RE: The Photo Copier

absolutely abysmal user interface that clearly only made sense to whichever antisocial engineering intern was assigned the job of designing it

You do know how to make me laugh. This is the best description of a shitty UI I have ever come across! Reminded me of this:

I have had my fair share of annoying photocopier fights. The one at the local library when I was a kid used to enjoy eating my coins without registering a print available. The librarians were understanding, but they could never get it to work properly. I'm glad you prevailed, sounds like they were all very happy at the end. Nice work.