Signing For Dummies (46 page)

The office is a great place to work these Signs. The following sentences can give you a hand with some office items. And because office equipment doesn’t always work, Signs exist for that, too.

English:
The fax machine is busy.

Sign:
F-A-X MACHINE — BUSY

English:
The copy machine is broken.

Sign:
COPY MACHINE — BROKE

Sign
broke
or
broken
like you’re breaking a stick with both hands in the manual S handshape.

English:
My computer is frozen.

Sign:
MY COMPUTER — FROZE

Sign
froze
or
frozen
like the word freeze (see
Chapter 5
).

English:
Where is the stapler?

Sign:
STAPLER WHERE Q

English:
Do we have enough paper?

Sign:
PAPER ENOUGH HAVE Q

Getting to work

The workday world is full of tasks from stocking shelves to attending meetings. The Signs in Table 9-3 make work a little more fun — you can carry on a private conversation with another Signer during a boring meeting.

Put these work-related Signs into action in the following:

English:
Are you going to the conference?

Sign:
CONFERENCE GO YOU Q

English:
The manager’s meeting is upstairs.

Sign:
MANAGERS MEETING — UPSTAIRS