I ALWAYS put the paper in the printer!

Ashles

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I work in a graphics unit and I sit nearest to the printer.

Whenever someone comes to the printer and discovers it is out of paper they always (almost without fail) declare that they are the only one who EVER refills the paper.

I always think this is an interesting mundane everyday example of 'hits' versus 'misses'.

As far as I can tell almost everyone reloads the printer almost equally, but still everyone only remembers the times it is empty for them. It never occurs to them to think why are not about 30 different jobs start printing out just after they reload the paper. Only theirs.


Yet curiously it's only ME who ever orders CD marker pens.:D
 
An excellent analogy.

I used to work nearest the photocopier and I noticed who ever was using it when it ran out of paper said the same thing, "Why does it always run out when *I'm* using it?"

That was years ago and I am reminded of it often:

"How come there's never any coffee left when I want some?"
"Doesn't anybody else know how to put dishes in the dishwasher?"
"Why does the toilet paper always run out when I need it?"
"Am I the only one who knows how to put the good scissors back in the drawer?"

Actually I think I am the only one who knows how to put the good scissors back in the drawer.
 
Darat said:
Why is it only me that notices these threads?
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Yeah, why is it that only Darat notices these threads?






wait...that's not right....
 
Ashles said:
I work in a graphics unit and I sit nearest to the printer.

Whenever someone comes to the printer and discovers it is out of paper they always (almost without fail) declare that they are the only one who EVER refills the paper.

I always think this is an interesting mundane everyday example of 'hits' versus 'misses'.

As far as I can tell almost everyone reloads the printer almost equally, but still everyone only remembers the times it is empty for them. It never occurs to them to think why are not about 30 different jobs start printing out just after they reload the paper. Only theirs.


Yet curiously it's only ME who ever orders CD marker pens.:D
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But then there are some bastards that only adds 50 or 100 papers in the 500 magasine making it my turn to fill it faster. How do I know? I look at the supply and notice a opened package of 500 left half full.
 
When I'm looking for something, why is it ALWAYS in the last place I look?
 
Powa- I actually know someone who always keeps looking after she finds what she lost, just to avoid this very phenomenon.
 
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Vitnir said:
But then there are some bastards that only adds 50 or 100 papers in the 500 magasine making it my turn to fill it faster. How do I know? I look at the supply and notice a opened package of 500 left half full.
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This is my pet peeve. Each tray is designed to hold one pack of paper, not just a few sheets. I sit by the printer and I am quite loud when I see someone open a pack and just pull out a few sheets. I've even had arguments with people who say that a full pack won't fit.
 
Dragonrock- Clearly you never had the experience of starting a document printing , only to have the printer (usually an HP I find), ingest the entire content of the paper tray in one gulp. Then it beeps plaintively and awaits human assistance.
 
Soapy Sam said:
Dragonrock- Clearly you never had the experience of starting a document printing , only to have the printer (usually an HP I find), ingest the entire content of the paper tray in one gulp. Then it beeps plaintively and awaits human assistance.
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I have had that pleasure. Sitting next to the printer requires one to quickly learn how to trouble shoot all aspects of printer malfunction. The upside is being able to ogle any women who stand around waiting for pages to print.
 
The upside is being able to ogle any women who stand around waiting for pages to print.
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The long-term problem with this is that soon you will start to get aroused by paper and printing noises alone.
This is not a happy place to be.
 
My wife used to make the same complaint about toilet paper. Finally I started putting new rolls on "backwards" (feeding new sheets from under rather than over). Now she complains about that, but at least she no longer claims to be the only one to change rolls...
 
Ashles said:
The long-term problem with this is that soon you will start to get aroused by paper and printing noises alone.
This is not a happy place to be.
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Eventually, however, by a process of transference, you will find paper MORE erotic than women. And much more available. This sounds like a "happy place" to me. I personally would pay good money to have a sexual fixation on something which stays still when you try to touch it, and which can be bought by the ream in W.H.Smith's. But no...
 
Dr Adequate said:
Eventually, however, by a process of transference, you will find paper MORE erotic than women. And much more available. This sounds like a "happy place" to me. I personally would pay good money to have a sexual fixation on something which stays still when you try to touch it, and which can be bought by the ream in W.H.Smith's. But no...
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The thought of a paper cut on Mr. Happy doesn't make me very happy.
 
When I worked in the print room, I once got a papercut across the eyeball. That stung. Just scored the surface, so not serious, but makes me shudder to think about it every time. And now it can make you shudder too.

Cheers,
Rat.
 
ratcomp1974 said:
When I worked in the print room, I once got a papercut across the eyeball. That stung. Just scored the surface, so not serious, but makes me shudder to think about it every time. And now it can make you shudder too.

Cheers,
Rat.
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My little brother did that, but his was pretty deep. He had all kinds of drops he had to put in his eye for weeks.

**shudders**
 
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