PERTH – On Monday new starter Maree Serena was being set up at her desk by IT technician Joel Henderson. She was given a temporary password written on a post-it note and had to log into the system to change it to a permanent one. She was given a mouse and also the world’s grossest keyboard.
The keyboard, which has been in the company for eight years, had previously belonged to five employees, but for the last few years have lived on the bottom of the IT hardware shelf.
‘I don’t think anyone has touched it since before COVID, so Maree may as well use it’, said Mr. Henderson.
After successfully logging in with her new password Mrs. Serena thanked Mr. Henderson and promptly cleaned the keyboard with disinfectant spray from the kitchenette. Authorities report that the following day Mrs. Serena brought in her own keyboard.