# "I'm left handed.." **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 15, 2003, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-left-handed/207612 "2003-10-15T18:22:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![merge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9f8e36/32.png) [@merge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/merge)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2003, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-left-handed/207612/1 "2003-10-15T18:22:31Z")
I love my job… I hate stupid people… I work in IT, a woman called me and said I had to get over to her to help her with her with her computer as soon as I could… ok… great…I have no problem with that… that is why I get paid… I drop everything I was doing and walk over to her, and she is on her neightbors computer for the day… I say “hey… whats going on…” and at first I thought my ears were playing a trick on me when she said… “I’m left handed, I need the mouse on the other side.” 😕 I looked at her in total disbelief and grabbed her mouse… pulled it over to the other side and walked away… She didn’t even want to switch the right and left click… she just called me over to move the fucking mouse… I wanted to jump out the window at that moment. ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Ashtar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@Lord\_Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Ashtar)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2003, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-left-handed/207612/2 "2003-10-15T18:55:44Z")
That’s the stupidest thing I’ve ever heard. ---
**Author:** ![HelenGawn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a88e4f/32.png) [@HelenGawn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HelenGawn)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2003, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-left-handed/207612/3 "2003-10-15T18:58:53Z")
Repeat after me the mantra of IT people everywhere: “It all pays the same. It all pays the same. It all pays the same…” (This is particularly calming if your department charges her department for your time.) ---
**Author:** ![cowgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8c91f0/32.png) [@cowgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cowgirl)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2003, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-left-handed/207612/4 "2003-10-15T18:59:33Z")
Fantastic. See, all the people like that out there ensure jobs for life for people like you ! ---
**Author:** ![Earthworm\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f07891/32.png) [@Earthworm\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earthworm_Jim)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2003, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-left-handed/207612/5 "2003-10-15T18:59:45Z")
You should have empowered her: "Pick up the mouse. Good. Now pick up the mouse pad. Good. Set the mouse pad down on the left side of your desk. Excellent, almost there. Now, put the mouse on top of the mouse pad. Anything else I can do for you today?" ---
**Author:** ![Gorgon\_Heap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f475e1/32.png) [@Gorgon\_Heap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorgon_Heap)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2003, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-left-handed/207612/6 "2003-10-15T19:10:01Z")
I don’t think I could have done it. I would have asked to explain, in detail and several times, what her problem was and see if she figured it out. It probably wouldn’t have hurt to call over a few other people for additional assistance. Crimminy. ---
**Author:** ![BubbaDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bubbadog/32/333_2.png) [@BubbaDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BubbaDog)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2003, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-left-handed/207612/7 "2003-10-15T19:20:39Z")
Hijack to the other end of the spectrum. I once caught a load of crap from our old IT rep because I moved my computer monitor and keyboard from one side of my desk to the other. I didn’t disconnect anything. I didn’t add software or reconfigure anything. It looks like your user and my rep would co-exist nicely on some far awy planet. Bubba ---
**Author:** ![Velma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/85e7bf/32.png) [@Velma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velma)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2003, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-left-handed/207612/8 "2003-10-15T19:21:22Z")
What did she do when you moved it? Was she embarrassed or did she really just want you to move it over for her? ---
**Author:** ![sturmhauke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@sturmhauke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sturmhauke)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2003, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-left-handed/207612/9 "2003-10-15T19:39:03Z")
Maybe she was attempting (badly) to flirt with you…? ---
**Author:** ![Flymaster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c4cdca/32.png) [@Flymaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flymaster)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2003, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-left-handed/207612/10 "2003-10-15T19:48:58Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Lord Ashtar \* > \*\*That’s the stupidest thing I’ve ever heard. \*\* When I was working desktop support, if someone had called me with that problem, I’d have had to put in a ticket for the union to do it, because it was a hardware problem. I’m as union supporting, pinko-liberal as they come, but THAT was the stupidest thing I ever heard. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2003, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-left-handed/207612/11 "2003-10-15T19:49:59Z")
You should have peed on her. ---
