Maybe it’s just me (yes, it’s just me) but after more than 20 years using a
keyboard all day, every day, I still can’t touch type. While I’m not the president of Mensa (actually I’m really very glad I’m not – my guess is he’s a weirdo), I like to think I’m not a dimwit, nor am I challenged in the finger department. I'm not even uncoordinated (ok, anyone who’s seen me dance will know I’m lying about that one).
Yet touch typing is still beyond me. This brings me to one, somewhat arrogant, conclusion… it can’t be done. The concept has been dreamt up by secretaries throughout the ages so we can look in awe at them staring at the
screen while magically using their keyboards.
Don’t get me wrong, I’ve not got it in for secretaries, I just don’t like their sorcerers' ways. I recently bought one of those
wobbly keyboards (you know the ones that look a bit like a mountain range) as I was led to believe that these force you to touch type. No, it just means that my one finger per hand navigates the mountain range like a drunken Ranulph Fiennes. Bottom line: don’t trust anyone who can touch type, they must dabble in the dark arts or potentially be in league with the devil himself.
