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i recently went to the printer to pick up a document. the printer is shared by more people than you can shake a stick at.
an email rests face up and pushed to the side. obviously unclaimed for some time. i recognized the recipients name and decided to hand deliver it.
then i was drawn into the content of the email. it was from a woman other than his wife. she had enjoyed the pictures he sent. small icons printed on the page represented attachments. she was returning the favor.
shit, what do i do now?
return it to the printer and leave it to shock and amaze others? try and save him further embarrassment by hand delivering the email, pretending i did not read it (lame)? hand it to him with the old wink, wink, nudge, nudge? email him pictures of myself?
dear reader, what is the etiquette for such a situation?
i put it back on the printer and waited. i kept the printer under surveilence for several hours. sooner or later he would print something new and return to find both old and new pages. the suspense was both sickening and delightful.
as the great willie wonka once said "the suspense is killing me, I hope it lasts."
much later he came to collect. he looked at it, looked at it harder, both confused and horrified. he quickly shuffled the page into the freshly printed stack. he then looked both ways as if crossing a street. his head slightly tilted downward. he was looking for witnesses. i was cleverly hidden.
next time i an xeroxing several copies to plant in printer trays around the office for fun.