Today, after weeks of complaints and an engineer call-out for our photocopier, it turns out that all faults are user errors, and it's now my job to 'idiot proof' the printer. The people I work for are all educated on a Master's / PhD level and are responsible for cancer patient treatment at a major hospital. FML
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, I told everyone at work I could fix the office printer because “I work with computers.” After pressing random buttons for ten minutes, I somehow changed the language to Korean and printed 87 blank pages. The IT guy arrived, looked at me, sighed, and fixed it in 30 seconds. FML
Today, at work on the front desk at a dental office, there was a massive system glitch. I'm now currently recreating appointments for around 300 patients, on top of checking out the patients that are currently in today from their appointments. FML
Today, I work in the tech industry so the plot is rather too long for 300 letters, but suffice it to say that my boss implemented a £3400 solution to a £7 problem, then successfully blamed me when the client questioned the sudden increase in costs. FML
Today, my 73 year-old coworker has made a mountain of work for me to plough through due to her incompetence. I had to work through over 400 emails, since she thought unplugging the router would help, and in doing so, I have picked up on hundreds of mistakes she has made with clients, and had to apologise to each one. FML
Today, I complained to my boss about how my printer wasn't printing colored ink even though I had just installed a new cartridge yesterday. Upon investigation, she noted that I forgot to take off the protection sticker from the cartridge. Good job. FML
Today, I had to visit a client because his printer had broken down. After driving for an hour, then being screamed at about how horrible my company's service is, I walked over to his printer and found the problem: there was no paper loaded. FML
Today, I went to the print shop to get some work printed. The guy serving me printed my entire order wrong because he pushed the wrong button, so it had to be done again. He tried to charge me a fine for the mistake he made because "it's not a viable business otherwise". FML
Today, I was at work copying some papers. The copier is below a shelf with lots of paper and signage, which suddenly flew off the hinge and hit me in the head as well as the copier. My boss ran in, asking, "Is the copier okay?" FML
Today, at work, my computer started acting up. I told my boss I could fix it, but he told me to call the IT department instead. Neither the IT technician or his supervisor could figure it out, so I showed them what was wrong and how to fix it. I was promptly fired for wasting 2 hours of company time. FML
Today, I was given a new responsibility at the law firm where I work. I'm now in charge of punching holes in every single piece of paper to be found in the office, estimated to be in the hundred-thousands. The reason? I finish my daily clerical work too quickly. FML
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Top comments
Leeono 26
Intellectual intelligence does not always equate to wisdom.... I work in retail with a few college graduates and their lack of common sense sometimes is staggering!
Danne696 14
How much idiot proofing can a photocopier need? Just write out instructions and tape it to the front of the machine. Do I have too much faith in the intelligence of people?
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jbuckets_404 39
Well, now you have job security! ;-)
Leeono 26
Intellectual intelligence does not always equate to wisdom.... I work in retail with a few college graduates and their lack of common sense sometimes is staggering!
Danne696 14
How much idiot proofing can a photocopier need? Just write out instructions and tape it to the front of the machine. Do I have too much faith in the intelligence of people?
Lee Elliott 4
probably, but then again, apparently so did i, as that was my first response too.
onceuponatime456 16
Yes, you do!
Talented73 54
yes
exileonmainst 16
Press the "any key"? Which button is the "any key"?
RichardPencil 32
Don’t do too good of a job or you’ll be out of work. Let these geniuses continue to **** up the printer/copier and cheerfully fix it for them. Assuming you want to stay employed.
Lee Elliott 4
hey, can't be an expert in everything, gotta have give-and-take somewhere. maybe have instructions laminated above the damn thing.
readingrachel 9
Consider this OP they are all trained as doctors their job is healthcare not office work. So maybe that gap on their knowledge is because they literally are saving lives instead of making files
Vkfan 28
I was 6 when I learned how to use a photocopier: you put the original on the top and press "print". There's no room for a "knowledge gap"
lexos 16
Some people or just bad with such things. No matter how many times I help my parents with the pc they simple won't know it anymore the next time they need it
Trina Buehrer Salas 7
I work in a similar field and, with few exceptions, the more acronyms/initials after their name, the less common sense people seem to have.
gobiteme2 34
Step 1 Place an arrow by "start". Step 2 Repeat if extra copies are needed.
Luke16eirb7deneuwn1 20
I'm going to an engeneering school atm and printers are humantiys biggest foe
Stiggy626 25
and plotters, which I guess are just big ass printers haha so nevermind