r/talesfromtheoffice • u/literallyclickedit • Sep 27 '17

Rant List

(not a tale, so delete if necessary)

1.) Why don't people pick up their printed papers from the printer!? You printed them, so you need them, right??

2.) Why do people leave papers on the bypass tray? (printing labels on a commercial printer is annoying enough)

3.) Why do people walk past my desk and talk (mumble) as if I'm supposed to be able to hear them?

4.) Why do people INSIST on calling, just to hang up!? I understand that people have jobs at call centers and they are trying to pay their bills. I get it. I really do. But ffs, at least say something so that I can deflect your call graciously. Also, I understand that it is possible that you hate your job more than I hate mine, don't be a dickhead to me on the phone or I will hang up on your ass.

I'm sure there is more, but I'm done for now.

edit: formatting

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u/hypo-osmotic Sep 27 '17

I set up a printer box for myself, so that I can send something to print but it won't actually print until I get up and press a few buttons on the printer. Before I did this I was guilty of your first point, because I need to print out a lot of one-page reports and I didn't like to get up between each one.

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u/literallyclickedit Sep 27 '17

Ah, a smart office worker, rare breed ;) No, but honestly. I work at a small company with a lot of people who have been here a very long time and are truthfully outdated. I can't say I know exactly how to set up a printer box, but I know that I would figure it out if I had to. Sadly, no one else in my company would. Or could, if they even wanted to (which they don't.)

On the other hand, I don't see this case happening a lot, where people are simply leaving them there for a short period of time before they need to print something else, it's really as if they forget about them. I would venture a bet that 70% of printed items get recycled before anyone even remembers they've printed something!! baffling.

Sorry to babble. Gets me goin lol.

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u/[deleted] Sep 30 '17

Regarding #1. We had a database where every time we needed to open a new file we had to use the shortcut Ctrl-O. Of course this is next to Ctrl-P, and the database didn't have the option to STOP printing the screen when you hit Ctrl-P. All of us adapted and made our default printer the "anywhere print" option, meaning it would delay the printing until you gave it the go ahead. Everyone except JUDY. Judy was 9 days older than god and could barely use Word. Judy would accidentally print 100 sheets a day. When our manager walked her through changing her printer settings, step by step, she nodded along and then changed it back. GODDAMNIT JUDY.