At 4:57 on a Friday afternoon, the office printer finally revealed its true intelligence.
It had printed perfectly all week. Invoices? Fine. Reports? Fine. A 74-page colour document nobody actually needed? Flawless.
Then someone said the dangerous words: “I just need to print this one page before I go home.”
The printer immediately reported a paper jam. There was no paper jam. It then claimed the cyan cartridge was empty, despite the document being black and white. After opening every tray, rebooting it twice and gently asking what it wanted from us, the printer printed a diagnostic page saying everything was operating normally.
At 5:14 PM, the original document emerged.
We can only conclude that printers understand the concept of Friday afternoon and have chosen chaos.