Get a glass or hard plastic mousepad.

Glass or hard plastic.

Cloth mousepads soak up hand oils within weeks and turn into a grimy science experiment. You can’t really wipe them clean without ruining the surface, and shared office germs? Good luck.

A glass or hard plastic pad wipes down in seconds with a disinfectant wipe. No staining, no stink, no maintenance. The downside is they can feel cold and slick at first, but you adjust fast.

This is one of those small upgrades that keeps your desk from looking like the breakroom microwave.