Numbskull, Meet Num Lock
At my office, I’m frequently asked to assist with minor computer things. It’s all very basic stuff, sadly; I’m no expert and barely understand half this stuff myself. But I play and hit buttons just to see what happens and quickly learn.
A coworker runs up to me in a panic.
Coworker: “You have to help me! I don’t understand what’s happening to my computer, but when I use the keypad, nothing happens.”
After like .03 seconds, I’ve already figured it out, but I ask a few more things for fun. Then, I tell him:
Me: “Go back to your office and hit the Num Lock button.”
I show him where it is, just in case.
Coworker: “I would never hit that! That is impossible!”
On and on he goes for a few minutes.
Me: “Look, just humor me and play along.”
He does. I hear him holler down the hallway:
Coworker: “It worked!”
Not an hour later, he returned to my office, again in panic mode. His computer had once again stopped typing numbers when he used the keypad. I thought he was joking, but, alas, no. I told him again to go hit the Num Lock key. I was treated to another five-minute rant about how that was impossible and he NEVER, EVER would have done that twice in one day.
I insisted he hit it again. Lo and behold, it worked!
Thankfully, he is no longer my problem.