Unexpected Superman

I did one of the most embarrassing things today at work.
The thing is, I usually don't do much work at all. I'm not happy about this, but that's pretty much the truth.

My task today consisted of creating phrases commonly used in the English classroom so that we can use it to decorate the English room.

I made small little banners identical to the ones I made last year.

And then...I went to laminate them. Considering they were small banners, I had to cut and attach laminating sheets. One thing led to another and I ended up jamming the machine. Unfortunately, it happened at the same time the school nurse, who was working near by, was complimenting me on my skills at making lovely banners.

When it started to jam, I didn't really know what to do, because there was no way to stop the rollers that fed the paper forward.

I had to turn off the entire thing. I pulled and I yanked, but the banner was wedged in there and wouldn't come out for the life of me.

Thank god no one was really in the staffroom. I struggled along with the school nurse for about 15 minutes. Then, an unexpected hero came to our/my rescue.

The head teacher at the school came up and asked the school nurse what was happening. I think he knew pretty well that I was the one who got the machine jammed...but like most of the time, he doesn't speak directly to me.

For the next 40 to 45 minutes, the man calmly took apart the machine and even summoned a student to pull out the banner while he held on to the parts. He almost burned his hands 3 times.

This happened all the while some other teachers laughed and said to me, "Oh, you're the one who broke it." They chose to taunt me like a helpless kid while this guy helped. After I wasted his precious 45 minutes, I sheepishly smiled and apologized another 50 billion times. He simply smiled and said "It's ok."

I felt like a kid, but ahh...my unexpected superman!