[rr888]

I'd quite like a keyboard and mouse that is better quality that the $9 specials most companies prefer.

[swader999]

I've been bringing my own since I started at this in 1998.

[ghaff]

I don't understand people making very good salaries who don't just provide their own (cheap in the scheme of things) tools where practical if they don't like the ones they've been given.

[twiddling]

Chefs who bring their own knives

[ghaff]

In many of the trades (which arguably don't include chefs), supplying one's own tools is pretty common outside of heavy equipment.