'It was driving our boss insane, yet our boss had no idea he was doing': Coworker gets petty revenge on impatient boss by blocking him every time he made his daily printer run

This manager treats every minor inconvenience as a personal affront and every subordinate as a scapegoat for his own lack of planning. He operates on a hair-trigger, fueled by impatience and a man-child temperament that makes every workday feel like navigating a minefield for his coworkers. Most of the employees in this office deal with it by shrinking into their cubicles, hoping to remain invisible. Then there was Thom.

Thom understood something fundamental about the office layout that the boss, in his frantic self-importance, completely overlooked. The boss occupied the prestigious corner office at the front, while the communal printers were stationed at the very back. Between these two points sat the cube farm, a narrow gauntlet of grey fabric and rolling chairs.

Whenever the boss sent a document to the printer, he didn't just walk to retrieve it; he launched himself like a sprinter out of the blocks, hyper-focused on the destination and oblivious to the human beings in his path.

While most people would clear the way for a charging bull, Thom decided to become a human speed bump. The moment the laser printer began its mechanical whir—a sound that acted like a starting pistol for the boss—Thom would stand up.

Just as the boss reached top speed, Thom would emerge from his cube. Sometimes, he was carrying a ceramic mug filled to the absolute brim with scorching coffee, necessitating a pace that would make a snail impatient. Other times, he would develop a sudden, heavy-footed waddle toward the restroom that effectively barricaded the aisle.

To the boss, it looked like a series of unfortunate, clumsy coincidences. To an outside observer, it was clear that Thom was mirroring the boss's movements with precision, ensuring a collision was inevitable.

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