Comments on: FU Load Letter

By: Nellie

Nellie — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 16:14:55 +0000

This AA sounds like Angela.
However … I’ve worked in so many offices where not ONE person had any idea on how to run, or fix, or load the copier … drove me nuts. My boss was notorious for loading copy paper the wrong direction in the wrong drawer — i mean he would literally change the paper tray’s guides, so then whenever I copied on it, the paper would come out the wrong direction. So I’d fix it. You could always tell when he reloaded paper, however, because it would be all screwed up again

By: The Elf

The Elf — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 13:22:34 +0000

I’d say you’re more of a Stalin. He never trusted his AAs.

By: Squishi

Squishi — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 11:57:06 +0000

I’m the AA on my floor, and for some reason everyone seems to think I’m psychic about when the colour copiers need fixing, especially the one on the other side of the building. The staff are also all disabled enough to not be able to change the toner, add paper or fix a jam. I realise I can’t educate the stupid so have given up trying. I use the b&w printer, because I can cope without colour.

By: redheadwglasses

redheadwglasses — Wed, 03 Oct 2012 16:33:36 +0000

This secretary is clueless. Because I happen to sit near the copier/printer, people assume that *I* am the expert and want me to fix their jams. My rule is, you were the one using it, you clear it. I can print to four different printers, so it won’t affect my work.

I’d be thrilled if more people were proactive about clearing machine jams. and jellies.

By: Brian

Brian — Tue, 02 Oct 2012 19:36:54 +0000

I’ve had close to a dozen AA in my life. It requires the ability to learn tasks and master them, not to ‘be clever’.

I’m the manager, I am the only one who wields my power. They aren’t even really Pol Pot, they are Pol Pot’s AA. (And wouldn’t it be ironic if Pol Pot never ordered anyone killed, but had a pissed off secretary?

By: moko

moko — Sun, 30 Sep 2012 14:08:33 +0000

Did you miss the part where she was never actually AT her desk to assist people when needed?

By: Vulpis

Vulpis — Fri, 28 Sep 2012 23:21:05 +0000

Honestly? Team Secretary on this one. If you don’t know what you’re doing with the equipment, don’t play with it, as you’ll likely just make the problem worse. That poor secretary has probably had one too many lectures from IT being called to fix things other people have broken. :-/

By: Vulpis

Vulpis — Fri, 28 Sep 2012 23:16:52 +0000

@Kieron Actually, I figure she probably has plenty of friends…in the IT department, since her co-workers keep screwing up her copier by messing with it when they don’t know what they’re doing.

By: G. B. Miller

G. B. Miller — Fri, 28 Sep 2012 22:28:51 +0000

This reminds of a recent incident at work that I’ve blogged about.

We have one of those copiers in which that if you don’t align the drawers after loading it up with paper, it won’t copy.

So I loaded it with paper, ’cause you know, it ran out and no one else who used it extensively was active enough to load it. And then I tried a couple of time to properly align the drawers, but I had no luck.

So I went to the other copier to do my business and continued on my merry way.

About ten minutes later, a supervisor came by with my original print job that I forgot to cancel, and after giving it to me, proceeded to berate me in front of two other co-workers about the lousy job I did of loading the copier with paper.

She wound up her dissertation by saying that the next time I was faced with the option of loading paper into to the copier, I should instead ask for help.

By: Dave

Dave — Fri, 28 Sep 2012 13:07:15 +0000

Most office printers have that information directly available via the display screen. You might only be able to get the document name, but depending on the size of the office, there might not be masses of print jobs of Word documents over the incriminating time period.

By: flamingo-fizz

flamingo-fizz — Fri, 28 Sep 2012 09:45:04 +0000

I tend to feel bad for admins…To do the job well actually requires a brain, BUT it’s a rather demeaning and unrewarding job for the intellectually blessed. So, often companies hire the less-clever, thinking they will be more ‘satisfied’ and stick around longer…and then the whole office is annoyed when they screw things up.

By: Chris Miller

Chris Miller — Fri, 28 Sep 2012 04:04:28 +0000

A lot of copiers have a hard drive in them that remembers everything that was printed and anyone who knows how can get the information off it if they want. I mean, they do have to take the hard drive out, but there’s been cases of people buying used copiers and going “wahey, confidential information all over the show!”

By: shepd

shepd — Fri, 28 Sep 2012 00:53:36 +0000

Surprisingly true, except for black and white printers (which this wasn’t).

Of course, chances are only the FBI/NSA/CIA are going to figure out that yellow dot pattern and track the serial number of the copier to you…

By: shepd

shepd — Fri, 28 Sep 2012 00:52:26 +0000

Unplug copier. Apply wire cutters. Take the end of the cord with the plug home and throw it away.

Problem solved.