#530: I'm An Idiot explain

[Ponytail approaches Cueball, who is sitting on porch steps, laptop in lap and backpack open.]

Ponytail: Should I ask?

Cueball: I’m locked out, and I’m trying to get my roommate to let me in.

[Unplugged cell phone on table.]

Cueball: First I tried her cell phone, but it’s off.

[Cueball sitting on steps, laptop in lap and gesturing.]

Cueball: Then I tried IRC, but she’s not online.

[Cueball standing in front of house and looking up at window.]

Cueball: I couldn’t find anything to throw at her window,

[Living room with couch easy chair and computer set up.]

Cueball: So I SSH’d into the Mac Mini in the living room and got the speech synth to yell at her for me.

Computer: Hey I’m locked out downstairs

[Megan sitting at table with laptop open.]

Cueball: But I think I left the volume way down, so I’m reading the OS X docs to learn to set the volume via command line.

[Ponytail facing Cueball, who is still sitting on the porch with his laptop.]

Ponytail: Ah.

Ponytail: I take it the doorbell doesn’t work?

[Beat panel.]