Most common & most unusual forms of Excel abuse?

Most common abuse I see is:

  • they should have used Access

    Votes: 33 67.3%

  • they should have used PowerPoint

    Votes: 2 4.1%

  • they should have used Word

    Votes: 7 14.3%

  • they should have used Outlook

    Votes: 1 2.0%

  • I rarely, if ever, see this

    Votes: 6 12.2%
  • Total voters
    49
I've got a ten foot pole and frequently implement it's use, some of which are:

Turning on/off the PC from the other side of the room - I'm lazy.

Bashing the PC when some stupid message comes up at start-up telling me (or is it the ghost in the machine) hasn't shut-down properly.

Whacking the monitor when what I'm trying to do isn't returning the correct, in my opinion anyway, result.

And lastly to whack myself over the head when I realise the previous problem was my own fault.:banghead:
 

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I think I need one of those! :)

I'll add an additional use: trip up unsuspecting passers by! :biggrin:
 
How about jousting?

Or quiclky poking people turning back to the computer and shrugging when they ask 'Who did that?'

Or poking peoples who can't spell or type propperlies.:)

And I think I'll leave out the idea of a giant pencil-tpye shatner (swear it's the keyboard causing the typos and bad Kelsey - it's almost as evil as the mouse :evil: ), don't want any injury claims.:eek:
 
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It appears I was the only one who voted for should have used Outlook. I've seen that more than anything. It's most likely partly because of me insisting that even if it should be in Access, I'll just do it in Excel anyway. :) Anyway, interesting poll. :cool:
 
Oops.:oops:

Forgot this was a poll and haven't actually voted yet.

I'll rectify that in a moment.

Can you guess what my vote is yet?:)

PS Don't see an option for using Notepad.:eek:
 
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