Backup

It’s good to backup your work, the technician said. His collar was askew and he wore tennis shoes. He tapped the keyboard keys a few times and noted the lack of response on the screen. Yep, definitely locked up. What did you do, he asked, in that accusatory way that the IT department seemed to enjoy? Jackie shrugged her shoulders. I don’t know, I was just typing and it did THIS, pointing at the screen with her pen. The technician suggested she not touch the expensive LCD screen with her pen, and wrote down a note on his incident report. What’s that, asked Jackie? Oh, nothing, he replied with transparency. Deep inside he was gloating, knowing that tomorrow Jackie’s manager would jump down her throat about abusing company property. But for now, he just sighed and then asked if she was busy on Friday night. He would accidentally erase her hard drive if she blew him off, but for now, the fate of Jackie’s computer rested in her hands…