It’s Not Just Intel Inside

I am working at the computer lab help desk at my university. A woman calls the helpline from the lab.

Caller: “I can’t figure out how to turn on the PC.”

Me: “Are you pressing the power button?”

Caller: “What? Button? No, I’m putting money in the change slot and the computer won’t turn on.”

Me: “Umm, what?”

I went down there, and the woman was gone and only one PC was free. Suspicious, I shook the tower and it jingled. She’d been sticking quarters into the power supply fan cover for goodness knows how long!