Visibly bracing himself for the grueling technological challenge ahead, local logistics coordinator Dave Harlen reportedly let out a deep, shuddering sigh Tuesday morning before attempting to copy and paste a string of text. Witnesses confirmed the 41-year-old took a long, steadying breath and cracked his knuckles before beginning the arduous journey of transferring a tracking number from an email into a spreadsheet.
According to adjacent cubicle occupants, Harlen stared at the highlighted text for several agonizing seconds, seemingly gathering the emotional fortitude required to press the control and C keys simultaneously. The delicate operation was temporarily derailed when Harlen accidentally clicked outside the designated area, forcing the exhausted employee to emit a secondary, higher-pitched sigh and begin the highlighting process anew.
Colleagues noted that the midday procedure was entirely routine, yet Harlen approached the task with the weary resignation of a man asked to manually dig a trench through bedrock.
You could tell he was psyching himself up for it the moment he leaned back in his chair and aggressively rubbed his temples.
Following the successful extraction of the data to his clipboard, Harlen reportedly squeezed his eyes shut and muttered a quiet encouragement to himself before navigating to the destination window. At press time, Harlen was seen staring blankly at the newly pasted text, slowly massaging the bridge of his nose as he realized the text had carried over its original gray background and bold formatting.