The first day on the new job was a confusing one for Mr. Dithers. He stood in front of the office machine trying to figure out all the buttons

"Need some help?" offered one of the secretaries.
"Yes, how does this thing work?" asked Mr. Dithers, brandishing a thick pile of papers in his hands.
The secretary took the papers from him and began to feed them into the machine. Mr. Dithers watched in fascination as the machine tore each sheet into shreds.
"Thank you so much," said Mr. Dithers when the last paper had been shredded. "Now where do the copies come out?"

The purpose of the story is

a. to entertain with a story about a new employee.
b. to criticize how new employees act on the job.
c. to convince the reader that office machines are difficult to operate.

The tone of the story is
a. sarcastic. b. objective. c. amusing.


a, c

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