A customer came into the store with the entire performance. It was like the circus was coming to town. He comes in with his computer, monitor, keyboard, mouse and printer. He even brought all his cables. The entire package was tangled up nicely in his trolley.

He’d was quite clearly tired from the epic journey, presumably he’d travelled all the way from birth and was on his way to death. He was very old and clearly retarded. As he hobbled up to my bench he explained,

“My printer will not print. It gives me an error message.”

Ok, I don’t see why you brought your entire house and land package with you, all I need is the printer. So I fetch it from the deepest reaches of his trolley cart. Attach the power cable firmly into one end of the printer, and the other end inserts into the wall. Magic happens in a scene rivalling Moses when he parted the ocean, as the printer springs to life and I am presented with this screen….

Have you installed your cartridges sir? They appear to be empty.

“I replaced them not long ago.”

How long ago?

“About four months ago.”

I see. Let me get you some new cartridges then. They are Twenty dollars each.

“But the man on the phone said I needed to bring my whole computer down.”

Yes, thats because I’m an asshole.