I’m going to try to be calm as I type this.
So I have a dell laptop with windows 8.1, which is a somewhat old version of windows now. The reason why I still have it is because I haven’t used this laptop since 2015, due to the backlight going out. I didn’t have the money needed to get it fixed.
Recently, my family (me, mom, sister) moved in with my mom’s boyfriend, who makes a pretty good amount of money in his job. I asked him if he could get fixed and he did.
I had gotten it back about 5 days ago and been using it for 4. I didn’t want to touch it because I wanted to clean it first, especially because some people have the flu & more people get the stomach virus around this season. Unfortunately, yet expected, I couldn’t find ANY wipes that kill norovirus, just spray, which would damage the laptop if I used it.
I always wash my hands after using it, especially when I’m about to eat. However, today, I sort of got careless and took a shower right after using it. I touched my nose, cheeks, and hair somewhat often. What bothers me is the fact that lots of water that rolled down my nose and cheek either touched or went into my mouth, so now I think I’m at risk. There’s no guarantee that the people who repaired it were sick or not, but I always expect the worst case scenario, that’s just me.
However, now I’m freaking out. Because looking at my laptop, I noticed lots of dried up spots on it. There’s a small brown spot by the keyboard and lots of dried up, green-ish white spots on the keyboard and mousepad and right below the monitor. I was pretty messy with the laptop, I’d often eat and drink while using it & I wouldn’t doubt it if I had gotten food on it a good amount of times & being that I kept it on a shelf in a closet for a while since I couldn’t use it, it also could just be dust as well. However, this almost looks as if someone vomited on it & didn’t clean it up.
I guess that’s a little far fetched, to say the least, but that’s how it looks to me. Most of the actual keyboard is somewhat clean-ish but the palm rest & the space below and above the keyboard have these spots that look as if someone just barfed on it and I’m freaked tf out!
What would be you guys’ take on it? Would you assume I was exposed to it & have a high chance of catching it..?
EDIT: Sorry, I tend to say some irrational things when I panic. That doesn’t take away from the fact the laptop still doesn’t look so nice nor the fact that I’m afraid I exposed myself somehow.. I wish I wasn’t like this.