Poll
What do you do when you jam the copy machine?
I used to try to fix it, but now that I know I never can, I walk away immediately before someone sees me. If someone catches me while I'm walking away I'll inform them that "someone" has broken the copy machine. Then I'll sigh and look pouty and pissed off, conveying the notion that this "someone" has alot of nerve.
24 comments:
I actually do the exact same thing.
Ummm, yeah - me too.
Technically, you're not lying. You are someone. You did break the copier. You're just not specifying who the culprit actually is (or taking responsibility).
Unfortuantely I'm the low man on the totem pole in my very small office.
I'm the sucker that either gets to fix the copier, or call someone in to do it...
The Xerox guy is never cute either.
Unfortunately the photocopy room is a hot spot where I work. I always try and make a big deal about fixing it and then get all pissed when I can't. It shows I care. And then everyone gets sympathetic even though they probably secretly want to kill me for it.
CB, gal.. I love your posts and you crack me up.. but seriously.. YOU are the bane of my existence at work, I swear. Because *I'm* the one who always get's called when "someone" jams the copy machine. Drives me abso-fucking-lutely batshit crazy I tell ya!
Especially when I get in there and it's as easy as turning the damn thing off and then turning it back on again. Gah! I got pulled away from my other, very important work, for this crap? (for example: reading your blog while supposedly working) ha..ha.ha..!
I get all Stagg Chili on it
Yeah, apparently fixing the copier is a part of my job description. I say 'apparently' because it was not part of my training and there's no manual in my possession. I usually just unplug it, plug it back in, and then tell everyone to resend their jobs because I don't have time to try and save their print queue. Then I stomp my foot for emphasis. They like that.
I usually blame it on someone else ;) Usually the intern :P
It all depends on how badly I need the copies. Plus we only have 3 copiers and they are spread out and usually shut off by the time I get to work ( i work at night), so 9 times outta 10...I fix it. Basically because I'm to lazy to walk around to another and in to big of a hurry to wait for them to boot up.
If you do jam it and leave, make sure you take your original. Don't leave the evidence. And any copy that might have been being made will more than likely get ripped in the unjamming.
i am the copy machine fixer at my work- slide back "the finisher", open it up, open up the thing inside the first part of opening up, pull out all the paper and you should be good to go. if your copier jams a lot, it's probably from overuse or not high enough quality paper (dust in the gears and whatnot). oh.my.god. i'm a total nerd.
Why can't people just grow up and accept responsibility for fucking things up for other people? Why do they have to act cute or sorry or pretend they didn't fuck up the photocopier?
I'm tired of being covered in toner because you don't know how to clear a paper jam. READ THE INSTRUCTIONS. THEY'RE ON THE COPIER, INSIDE THE PANEL.
Uh. . . if you're covered in toner, then maybe you're not the one who should be clearing paper jams, dummy.
Do you leave the toilet clogged too?
Thank you for being honest... Thank you... Thank you, Sistah.
- Trew Life
i actually do the same thing, but for other reasons. I like to let my co workers run into the problem. Then they will call me (b/c I have to fix most things in the office) to fix the problem and they will remember how much I do around the office. It makes my efforts acknowledged!
Holy Cow- bit of hostility on the part of toner person...
It's just a photocopier!
Sorry, not meaning to be hostile, but I hate having to get in there and pull it out, mostly because the person who tried before me fucked up the toner in the first place. I actually know how to do it properly. (Please do not try to fix the copier unless you know how, and if you don't, ask for help.)
That reminds me: CB, do we work in the same place? Because I could swear that was your blonde head I saw slinking away from the copier two days ago.
oh my. i totally do the same thing... except when i screw up the copier... i just get all pissed off at the world that someone had the nerve to fuck up the copier and not take care of it, then i storm off. it causes a big scene, and eventually someone feels sorry for the upset little office bitch (bitch being me... as in, i'm everyone's bitch in this place...) that they take care of it. do i feel bad? i think not. and covered in toner? thank you. you are the reason why i can get away with what i do. it doesn't go unappreciated.
LOL I did the same thing when I worked in an office.
You had me laughing so hard, cuz that is exactly what I do.
I usually try to fix it for about 5 minutes, then slink away when no one's looking. Unless it's a really bad paper jam, then I run away.
Since this is pretty much a daily occurence where I work, we have developed a rotating deathmatch-style competition that is played out at the bar every Friday, the loser of which shall be the following week's "copy bitch."
I actually fix the copier. If I can't, gotta call the Xerox guy.
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