Attn: 4 year old TriCities boy threatens to put Office Max out of business

So I walked into the office today to see Kase standing at my printer/copier. I asked him what he was doing and he said, "Just making some copies." The kids are always bringing something in to copy so I didn't think twice about it.

The kids are fascinated with that thing. When they first discovered how to work it, they used it to duplicate their drawings so that they would only have to draw one picture and make copies to give to each member of the family their own copy.

Then they figured out that they could copy just about anything in the house. Toys, underwear, gloves, keys, hands, face, money, etc. Hours of fun for the kids and a very spendy ink and paper bill for mom and dad.

So back to Kase. I sit down at my computer to start on some work and I notice that the copies just keep coming and coming. I ask him, "Hey Kase, what are you copying?" He says, "Paper." I look over to see blank sheets of paper being printed out of the printer. I asked him, " Why are you copying a blank piece of paper?" and his reply was, "We were running out of paper, so I'm making you some more." He lifts up his copies to show me that we are now down to only 2 pieces of paper. He shows me the new paper he has just created and he tells me, " For some reason they all have a black line at the top. Do you like that kind of paper?"

I couldn't help but laugh out loud. HE'S A GENIUS I thought. Why didn't I think of that before. And all this time I was going to Office Max to get more paper when all I had to do was print more.

It was so cute! He seemed so proud of himself for making mom some more paper and probably thinks that all of us adults are a little slow that we haven't thought of that before. I could just see his chest puff up and head held high as he waited for a big "thank you" from me.

Now that we have let the secret out...Let's see how long Office Max can stay in business. :)