**Author:** ![ThatDuckIsEvil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@ThatDuckIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThatDuckIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2003, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-left-handed/207612/12 "2003-10-15T19:59:07Z")
I’m left handed. I leave my mouse on the right. For the same reason that I bowl right-handed and brush my teeth right-handed. I watched others do it that way, so I did it that way too. She must’ve been one of those “special” left-handers we try not to talk about in our bi-monthly meetings. ---
**Author:** ![SkipMagic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skipmagic/32/20706_2.png) [@SkipMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkipMagic)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2003, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-left-handed/207612/13 "2003-10-15T20:10:24Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by lieu \* > \*\*You should have peed on her. \*\* Using his left hand to direct his peeing device? ---
**Author:** ![slortar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@slortar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slortar)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2003, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-left-handed/207612/14 "2003-10-15T20:11:07Z")
I can actually use a mouse equally well with either hand–right at work, left at home. The upshot is that I’m more comfortable airbrushing photos and doing logos with my right hand and playing games with my left, although I can do either “backwards.” That is pretty damn stupid. My personal favorite stupid IT thing is when people don’t know about the proper usages of the on/off switch. ---
**Author:** ![MrMyth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e19b73/32.png) [@MrMyth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrMyth)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2003, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-left-handed/207612/15 "2003-10-15T20:15:59Z")
User’s monitor dies. I replace monitor. After this apparently intense process, user asks me if all her stuff is still saved on the computer. Brain thinks, “What the fuck?” Mouth takes advantage of brain’s confusion and says, “Do the TV stations go away when you throw out your TV?” User blinks. Blinks again. Starts to blink one more time, but then that body function is halted in favor of more processing time devoted to my perplexing question. “Ohhhhhh,” she drools, after blinking a few more times. I briefly considered dropping her dead monitor on her foot. I love users. ---
**Author:** ![seal\_cleaner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@seal\_cleaner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seal_cleaner)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2003, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-left-handed/207612/16 "2003-10-15T20:30:23Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ThatDuckIsEvil \* > \*\*I’m left handed. > > I leave my mouse on the right. For the same reason that I bowl right-handed and brush my teeth right-handed. I watched others do it that way, so I did it that way too. > > She must’ve been one of those “special” left-handers we try not to talk about in our bi-monthly meetings. \*\* Another Lefty here, duck. Hey -\* you weren’t supposed to talk about the meetings. \* :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Cerri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3bc359/32.png) [@Cerri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cerri)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2003, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-left-handed/207612/17 "2003-10-15T20:42:37Z")
I’m left handed and the only time I use a mouse on the left hand side is when I’m two-boxing. _shrug_ I’m constantly amazed by the amount of people who, under normal circumstances might be considered intelligent, but are reduced to complete drooling morons by a bit of technology. ---
**Author:** ![Palikia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e95f7d/32.png) [@Palikia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Palikia)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2003, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-left-handed/207612/18 "2003-10-15T21:25:23Z")
I’m a lefty also. There is a definite advantage to using my mouse with the right hand because that leaves my left free to take written notes or type. ---
**Author:** ![kasuo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8c91f0/32.png) [@kasuo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kasuo)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2003, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-left-handed/207612/19 "2003-10-15T21:57:32Z")
This **[link](http://web14.compaq.com/falco/detail.asp?FAQnum=FAQ2859)** to a FAQ site for customers essentially sums up how bad some people can be with computers. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2003, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-left-handed/207612/20 "2003-10-15T22:35:28Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by MrMyth \* > \*\*User’s monitor dies. I replace monitor. After this apparently intense process, user asks me if all her stuff is still saved on the computer. \*\* There are a _lot_ of people who think the computer is inside the monitor. They think the box is just where you put the CDs and turn it on. In fact, some people think turning the monitor off and back on is rebooting the computer. It’s weird how some people think. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-left-handed/207612.md?page=2)