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that everytime I go to use that copier, somebody has walked away from it, job in progress, jammed!!! Or out of toner, or needing paper???





Argghhhhh!!!!!

Because people are inconsiderate?  Or is it because they don't pay attention?  I definitely know what you mean...it seems like I'm always the one to refill the paper or clear the jam.



Julie

Breathe in, breathe out...

I used to say it was because the machine liked me.  It knew I would "feed" it and make it feel better (clear jams).  I would invariably walk up to a machine needing 2 copies and there would be 1 piece of paper in the machine!!!!  AAAGGGGHHHHH.....

It works under the same principle as changing the roll of toilet paper.  Man uses last of toilet paper roll, gets out new roll, sets it on the sink instead of installing it on the holder. Man walks away.



Man is doing copy job and machine jams, or runs out of paper. Man walks away. It's another one of those man things.  



WS  

Diet coke thru the nose stings.....



Thanks WS.. I needed that  

Diet coke through the nose. Uh, oh!  It must be Friday.    



Sorry Red!



WS  

It BETTER be FRIDAY! ! ! ! !



The copier question is the question of the century....there are those people who know how to operate the machinery and there are those people who know how to **@*@#(*%) with the machinery.....and they will always get to the machine before you ! ! ! !   laws of nature! !  !

we have a couple of those people around here  



and we have a couple of people who can make it work after a complete meltdown      

Woo-hoo - someone else gets DC through the nose, and not me!!!  

I figure it's because we admins are the only people with enough patience to learn how to clear the jams and fill the paper trays.



I have tried and tried and tried to teach these people how to be self-sufficient and do it themselves. But they still come and ask me to do it or the ones who are probably too embarrassed to admit that they don't know how to, just leave it jammed and walk away.



Uggh!



I guess I should consider this job security because if I ever take vacation days this summer, they will be lost without me - ha, ha, ha.

That happens to me too - but since there is more than one copier on every floor, I usually try to find the other one.  



What I really hate is when they come to MY desk to ask me to fix it.  Excuse me, but do I have a Xerox uniform on?  

Hey, Wink -- DC (and/or coffee)thru the nose happens here, too.  In fact, it happens so often that my mom bought me a mug a couple of years before she died that says "Whatever you do, don't make me laugh so hard the coffee comes out my nose")  I still have the mug sitting on my credenza!!!



Sure am glad it's Friday!!!



Energizer  

Energizer, that's awesome! Do you mind if I have one made for myself that says that?



(and I'm glad it's Friday too!)

 

I like those folks who jam it, walk away, and when you go to them later and try to show them how to work it properly they tell you it wasn't them.  Oh yeah?  Then why was the paper jammed in the copier some of your schoolwork/personal papers/e-mails?  They leave, taking their originals but forgetting that it is a COPIER and hence a copy of that is what is gonna be found when the jam is cleared.  Jeesh folks, wouldn't it be less embarrassing just to learn to fix it yourself?

WS,



It's a good thing copiers don't use TP, otherwise the paper would end up sitting ON TOP of the copier.



Anyone remember when photocopiers used those big rolls of shiny paper (or am I dating myself?).  Seems to me the women changed those, too.

         Yeah Phoenix, the paper would probably be sitting on top of the copier and if they did manage to put the paper in, it would be the wrong way!    



And Winkie,



You may not have had DC through the nose today, but remember, the day is not over.  Of course, I did get you approximately 3 times last Friday, so maybe I'll be nice and cut you a break.    



WS    

Well, WS ... sounds like a challenge!  

I can't count that high that has happened to me too.  But how many men does it take to change a toilet roll?  We don't know because it's never been done before!

Ok, I think this Forum is bad luck! I just got finished reading this post about the copier. I decided to do one last thing before packing up.



Guess what? You guessed right! Copier jammed, 2 jobs waiting. I almost burned my hand off trying to get out the little shreds of paper left by the last operator.



Where was that Conga line? I'm joining it now and getting out of here for the day.



Hope everyone has a great weekend!!!

dedlered,

This happens because the same creep who never replaces the paper towel roll in the ladies' room at my office obviously is moonlighting over at your place.

KW

Good one, Solar!

OK have to add these two stories about copiers and jamming...



In the building I worked in we had two copiers on every wing (four on each floor). I went to the one that wasn't used very often because, well, I knew no one else would be there. Well, I get there, and of course, it's jammed. So I open it up and get on my hands and knees to fix the darn thing. I just finish when another woman walks in. "Oh, is the copier jammed?" I felt like saying, 'Nope, just getting personal with it.' But I told her, "It was, but I fixed it." So I get up, turn around to grab my copy job, when she swoops in and starts to use the copier!!! That is SO against the copier rules! Whoever fixes it gets to use it first! I was about to rip her head off, when she realized it wasn't ready to copy yet. It takes a couple of minutes to warm up after being down so long, and she didn't want to wait, so she walked away. Good thing for her.



And another time... another admin on the other wing was helping someone fix the copier. She had just come in to get a drink from the fridge and saw that someone was trying to fix their jam. So being the good admin she was, she opened the thing up and tried to fix it. She saw that the jam was pretty far in there, so she sat down and stuck her arm in. And promptly got her arm stuck. Try as she might, she could not free herself. She was stuck so bad that not only was the Gordon Flesch company (they lease copiers) called, but the paramedics were too. I think she was stuck for a good hour or so, and had her arm in a sling for a couple of weeks afterwards. She was OK and unhurt (other than her pride).