When I worked at the newspaper I'd frequently give the machines and computers a friendly rub or pat on the cabinet as I passed by and tell them "Good baby". Now say what you will, and people that I worked with used to laugh at me, but we rarely had problems with the machines we were nice to. While the machine is not alive, has no feelings, etc... we, as humans, let negativity interfere with good judgement. Think about it. Would you rather work in a calm, reasonable work environment, where a machine malfunctions, and the people walk up and say "What's a matter baby?" and calmly diagnose the issue, or one where every time a machine malfunctioned people went ballistic, started cussing and throwing stuff, beating on the machine, etc....?
That kind of behavior breeds mistakes and promotes an unhealthy mental attitude in others around you.
