When IT support received a ticket from the marketing department complaining that the office printer was only spitting out resumes in Comic Sans, they were initially skeptical. The user described a bizarre phenomenon where any document printed, regardless of content, appeared as a resume formatted entirely in the infamous font, complete with questionable hobbies like “extreme ironing” and “competitive napping.”
The support technician, Mike, decided to investigate. Upon arriving at desk 42B, he was greeted by Karen from marketing, who insisted the situation was urgent. “I tried printing our quarterly sales report, and instead got my ex-colleague’s résumé in Comic Sans. It’s like the printer has a personal grudge against me!” she lamented.
Mike examined the printer, checking cables, drivers, and even the toner cartridge, but everything seemed perfectly normal. Then, noticing an odd USB stick plugged into the printer’s front port, he asked Karen about it. She confessed it was her nephew’s “Resumeocalypse 3000” USB — a joke gadget that automatically transformed any print job into a hilariously formatted résumé in Comic Sans.
“Why is that plugged in here?” Mike asked.
Karen shrugged. “He said it would make our office more ‘fun and approachable’. I thought he meant the break room snacks.”
After removing the USB and resetting the printer, documents returned to normal. Karen sighed, “At least now I won’t accidentally apply to my own job.”
Mike closed the ticket with a note: “Printer is sane again. Recommend banning nephew USB gadgets and reconsidering use of Comic Sans in any official capacity.” The marketing team agreed, with one employee commenting, “Maybe the printer was trying to tell us something about our font choices.”