Sleeping on the Watch

I was busy with the dishes just now, the water splashing in the sink, me croaking crooning softly, ...the works, you see; when I suddenly perceived a sudden motion out of the corner of my eye. I looked in the direction of the bedrooms and saw my roommate, P, motioning to me. I could see she was saying something but I couldn't hear it, so I turned off the tap, and realized she wasn't saying anything. She was actually mouthing the word 'Come!' There was a sense of urgency in the way she said it, so I left what I was doing and walked towards her room. As I got nearer, she went, 'Shhhh, Quietly', and tiptoed back inside. I couldn't figure out what was going on. I just Shhhhh-ed to myself, and followed.

She walked into her room and stopped at her desk, and pointed to what looked like a little brown circle on the screen of her laptop. Then, enigmatically, she whispered, 'Sleeping.'

It was the Microsoft Word Dog, the little helper that Microsoft employs to sit smugly on your screen and watch you helplessly blunder your way through MS Office. The one that offers inane suggestions once in a while, and turns tricks to disguise from you the fact that he's probably spying on you. And he was sleeping on his watch.

'Shhhhhh...!!!'