Timeline for Why do people clear the screen multiple times when using a calculator?
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| Dec 29, 2014 at 18:53 | history | bounty ended | Code Maverick | ||
| Dec 24, 2014 at 3:00 | comment | added | Adnan Khan | @PatrickMcElhaney You'd just be alternating the state! | |
| Feb 20, 2014 at 8:13 | comment | added | AzDesign | Not only calculator. Here are common 'useless repetitive' habits I found around my office : refresh windows screen (F5), double click a hyperlink, copy (ctrl+c), Hung up phone using "flash" button, or pushing the button where the phone handle rest (don't know what this button called), refreshing a web page in a (very) slow network. It's a matter of habit and imitating people. | |
| Mar 24, 2013 at 19:35 | comment | added | New Alexandria | I agree with the psychology of this answer the most. It is like the physical process of cleaning: we sweep back-and-forth with a cloth, broom, etc. many times in order to ensure we 'did not miss anything' that our eye cannot or did not see! | |
| Nov 9, 2012 at 19:16 | comment | added | Anna Rouben | Similar reason why people like to push elevator buttons multiple times, It goes faster :) | |
| Jun 7, 2012 at 14:58 | comment | added | Kevin Laity | This is exactly why I hit Ctrl-C 5 times every time I try to copy but I only hit Ctrl-X once when I want to cut. | |
| Sep 23, 2011 at 0:40 | comment | added | Knu | @tomas meta.ux.stackexchange.com/q/382/4508 | |
| Sep 22, 2011 at 14:46 | comment | added | Tomas | @Patrick, odd or even number of times?? | |
| Sep 21, 2011 at 21:37 | comment | added | Patrick McElhaney | I pressed the upvote button several times. | |
| Sep 21, 2011 at 21:27 | history | answered | Steven Noto | CC BY-SA 3.0 |