My Diagnosis

I have had a strange malady.

I thought I was the ONLY ONE,

and it was too embarrassing to discuss.

So I scoured the internet until one day

I found my diagnosis!

I have 

INTERNET ELBOW

  Yes, that's right. Internet Elbow.

It starts out mysteriously, and you blame it on

everything but the actual cause.

It affects primarily office workers that are either

shorter or taller than average and who also

are using corner cubicles where their chair

is not the same height as the work surface

and there is no keyboard tray.

  When you are in this situation, you tend to 

lean into your desk, bracing yourself with one

or the other elbow, normally the non-mouse elbow.

Over the course of time you wear holes into your sleeves,

ruining your sweater, shirt or jacket!

The cure is to have proper posture and

position your chair so the padded arms are

at work surface height.  For those that are short,

as am I, you may need to prop your feet up to reach the  ground.

 Once you have your elbows off the work surface,

assuming it does not make your back or neck hurt,

your problem will be solved.

But what to do with the holes in your clothing?

 I am going to try to darn and patch.

This hole is pretty big - I stretched the sleeve over

a light bulb so you can see the hole.  It's a knit 

fabric, sort of a heavier T-shirt weight so the hole

looks larger than it is.  I may need to patch with either

  a good grade felt or suede to save the jacket. 

 I'll just tell them it's the new fashion!

I assume I can do this by fusing the material to the jacket

and providing a foundation fabric on the inside of the sleeve.

 I really thought I was the only one with this problem

but  when I mentioned it at lunch, everyone else started

telling me how they are wearing holes in their sleeves too.

        They had no idea what was causing it but now that we

know what we are dealing with, we can conquer this.