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My sister carries the computer wrong.
Mar. 26th, 2010 03:05 pmI know I spend too much time on the computer*, but even I can close the laptop when moving it from place. It takes less than thirty seconds to come out of standby, but MJ still totes it around wide open.
Do you see the problem here? If it starts to tilt to one side or the other, she has to bring her other arm up to steady it, instead of just carrying it in both hands in the first place. Heck, just having it open while moving it increases the chances of something happening. And considering that she was using our last computer--without a surge protector--when it got fried, her defiance of common sense safety measures is inexplicable.
Whenever I carry it, I close the lid, which sends it into standby, and prefer to use both hands, ofthen holding it close to my chest. If I use one, I will rest it against my hip and belt--if I'm wearing one--instead of just free-balancing it on my forearm.
I've tried talking to her about it, but she ignores me out of what can only be described as "cussedness". Of course, this is only slightly worse than her other method.
In case you can't interpret my chicken-scratch, she holds it near the hinge in one hand, and holds the screen in the other. While this is safer than the arm-balancing bit, it means that if it slips out of either hand, the other one can't take the weight. When I do the two-arm, both hands cross the laptop diagonally, meaning they can support each other if necessary.
tl;dr: Carrying a few hundred bucks of electronic equipment from room to room=SERIOUS BUSINESS.
*Yes, I know I'm an addict. I just don't like to use that word.
Do you see the problem here? If it starts to tilt to one side or the other, she has to bring her other arm up to steady it, instead of just carrying it in both hands in the first place. Heck, just having it open while moving it increases the chances of something happening. And considering that she was using our last computer--without a surge protector--when it got fried, her defiance of common sense safety measures is inexplicable.
Whenever I carry it, I close the lid, which sends it into standby, and prefer to use both hands, ofthen holding it close to my chest. If I use one, I will rest it against my hip and belt--if I'm wearing one--instead of just free-balancing it on my forearm.
I've tried talking to her about it, but she ignores me out of what can only be described as "cussedness". Of course, this is only slightly worse than her other method.
In case you can't interpret my chicken-scratch, she holds it near the hinge in one hand, and holds the screen in the other. While this is safer than the arm-balancing bit, it means that if it slips out of either hand, the other one can't take the weight. When I do the two-arm, both hands cross the laptop diagonally, meaning they can support each other if necessary.
tl;dr: Carrying a few hundred bucks of electronic equipment from room to room=SERIOUS BUSINESS.
*Yes, I know I'm an addict. I just don't like to use that word.
