Old Dogs
We used to have 2 copiers. They were old. One of them stopped working right a few weeks ago. Both copiers were fairly unreliable, they would get paper jams often but when one made freight train-esque noises while trying to copy, we knew it was time for a change. My old boss put a sign on it that said "This Copier is Not Well" with a big sad face. I was surprised at how many people moved the sign and had documents eaten by the copier.We called in our usual repairman and he took one listen and said "no." Our office manager came out of her office to replace the first sign with one that said "RIP, The Copier, Over 1,000,000 Copies - You will be missed." Then we waited.
We waited for 3 weeks with one crappy copier and one very dead copier. Yesterday, our dreams came true. We received not one, but TWO new copiers. Color copiers that will also scan, fax, and print! Guess how happy everyone is...
... they're not. I think I can safely say that the amount of complaining yesterday and today is about equal to the day when the other copier was pulled out of commission. Personally, I love it. It does everything - the color is crystal clear, it can punch holes, collate, staple, enlarge, reduce.... Oh the shenanigans that are possible with this new piece of machinery are seemingly endless!! (I'm thinking life-sized posters of my co-workers, but I have no specific plans yet)
Because I'm literate, under 30, and not intimidated by a piece of office equipment, I've become the New Copier Tutor of the office. I had to walk about a half-dozen people through the process of copying yesterday and again today. It goes like this (in case you find yourself standing in front of a new Canon copier):
1- put what you want to copy in the top (conveniently EXACTLY the same place we used to put our originals on the old machines.)
2- press the big, round green button that says "start" (it looks a lot like the big, round green button that says "start" on our old copier, also on our current Canon fax machine...)
3- (and this is the tricky part, since it is the one new feature on normal copies) the copy comes out UNDERNEATH where you put the original.
4- unless you want to photocopy your face or middle finger for greeting cards with me, go away.
(I wish this woman really worked at my office.)
posted by LauraDorf @ 1:50 PM
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