IT supervisor at this government office retires, and the head of finance steps in as interim IT boss. "It was a rather contentious change of command," says a pilot fish working there. "One morning, the new boss called and said that his computer was dead. Trying not to offend him right off the bat, I said, 'I won't ask if it's got power, since I'm sure you've already checked that.' As I walked into his office, I could see that the light was off on the power strip under his desk. I approached his desk, laid my hands on the monitor, closed my eyes and hummed. And turned on the power strip with my foot. The monitor came on and the computer began restarting to its last known state. I opened my eyes to my new boss's look of amazement. But I couldn't keep a straight face - I had to 'fess up to what I'd done. He bought the coffee."
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