"The Laptop"

So the Admin. Assistant in our office... who self titles herself the "Office Manager" (think Dwight from 'The Office' and his Assistant (to the) Regional Manager antics)... has been having computer trouble lately. Today, the tech guy took it away to work on and hopefully fix. My boss then came up to me and asked if I could set up the above mentioned "Office Manager" with THE laptop for her to be able to work today. Take note, we have many laptops, none of which are in sight range to be considered THE laptop, so using the phrase "THE laptop" meant nothing to me. "What laptop?... which one?!" I asked. After I clarified this with her she proceeded to tell me to use the laptop that was in my neighboring co-worker's cubicle. What you must know know now is that this co-worker offered this computer for use earlier because she has a new Mac laptop and has no use for this other computer. The real kicker is this. The "laptop" in question is in actuality a desktop tower. NOT a laptop.

Oh wait, it gets better! Having known that "the laptop" being mentioned was not a laptop once the situation of THE was clarified, I proceeded to tell both my boss and the "Office Manager" that the laptop they were referring to was not a laptop, but a desktop machine... to which they proceeded to ignore me and talk over me with the "Office Manager" complaining about how she is not used to a laptop and has trouble using one. After I stated again that it was not a laptop, went ignored once again, and then mumbled something to the effect of "oh nevermind, I guess I don't know what I'm talking about" I proceeded to walk over to "the laptop" (desktop tower) and picked it up.

From there, I thought to myself "screw it, let's see how far this goes". So from there I proceeded to use the word "laptop" as many times as I could in front of them and with them (making statements, asking questions, talking to other co-workers about "the laptop", etc.) to see if maybe something would click between the two of them while trying to see if my co-workers would lose it and laugh at the obsurdity of it all.

Needless to say, no light-bulbs ever came on... probably because they've long since burned out.