Student Makes Ass of Self on First Day of Job as Law Journal Associate Editor

I had to stop by the LJ office tonight to pick up the first assignment--my team is getting an early start to try out some new electronic system they're doing. I got the assignment and guffawed when they told each of us print out the entire article. I asked if the printer could do 2-sided printing. We usually don't, they said, but you can try. So I set it up to print 2-sided, with 4 pages on each side, 8 pages per sheet, and sent it to the printer, which immediately jammed. So I got down on my knees and took everything apart while the rest of my team moved along on their assignments like so many happy little honeybees. Finally got the paper pulled out of each little cranny & tried printing again. Jammed again immediately. Pulled the printer apart and tried again. Jammed. Bloody hell. Now I was improvising latch-hooks out of paperclips to get all the little pieces out and feeling like the biggest loser ever. Teammates continue humming right along on their assignments. Finally got it to print properly the way I wanted and was quite pleased to have reduced the entire article to only 4 sheets of paper. Made my way back to work table, avoiding eye contact and slouch in seat. Ahem. It was so boring and they had said we could complete the project on our own time so after about 20 minutes I asked to be excused to finish a project I have a deadline on tomorrow. Then I found Summra in the library and we went to get ice cream cones. Got busted by team member on way back with ice cream dripping all over face and hands.