“Boop, boop, boop,” goes the sound of the copier. I could hear its cries from 15 cubicle aisles away. I could also hear the culprit getting out of dodge before anyone noticed that they stuck a stapled packet of paper into the feed tray.
It has become a pet peeve of mine to see the copier left in the state of dysfunction. And out of 300 people on the floor, I always end up getting rid of the jam and walking away without a thank you. As a matter of fact, people would wait in line and ask me if I’m finished fixing it yet. Ungrateful S.O.B’s.
Well I decided to walk in the direction of the copier, once again. Once I got to the copier, I shifted into my Jack Bauer mode. It’s not enough that I fix the jam; I look for clues as to who may have jammed it as well. I took a look at the control panel and saw that every letter was lit. Damn, the mother load…
I opened up the front panel, pull down the side panels and got to twisting the knobs in the direction instructed. I found one piece of crinkled paper after another. There were six pieces of paper; four of them covered in inky evidence. I closed up the panels and the jam was still present. I checked the copier one more time. There weren’t any jams left, so I reset the copier and everything was cool.
It was a fairly easy procedure. Anybody could have fixed it. So whoever walked away didn’t want to get their hands dirty or be caught fixing a copier (thanks). I looked at the documents and saw the initials RM – Rebeka “Becky” McCormick, the office’s Angelina Jolie. Rebeka adopted three children abroad; she can’t seem to stop bragging about her children’s nanny or her pool boy Juan. She’s “happily married” and yet, I wouldn’t be surprised if Juan is cleaning out more than the pool-- everyday I might add.
With another mystery solved, I placed the crinkled paper in her inbox and walked back to my desk. And as soon as I sat down, “boop, boop, boop!” I’m not getting paid enough for this ****.
So what are some of your office pet peeves? Do you have any copier stories to tell?
May 14, 2010
OHW Rewind: Not Again... who jammed the copier?!!
Labels: inbox, nanny, Orhardlyworking, pet peeve, Prissy co-worker, the copier is down
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Oh man a copier story lol.
Ok I was temping at this company and it was pretty laid back. So some employees would use the office supplies for personal use lol you know the usual printing stuff from online, making copies of other crap. So why this one fool wanted to make copies of this naughty pic of the boss's head on a naked woman's body! It was funny and he passed it around when the boss was on vacay. So the copier got jammed and we couldn't fix it and had to call a repair guy. He fixed it but we didn't print anything at that copier and was using another one while it was being repaired. So the copier that was fixed was the type that had memory bank. So the boss comes back early the next morning and decided to make some copies and I guess he chose to print what was in the queue lol and guess what was printed.
So when we came in he had put it on the bulletin board and said whoever is responsible for this to come see him. In the end he took it as a joke and no one got in trouble but homeboy was pooping bricks when he saw that on the bulletin board!
Ah good times lol.
That is classic! I love it!!!!
We have passwords on our copier, yet slowly but surely, other people are getting to code and using the copier. What I can't stand is the waiter... They'll be up on your back until you are finished, trying to sneak in during your copying like, "I just need one copy of this." I always answer, "Well that means you won't be long after I'm done.
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