Pedaling A Different Kind Of Computer

It is 1990, and I am selling a customer an i486 with a monitor and everything. We test it in front of her, and she seems satisfied.

She comes back two hours later:

Customer: “This stuff doesn’t work! You sold me a broken computer!”

Me: “That’s odd. It was running fine right in front of you a couple of hours ago. Can you show me how you set it up?”

I do this because 90% of the time, customers forget to plug in any power. She does everything properly except for one thing… she puts the mouse on the floor and starts to pump it like a pedal. 

A kid I have hired laughs so hard that I have to give him the evil eye. I explained the concept of a power button, and all was well. After she left:

Kid I Hired: “Sorry, I couldn’t help it. Did she think she was buying a sewing machine?”