Maybe one with a straight face?

Pilot fish gets a work request in the form of a text message on his pager: Bart, can you speed up my buttons? "When I contacted the user by phone, I told her I really didn't think I should be touching her buttons," fish reports. "She claimed it could be quite a learning experience. I sent another tech."

That's why

This pilot fish watches as a new server is installed upstairs at the warehouse where he works. "All wiring had to be installed through the ceiling 25 feet up," says fish. "Our IT tech, who is brilliant with this, asked if I could do the wiring. I told him I don't have the skills for that. 'No problem,' he said, and walked me through it." Once the job is done and the server is working fine, fish is curious: Why pick me for this? he asks. IT tech: "I have a fear of heights."

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