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So, there’s this interim , who was filling in for someone on vacation. He’s been doing a good job, but one day, he gets a request from a senior manager to print out a presentation for an important meeting. Caveman, who’s not very tech-savvy, walks over to the printer, feeling pretty confident, and presses the “Print” button.

Now, this particular printer has a reputation for being a little… temperamental. But Caveman’s not aware of this, so he waits for the sound of the paper whirring through. Nothing. He presses the button again, then again, and again—still nothing. He starts getting a little flustered but figures, “It’s probably out of paper.” He opens the printer’s tray… and the whole thing explodes—paper everywhere. Like, the printer just vomited sheets all over him and the floor.

At this point, Caveman starts to panic. So he grabs all the paper, frantically starts stuffing it back into the printer, and presses “Print” again. It jams. Of course, it jams. Now, there’s paper stuck halfway through, and he’s trying to fix it without completely breaking the thing. Meanwhile, he starts sweating, realizing he’s going to be that interim who can’t even get a printer to work.

As he’s tugging at the paper, the office’s IT guy, Fax, strolls by. He sees Caveman in full-blown meltdown mode and casually strolls over to the printer. Without saying a word, he presses the “Cancel” button and then presses “Print” again. The printer hums to life and starts working perfectly, no paper jam, no issues at all. Caveman just stands there, speechless.

Fax looks at him and says, “You forgot to turn it on.”

Apparently, the printer had been in “sleep mode” the whole time. Caveman had spent 20 minutes trying to force it to print when all he needed to do was hit the power button.