FoxTrot Classics by Bill Amend for November 05, 2013
November 04, 2013
November 06, 2013
Transcript:
Paige: I was writing my paper on the PC, and it was like, beepbeepbeepbeepbeepbeepbeep! And then, like, half my paper was gone, and I was like, "hnngh??" It devoured my paper. It was a really good paper. Nicole: Let me stop you right there, Paige. Paige: He said Ellen Feiss tried the same story on him last year. Nicole: That's like.... a bummer.
See though, computer problems are a lot different than you’re run of the mill excuse – they CAN crash or cause problems at the most inopportune time. Even when this comic came out, if anything it should have been more common, not less; and an older teacher, who might be less tech savvy on how to fix the problem (finding temp files and what have you) should be more prone to give a person a pass, having probably been in the same situation at least once as well….