Steve is yelling from the other room that the page he's typing on is going to log him out. I’m in the bathroom because I need 30 seconds alone after a long “team bonding” session.
I yell back, “Copy the words so you don’t lose them!”
There’s a pause.
“How do I undo?”
“Control-Z.”
Steve yells, “D?”
I sigh.
“Z!”
“Like David?!”
I am not proud of what happens next, but I am an idiot under pressure. I yell back “ZEBRA!!!”. Not “zeebrah” like we pronounce it in America. No; I yell back “zehbra”... with a British accent. We're American. He probably thinks I just yelled Deborah, confirming that it’s control-D. I bring my palm to my face and sigh heavily.
I hear Steve saying, “I think I lost some of it.”
How could he lose some of it???
Then he says, “How do I paste?”
“Control-V,” I answer.
“B like BOY??!”
I’m so terrible under pressure. Without a moment of thought, I yell, “Like VIVRE!!” Heaven forbid I think of a good word like “Veronica”.
“It didn't work.”
I hear Thor mumble, “I think he said V.”
Steve yells in exasperation, “Just come help me!!”
I exit the restroom, select all, copy, and paste it into notes.
“How’d you do that?”
I point and flourish at the keyboard. “Command-C, Command-V.”
“You told me control!”
“Macs don’t have a control button!”
Steve points to the control button. I sit down at the table and refrain from asking who brought an Apple product into the tower.
Five minutes later, still on the computer, Steve asks, “How do I make my email show me unread and read together?”
I look at the computer.
“Well, for starters you could log into your own email.”
Steve and I dissolve into giggles. Thor looks confused.