# Why is this happening - weird work office anomaly **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 23, 2025, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-this-happening-weird-work-office-anomaly/1013294 "2025-01-23T16:39:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 23
**Author:** ![Dr.Strangelove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.strangelove/32/6613_2.png) [@Dr.Strangelove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Strangelove)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2025, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-this-happening-weird-work-office-anomaly/1013294/23 "2025-01-23T18:43:02Z")
Is it when she moves her chair, or when she gets out of her chair? If it’s when she gets out, it may be the pneumatic cylinder causing an electromagnetic pulse. I had the same problem: > [@My computer glitches when I get out of my chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-computer-glitches-when-i-get-out-of-my-chair/1002936): > > Too odd a thing to not share. But don’t worry, the mystery will be revealed. I recently upgraded my video card and monitor, with the monitor running at a pretty high pixel rate: 3440x1440 @ 165 Hz. It’s been pretty reliable, but noticed that every so often I’d get a black screen, which would come back in a second or so. Audio (which goes through the DisplayPort cable) also cut out. It’s been pretty rare and I didn’t have a clear repro scenario, but it never seemed to happen when I was in th… --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-this-happening-weird-work-office-anomaly/1013294)._