[–] tjkac 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago (edited ago)
I work for a municipality on the IT staff. One of the departments our group supports is the local police department. Previous to this, I did IT contract work for a number of different corporations. So I had to go through the various sexual harassment training and what not. Fast forward to my first week on the job at the municipality. One of the detectives, who happened to be a woman, called saying that her mouse needed cleaning. She had one of the MS Trackball mice...the kind with the big red ball on top. Well, the sensors on the bottom of the ball socket would get all full of dirt and needed cleaning from time to time. So I pack up some q-tips and canned air and head to her desk. When I arrive, she says, "You're new aren't you?" I said, "Yes." She said, "Well it's nice to meet you. Are you here to clean my mouse? Or as the guys down here (the other male detectives) would say, 'Are you here to clean my balls?'"
And that was my introduction to working with Police Officers.
[–] 7735501? 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
I was so fucking glad when my office finally allowed us to replace them all with optical mice. Working in a place where hundreds of thousands of pieces of mail are opened daily in the room next to where the largest collection of desktops with mice meant they had tons of dust and crap stuck in them constantly, not to mention the crap from the people using them. The PC were bad enough but at least they just needed blowing out every few months. The mice needed cleaning monthly at the very least.
[–] ilovepussy 0 points 5 points 5 points (+5|-0) ago
I 'member working for a tech firm, and had to get replacement balls for one of our clients. The first place that came up on a search was a medical lab that actually sold mice balls. Almost ordered them just to be funny, but they were uber expensive.
[–] Dumb_Comment_Bot 0 points 6 points 6 points (+6|-0) ago
I remember popping it out and rolling it around on the table as a child. Didnt make a good bouncy ball though.
[–] Hawkeye1466 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
I did the same thing! First time I did it I was surprised how heavy it was compared to the rest of the mouse, I also didn't expect it to make as much noise as it did when I threw it at the wooden floor.
[–] VicariousJambi 0 points 7 points 7 points (+7|-0) ago
I remember taking them out of all the school mice and watching the idiot teachers fumble around trying to figure out what was wrong.
[–] digitalentity1497 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
I recently bought a new once since I never got used to moving my hand around: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UivImmb-7u8