UX foot-in-mouth

Me: I must’ve put my computer to sleep while Dropbox was still synching.

Sarah: You should be smart enough to check its status before putting your computer to sleep.

Me: You’re supposed to design software as if it’s a friendly, helpful human. A friendly, helpful human wouldn’t go to sleep before it was finished with something you asked it to do.

Sarah: Oh, like that light bulb I asked you to replace in our bathroom last night?

Doh!