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<blockquote data-quote="Wormwood" data-source="post: 2402821" data-attributes="member: 928"><p>Date: 1995</p><p></p><p>Paul, the head of the IT department calls me to the office. I work in the Art Department, so he has no authority over me---but the guy can make my life a living hell if he wants to. </p><p></p><p>I walk into Paul's office to find him holding a big fat sheaf of paper. In a strange, low voice he asks, "Did *you* print this?"</p><p></p><p>Having no idea that I had printed anything, I said I hadn't. Then, strangely, he handed the papers to me and says, "Are you sure?" </p><p></p><p>I scanned the three columns of 7-point Arial and phrases such as "I never thought this would happen to me...", "slowly unzipped", and "my friend wants to join in" leapt off the page. </p><p></p><p>I get really, really cold. Everything got kind of bright and I thought I suffered a mild stroke. </p><p></p><p>"Okay, yeah that's mine. Where'd you get it?", I ask in a tiny voice. </p><p></p><p>Paul leans in conspiratorially, "It was in the laser printer in Reception. Nobody could fax in because *this* was clogging up the cue. For 15 minutes"</p><p></p><p>At this point I'm mentally cleaning out my personal effects and deleting a large number of sensitive files off my PC. </p><p></p><p>I manage to retain enough composure "Okay. Thanks. Did anyone else see it?"</p><p></p><p>"You lucked out, everyone was at lunch except for <em>[insert names of office drones I no longer remember-wormwood]</em>. You might want to be more careful"</p><p></p><p>I slink back to the Art Department, thanking the God of Fools and Perverts to have dodged a bullet. </p><p></p><p>Later, Mark the Art Director came back from lunch and asked me, "Hey, did you really do that <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /><img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /><img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /><img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />?" I nod and he says, "Jesus! What the <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /><img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /><img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /><img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> is wrong with you? Are you <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /><img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /><img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /><img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />ing kidding me? Jesus!"</p><p></p><p>And we never spoke of it again. I still work at the same place (although I've since been promoted.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Wormwood, post: 2402821, member: 928"] Date: 1995 Paul, the head of the IT department calls me to the office. I work in the Art Department, so he has no authority over me---but the guy can make my life a living hell if he wants to. I walk into Paul's office to find him holding a big fat sheaf of paper. In a strange, low voice he asks, "Did *you* print this?" Having no idea that I had printed anything, I said I hadn't. Then, strangely, he handed the papers to me and says, "Are you sure?" I scanned the three columns of 7-point Arial and phrases such as "I never thought this would happen to me...", "slowly unzipped", and "my friend wants to join in" leapt off the page. I get really, really cold. Everything got kind of bright and I thought I suffered a mild stroke. "Okay, yeah that's mine. Where'd you get it?", I ask in a tiny voice. Paul leans in conspiratorially, "It was in the laser printer in Reception. Nobody could fax in because *this* was clogging up the cue. For 15 minutes" At this point I'm mentally cleaning out my personal effects and deleting a large number of sensitive files off my PC. I manage to retain enough composure "Okay. Thanks. Did anyone else see it?" "You lucked out, everyone was at lunch except for [i][insert names of office drones I no longer remember-wormwood][/i]. You might want to be more careful" I slink back to the Art Department, thanking the God of Fools and Perverts to have dodged a bullet. Later, Mark the Art Director came back from lunch and asked me, "Hey, did you really do that :):):):)?" I nod and he says, "Jesus! What the :):):):) is wrong with you? Are you :):):):)ing kidding me? Jesus!" And we never spoke of it again. I still work at the same place (although I've since been promoted. [/QUOTE]
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