Originally posted by: ActuaryTm
You could set the building on fire.
Originally posted by: ElFenix
Originally posted by: ActuaryTm
You could set the building on fire.
my swingline stapler jammed :|
Originally posted by: DrPizza
Hmmm... I'm actually that guy, some times.
There's a lot of demand for the copier here at school (1 copier, lots of teachers) Our copier is digital, of course, so it can remember dozens or perhaps hundreds of different jobs. Nonetheless, everyone feels compelled to scan one document, start 50 copies. Wait until the 50 copies are done. Fumble around getting out the next thing to scan, repeat.
If no one is standing at the scanner actively trying to scan something in, I just walk right up, program in my job in about 5 seconds, hit the enter button, pick my originals after they're scanned, and walk over to get a refill on my coffee. Usually I'll hear some protest about it, like "there's a line, you know" to which I simply comment "well, the copier was waiting for someone to program in a new job. No one was doing so. I'm not going to wait for the copier to wait for someone to get on the ball and learn that the thing has memory and can queue multiple jobs."
Originally posted by: kranky
Originally posted by: DrPizza
Hmmm... I'm actually that guy, some times.
There's a lot of demand for the copier here at school (1 copier, lots of teachers) Our copier is digital, of course, so it can remember dozens or perhaps hundreds of different jobs. Nonetheless, everyone feels compelled to scan one document, start 50 copies. Wait until the 50 copies are done. Fumble around getting out the next thing to scan, repeat.
If no one is standing at the scanner actively trying to scan something in, I just walk right up, program in my job in about 5 seconds, hit the enter button, pick my originals after they're scanned, and walk over to get a refill on my coffee. Usually I'll hear some protest about it, like "there's a line, you know" to which I simply comment "well, the copier was waiting for someone to program in a new job. No one was doing so. I'm not going to wait for the copier to wait for someone to get on the ball and learn that the thing has memory and can queue multiple jobs."
That's a borderline call.Technically you will be getting your output before someone else who was already standing in line, so in a way it's cutting line, but I certainly see your point. Their way is just going to take longer than it needs to.
If it makes you feel any better, I work with people who print from their PC to their local printer, then carry that over to the big copier to make copies. When I ask them why they didn't just send the entire job to the big copier in the first place, the answer is inevitably "I was afraid I wouldn't do it right."