Found a sticky coffee mug ring that was 3 weeks old under my monitor stand

Finally cleaned off my desk last weekend after a really bad week at work. I pulled my monitor stand to wipe underneath and found this old coffee ring from when I knocked over a mug near the end of March. It had dried into this dark brown crust that took a solid 10 minutes of scrubbing to get off. The whole desk was a mess with tangled charging cables, three empty energy drink cans, and a stack of pizza boxes from Thursday night. I spent about 2 hours sorting everything out and even ziptied the cables behind the desk. Somehow just clearing that one spot made the whole room feel better. Has anyone else found something gross or weird under their setup after ignoring it for too long?

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ryanburns28d ago

Read somewhere that desk grime is basically a time capsule of your worst work weeks. That dark brown crust you described sounds like it was halfway to becoming a fossil. Found a dried up glob of hot sauce under my keyboard once from a taco Tuesday that was at least a month old. Took a putty knife and about 15 minutes of scraping to get that off.

wade_hall28d ago

That hot sauce story made me cringe.