Time-Machine Tuesday: It’s all in how you ask

This entire organization is moving to a new building — a really new building, says a pilot fish making the move.

“The offices in the new building would have built-in furniture, and someone was assigned to work with us on customized furniture plans for each office,” says fish.

His own desk in the old office has a stand that lets him adjust the keyboard for both height and tilt. But he can’t take that stand to the new building, so to make sure his new setup has similar flexibility, fish talks to the furniture planner.

She tells fish that the new offices will be equipped with keyboard drawers under the desks.

That won’t work for me, fish tells her; he knows from experience that a drawer will be at the wrong height for him, and its frame will get in the way of his wrists while he’s typing. Does the catalog list any other keyboard supports with better adjustments?

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