Gross Keyboard Picture

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As I walked into the office, I could smell something foul.  Like the smell when you open a container that has rotten food, but the entire room smelled that way.

As I walked to the computer I moved past 4 coffee cups with green and white stuff (fungus?) growing at the bottom of all 4 cups.  I was sure they hadn’t been used in weeks.  As I sat down at the chair, I expected to be attacked by small green aliens or perhaps get a disease.

As I turned to face the computer I saw this:

Now I’m not a germaphobe, but the first thing I did after fixing this computer was run to the bathroom and scrub (not just a regular wash) my hands.  Soap wasn’t enough and I wished I had a small bottle of bleach.