If you want to quickly slice up a cucumber (i use it on my sandwiches) i use a cheese slicer and do a super slicing action to destroy the cucumber in a furious hurry 
That sounds like a tactile nightmare.
I can honestly say, with every fiber of my being, I would rather buy a new keyboard every few months/years then type on one covered in saran wrap.
A regular plastic cover, purpose made for a keyboard, would be like plastic furniture covers. This would be like your favorite chair loosely covered in saran wrap.
Luckily for me, I don’t have to worry about it. My life hack of not allowing any uncapped liquids on my desk has a pretty good track record and, for my setup, makes no difference in how convenient it is to grab my drink.
Not only that, but it really doesn’t work. Any noticeable wrinkles may become less noticeable, but will not disappear by using the shower to create steam. And iv you’ve gone to the trouble of bringing a suit these days, it’s because you need to make a decent impression. Just use a warm iron on it. If you don’t know how to use an iron, learn.
You might as well hang clothes and then actually take a shower, which I always do when I’ve been traveling and get to my accommodations.
The steamy shower posts reminded me.
You know how a hot steamy shower unclogs you when you have a cold? Take it a step further. Close up your bathroom and turn off the overhead fan. Turn on the shower using 100% hot water, but don’t get into the shower (obviously). Put a blob of Vicks Vaporub on a washcloth and fold the washcloth up. Place it on the floor of the shower so that the hot water plays on it. Then carefully hang your face as close as you can into the plume of steam and inhale deeply into the bottom of your lungs for as long as you can or the hot water runs out, whichever comes first.
You’ll soon start to decongest with a vengeance. But your bathroom will be dripping and wet.
I’ve done an approximation of this when I’ve had a stuffy head. I’ll close the bathroom door and pull the shower curtain closed. I’ll run the shower on its hottest setting but aim the nozzle at the wall of the shower for maximum droplet dispersal. Then stick my head into that steamy cloud with the rest of me outside the shower curtain. Breathe deeply. In my former house, there was a wide ledge around the tub so I could sit on it with my head in the steam while sealing the rest of me outside the steamy area by using the shower curtain. (I hope I’m describing this well.) Adding the Vicks is a good idea, but I never bothered.
Or a hand-held steamer wand. They are the cat’s meow for travel wrinkles. Not any more expensive than an iron and less risky, particularly for the inexperienced.
You can do this much less messily and wastefully by filling your sink with hot water, and leaning over it with a towel covering the sink and your head. We did this all the time as kids.
Re unclogging your stuffy head in a shower…
My mother did the exact opposite. When her sinuses were clogged and bothering her, which usually meant a sinus headache, she would turn on the oven and put her head partially into it. She had discovered that opening the oven while baking would clear her head up almost instantly. Guess it’s the very hot, dry air (electric oven, of course).
She did this for at least 30 years. When I visited, I could tell that she had a sinus headache when she started preheating the oven for no apparent reason.
Oh dear…that’s a scary picture…
Indeed.
In my bathroom, the only way to turn off said fan is to turn off the lights, and I suspect management would strongly disapprove of tenants indulging in DIY modifications to this.
Light some candles? Turn on a flashlight?
… your smartphone has a flashlight setting (which will chew through your battery life) or if you have an outlet in your bathroom, they make these things called “night lights.”
Or go nuts and plug in a string of Christmas lights.
Based on some of the trivial stuff mentioned here (like rubber bands, to which I contributed my wisdom 
) we must all have thousands of these hacks, but just can’t think of them on the spur of the moment.
But here’s one on the spur of the moment since I was feeling a bit peckish but lazy on this early morning. I like hardboiled eggs, and love deviled eggs. But I usually only make deviled eggs for party gatherings. For one serving, I have a very simple solution called Wolfpup’s Imitation Deviled Eggs. Put two eggs in a small saucepan of cold water and bring to a boil, then let stand for 10-11 minutes and then cool in cold water. Peel eggs, cut in half, and anoint each half with a generous dollop of good mayo and a bit of Dijon mustard (the good stuff, like Grey Poupon). Sprinkle with paprika. Delicious!
My life hack of backing up my computer means that i don’t live in fear of spilling water on it – something I’ve never done despite routinely working at the breakfast table with a tea pot and a mug of tea at hand.
My issue isn’t about losing data (which I have backed up to 3 different locations,it’s about time. My computer is higher than my desk, if I spill something I won’t lose any data, but I’ll waste half a day running to Best Buy to get a new keyboard/mouse and deal with anything else on my desk that got ruined/wet.
The big difference here is that you have never done it while I do it on a regular basis. I’ll bet at least once a month I accidentally knock over a water bottle that I didn’t realize was in front of me, but it always has a cap so it’s generally not a big deal.
And, again, there’s absolutely no additional inconvenience for me to keep it off my desk, so I’m not going to take the chance at ruining anything, even if it means there won’t be any data loss.
Going back to your quote, I’m just saying that even if you don’t lose any data, you’d still be replacing your laptop.
Excellent solution! I’ve seen the idea before, the Mrs. has done it a few times, from a recipe she found called “Lazy Devils”.
Yes, I’d be sad if i had to replace the laptop, but I’ve been drinking while working at my computer for decades and haven’t had a problem yet. If i need to replace my laptop every 20 years for the convenience of being able to use it wherever i want to use it, that’s an acceptable trade-off to me.
Fwiw, i don’t use tippy things like water bottles at home. I use solid mugs and glasses that have a lot of weight on the bottom. That’s not because I’m afraid of breaking laptops, but there are lots of other things on my desk and kitchen table i don’t want to soak, and it’s just more comfortable.
(Unrelated realization: Your name is “puzzle gal!” I’ve been reading it as “puzzle-legal” for years. I thought you were a lawyer or something. XD)
And if you use a fancy mechanical keyboard, it’s gonna be a very expensive replacement. In my wastrel youth I lost at least three mech. keyboards to spills. I like a beverage at my desk too much to go without, but now I diligently keep my cup at the extreme right edge of my desk and my keyboard at the left. I still knock it over constantly because I am clumsy, but at least my lovely keyboards are out of the line of fire!
My lifehack is useful only to those taking medication (or whatever, I don’t judge) via injection: Rather than buy fancy sharps containers, save the rigid plastic containers that laundry or dishwasher soap pods come in. One container will hold a year or more’s worth of needles. When it’s full, tape it shut and take it to a hospital or public sharps disposal bin.
If you have a bottle of a thin liquid with a foil seal under the cap - like rubbing alcohol or Goo Gone - don’t remove the seal - just poke a small hole in it with a pin or a toothpick. You’ll have much finer control of how much liquid you dispense, and much smaller spills if you knock the bottle over.