Daily Dialogue — April 7, 2016

“Why does it say ‘paper jam’ when there is no paper jam? I swear to God one of these days, I’m gonna kick this piece of shit out the window!”

— Office Space (1999), screenplay by Mike Judge based on his animated shorts

The Daily Dialogue theme for the week: Tantrum.

Trivia: The infamous “PC Load Letter” error that confounded Michael Bolton is a message that the printer was out of, or not recognizing the refill of Letter-sized (8.5x11 inches) paper. “PC” stands for “Paper Cartridge”. Older model HP Laserjet printers commonly display this error. This error also occurs when attempting to print a non-letter-sized project onto letter-sized paper.

Dialogue On Dialogue: Now this is universally relatable: A human tantrum directed at a malfunctioning machine. We’ve all been there and wished we could do this: