Ditto. I complain about it constantly and get patronisingly managed. Everyone I know hates it. Some departments -- like physics -- manage "around" it quite well

Ditto. I complain about it constantly and get patronisingly managed. Everyone I know hates it. Some departments -- like physics -- manage "around" it quite well. Others, with less technological users, have flat-out stated that "it is the way it is" and, well, get on with it. Computers were originally built to serve the needs of academics. Now academics are told to serve the needs of (American) computers.