but I keep it at a safe distance at the other end of my desk.
When my family was young fifty years ago and my first husband started bringing home towers and keyboards and screens in all manner if configurations and, eventually, laptops, it was a family rule "No eating at the computer!" I guess that early training has stuck with me.
It isn't only food though that can deposit debris on a keyboard. I had a cat who assumed it was her right to stretch out on the keyboard whenever I started to type. She left generous amounts of cat hair. These days I don't have any pets so my laptop stays cleaner. One of my friends has a cat with the same attitude as mine. I know this because when we are attending Zoom meetings together her cat strolls across her keyboard at frequent intervals. When he's walking and swishing his tail he pretty much covers the whole screen and is never in a rush to move on.
When cats behave like this they remind me of toddlers who demand attention whenever their parent is on the phone. But I wonder if that's still true. When my children were toddlers, fifty years ago the telephone was attached to the wall and infrequently used. Now people seem to be on their phones one way or another so much of the time that toddlers may just think they're still getting plenty of attention. Of course they may be so busy on their own phones or tablets that they don't even notice what mom or dad are doing.
I'm just observing, not judging.
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