The Click and Clack of True Love

Who's Your Daddy?

Oh those wily PR folks. What would we do without them? They invent these surveys to launch products. Then they wind up knowing more about what’s happening right in front of our very noses than even we do.

I’m speaking, of course, about our computers. According to a survey one PR group conducted for their client, Wellgate for Women, 96% of U.S. adult women who work in an office setting claim to like or love their computer.

I gotta confess, I’m one of them. I love not just my computer but also all its accoutrements. The keyboard with crumbs wedged into grooves, the sticky “traumatized” mouse, chocolate bar wrappers piled on my right, 1.3 million business cards I don’t know how to organize, and an “x-ed” out picture of my “ex” curling up under the monitor.

The survey also shed some light on why my “ex” is no longer in his heart-shaped frame. It found that “on average, female office workers typically spend nearly triple the amount of time with their computer than with their significant other each day (9.3 hours compared to 3.6 hours, respectively.) In fact, about one in ten (9%) have actually had the same computer longer than she has been with her current significant other.”

I know, I know. You can’t help it. You just click. But believe me, this little affair of yours could be taking a toll – on your wrist. I’m talking carpal tunnel syndrome. Which may in turn lead to a certain loss of manual “dexterity” that your boyfriend once highly valued. Between that and your spending so much time in front of the cold-hearted beast (the computer, not the boyfriend), you’re single again. Isn’t life just so circular – and so cruel?

The survey was funded by Wellgate for Women, makers of the Slimfit Wrist Support®. Happily, carpal tunnel syndrome is one of the few problems I don’t have, so I can’t vouch for the product. You can learn more about it, however, and even get some “couple’s therapy” at MyCubicleRomance.com.

Fix those wrists, ladies, and get that hand back on the job.

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