Your facile assessment assumes facts not in evidence
- I don't use Word on a daily basis and haven't since 2005, well before the release of the ribbon.
- I don't use multiple office programs in my work, but I do use multiple technical programs.
- I don't generate documents that others need to edit/review/mark up/share/whatever.
My primary job function is to repair PCs, printers, and other electronic what-have-you. Most of the OEM documents I work with are already PDF-formatted. For those that aren't (mostly .doc and .docx files), I use Word long enough to print them to PDF. And because Microsoft has (so far) been kind enough not to eff with the shortcut keys, I don't usually need the ribbon for that.