fandomhigh | Computers & Fun #4 6/14 Wednesday Afternoon

The computer lab is set up like an office today, the seats moved apart so each student has their own cube-shaped area. Abby is sitting up front, her usual white labcoat traded for a oversized men's suit jacket.

"Good afternoon my worker bees! Today we're going to be learning the two most important things office workers need to know. How to use offline computer programs like word processing and how to hide the fun stuff from their bosses." Abby ran through a quick description of programs like Word, Excel, notepad ~~and their mac counterparts that the mun doesn't care about because her soul belongs to Bill Gates.~~.

"Of course then you have the fun stuff. Solitaire, Spider Solitaire, Freecell, Minesweeper and my personal favorite..." Abby leaned forward and grinned, "Paintbrush! There's just something about making really crappy pictures with a limited color choices that speaks to my soul." She flipped her laptop around to show a couple of her own pictures. "This first one here is my old boss, if he decided to turn goth. This one is a duck." Abby shrugged. "I like ducks."

"So it's 3:00 on a Friday afternoon. You've got two hours before you can clock out and nothing left to do. You need to pick one of the fun activities to play around with but beware of the boss. If he catches you goofing off you might get fired." Abby straightened her jacket and nodded to them. "In order to not get caught you need to work on being sneaky. Alt-tab will get you to another window quickly, hitting minimize with your mouse, or the ever popular turning your screen off and pretending to be reading a report. Come up with a way to get back to your work screen and try not to get caught, and those of you who make it through class without letting me see your fun program get a prize!" Abby held up a box of caffeine-laced candy.

"Oh and I almost forgot! The school is having an art fair on Friday. So if any of you want to use this time to make an art project in paint...I think that would be cool." She grinned and shook the box of candy. "So cool that you might even get two packages of the awesome candy."

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Did you convince people that they needed your products? Yes or No?

Conner signed in, the laptop under one arm and the USB mini-aquarium in the other hand. "Does it count if people said they'd get one if they had a computer?"

"It totally does." Abby smiled. "Although maybe you need to start working on getting them to buy a computer. I can't imagine how they'd live without it."

"By the way, you can keep the aquarium. It's a reward for doing your homework!"

"Awesome. Thanks!" Conner grinned. He'd been meaning to send the aquarium to Ethan, but had grown pretty attached to it over the past week.

He eyed the laptop thoughtfully and added, "If even I need one," indicating the soccer ball at his feet for emphasis, "everybody probably does. Think that's a good selling point?"

"It's a decent point, although you'd probably get more interest if you let them know what they're missing."

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Bridge signs in. "I'm not entirely sure if I did," he confesses sheepishly. "I sort of ended up with a concussion on Saturday and then Sunday and Monday are both kinda..." he waves a hand vaguely, "hazy."

"Concussions suck. Just try and do it this week, okay?" Abby nodded. "And I hope you stay unconcussed."

"Okay, thanks dude!" Bridge says brightly, giving her a thumbs up. No, it doesn't occur to him that he probably shouldn't be calling a teacher 'dude'. "And me too."

Cally signed in. And was woefully quiet again.

Sam signed in, looking a little nervous. "I, um, didn't get a chance to convince anyone. I was sort of...busy dealing with the things that concussed Bridge," he explained.

"Oookay." Abby frowned. "I...um...you guys do realize you're in high school, right?"

"I'm aware of that, yeah. I don't know if the...other things were aware of that though."

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Zack signed in. "Possibly, Sunday and Monday are slightly blurry. Which is worrying since I have a photographic memory."

"Possibly you get to keep your toy." Abby frowned. "But you need to come up with a time you shared your toy with others."

Peter signed in.

"My roommate said the USB beverage chiller was a must-have luxury, but it wasn't exactly a need. But he did think it was awesome."

"Good work anyway." Abby smiled. "You get to keep your chiller for doing your homework. Feel free to lord your cold beverages over your roommate until he realizes his need for geek toys."

"Thank you. My beverages will appreciate it," Peter said.

Willow signed in ~~late as her mun was at a family reunion~~. "I told Peter all about my stealthy switch. He seemed for it, though we're still working on getting him comfortable with computers as a concept."

"Great job Willow! You can keep your switch, if you want." Abby grinned. "You get bonus points for spreading the love of computers in general. We always need more geeks."

"I'm trying to train him well," Willow said. "I think it helps when you know your audience. Pro-stickbug commentary goes far as a reward system."

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Ranma signed in. "I did use it. Most people ended up being annoyed by it though. That barking got loud."

"Did you try and convince people that they needed the amp?"

"Uh... As defense against swaming cats it definately proved it's worth..."

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JOhn carries his one-handed keyboard with him to class. "Um. Haven't really been around the computer much." He shrugs one-shoulderly, the right shoulder in a sling.

Abby sighed and nodded. "Okay, you have another week to convince someone."