The Office Hardware Specialist II

"Why is the copier all open like this?"

"It's jammed, and it's cooling. Don't touch it."

"Nah, it's working!" Closes copier access doors. "Look!"

"No! Don't touch it! There's paper jammed in there."

"Workin' fine!" Presses copy button.

Copier makes funny noise, fan comes on, fan dies.

"...And now there are two pieces of paper jammed in there..."


I guess I didn't know what I was talking about?
Now I'm off to un-jam the jammed-much-worse-than-before copier...

The Office Hardware Specialist

"The copy machine is off. How do I turn it on?"

"It's asleep. Just lift the lid, or put your paper in the copy tray."

"But.. it's dark. There aren't any lights. It must be off, because this button isn't working." Hits random button.

"Just put your paper in it."

"And then how do I turn it on?" Still holding tightly onto the paper to be copied.

"It will turn on automatically when you- Actually, here, let me do it." Places paper in copier, copier awakes from sleep, beeps twice, screen says 'ready.'

"Oh look! How did you turn it on?!"

"...Magic."

*****

I cannot, just cannot, be the only person who knows how to copy a piece of paper after all these years with the same copy machine.... Can I?