# People who insist on touching the computer screen.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-insist-on-touching-the-computer-screen/184783>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [June 27, 2003, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-insist-on-touching-the-computer-screen/184783 "2003-06-27T16:12:49Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\
**Post date:** [July 15, 2003, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-insist-on-touching-the-computer-screen/184783/41 "2003-07-15T23:15:51Z")

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Never mind fingerprints. What about all that Wite-Out on it??

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**Author:** ![Mama\_Tiger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@Mama\_Tiger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Tiger)\
**Post date:** [July 16, 2003, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-insist-on-touching-the-computer-screen/184783/42 "2003-07-16T00:20:13Z")

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The blonde is trying to correct her mistakes?

\<rimshot\>

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**Author:** ![Nanoda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ce73a5/32.png) [@Nanoda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nanoda)\
**Post date:** [July 16, 2003, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-insist-on-touching-the-computer-screen/184783/43 "2003-07-16T01:33:47Z")

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I’d solve the feely-co-worker problem real quick. Spray for the screen, spray for the co-worker. Spray for the screen, spray for the co-worker… 😃

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**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\
**Post date:** [July 16, 2003, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-insist-on-touching-the-computer-screen/184783/44 "2003-07-16T02:15:39Z")

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**furr** , for those cases I try to use a pen as a pointer (fortunately, I’m not a pen-chewer). It usually works better than my pudgy fingers, and doesn’t leave a mark.

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**Author:** ![diku](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4af34b/32.png) [@diku](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/diku)\
**Post date:** [July 16, 2003, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-insist-on-touching-the-computer-screen/184783/45 "2003-07-16T02:56:07Z")

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Ah, a call-center I use to support had worse. As the operators would take orders, they would have a bad tendency to underline things.

On their monitor.

In ink.

You read that right. I had to ditch brand-new monitors because of ink marks. One even used a sharpie, then called me when she realized what she did. She really didn’t understand what I found so funny.

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**Author:** ![slortar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@slortar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slortar)\
**Post date:** [July 16, 2003, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-insist-on-touching-the-computer-screen/184783/46 "2003-07-16T14:31:02Z")

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Personally, I’m annoyed at all the lip print smudges left on my monitor…

[sub]What?[/sub]

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**Author:** ![misstee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/958977/32.png) [@misstee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/misstee)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2003, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-insist-on-touching-the-computer-screen/184783/47 "2003-07-17T16:30:52Z")

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**slortar** I had no idea that was your monitor.

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