USB Flash Drive Eject

Hi,
I recently bought a USB flash drive (Sandisk Cruzer Micro) and i've been having some trouble ejecting it. When i plug it in, it works fine and I can drag files to it. I wait until the progress bar is complete (and then usually a few seconds after the progress window closes). The i right click it on the desktop and click "eject." For some reason this freezes up my computer for about 30 seconds which is really annoying, and it seems to happen every time. Is there anything i can do about this? Response is appreciated

Interesting idea. I tried doing that but all it did was make the Disk disappear from the finder. I did notice that there are some hidden files that are being created (not sure if it's by the PC or the Mac) which include "trash." Not sure if that means anything. other pausible causes: using the keyboard USB port, using PPC Word and Powerpoint (can't wait till they redo those)
Thanks for the responses btw

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