Reminds me of a mate who was round at my parents' house when we were late teens... he was recording some Beatles albums onto new TDK cassettes whilst I was in another room talking to my bro. In comes matey, face all serious, to tell me my cassette deck was 'knucking fackered' as it wasn't recording anything. Bro and I duly attended my room, perused the audio equipment and informed him in no uncertain terms that it would record a lot better if he took the 'pause' button off...
That guy has been head of IT at the local council for some years now...