Broken systems
Just ’cuz Liz seems to be under the misapprehension that I’m not an equal-opportunity complainer…
One of my coworkers is now under treatment for tendinitis so bad she can barely pick up her new kid. The doctor’s already told her she needs to lay off the keyboard. But our jobs are data entry; what is our boss supposed to do?
I accepted a long while ago that I’d never be able to play tenor recorder again. Causes too much pain. I’ve done what I can to make a typing job hurt less, but some days, you know what? I still hurt.
I just cannot believe it’s not possible to do better than this. How many people has keyboard work crippled, partially (like me) or completely?
I can’t quite manage to see this as a sexism issue, as men are overwhelmingly computer programmers, and computer programmers get repetitive-stress injuries in nearly the numbers secretaries do. I don’t think I’d be stretching too far to tie it to social class and money, however. It won’t matter until some CEO is in too much pain to answer his email.