Gobsmacked

I just went to the kitchen to nuke my oatmeal. A coworker was heating water in the electric teakettle, so I waited until he was done before turning on the microwave, onna counta both the microwave and the electric teakettle cannot be used simultaneously, lest they open a rift in the space-time continuum. So, I’m waiting, and my coworker asks me what I’m doing. I explain. Teakettle whistles. He turns it off and makes his tea, and I pop my oatmeal in the microwave and turn it on.

So what do you think my jeenyous coworker did? He refilled the electric teakettle and turned it back on. While the microwave was running.

Calgon, take me away!