Do You (Photo)Copy?

Oh, how I wish our shopgirl had said "No" when one particular customer asked her that question!

Someone came in with some leaflets that they wanted copied yesterday. "What's the problem?" I hear you cry? Well, she went off to T In The Park today, and the customer wanted A LOT of copying done. How much is a lot? Try 8 different double sided A4 leaflets - 300 copies of each! Shopgirl managed to get 2 sets done yesterday, leaving me 1800 leaflets to copy today!

Then factor into that the fact that 2 of the cartridge things in our copier ran out, meaning that the machine just stopped each time... and some bright spark hadn't ordered a replacement black toner cartridge last time it ran out, so we had to find another company with the same copier as us and beg to nick one of their's until we can get more delivered!

Then factor into that that today was HOT, and a photocopier running flat out adds a few degrees, and the heating we have to keep on so that our paper doesn't get damp adds a few degrees, and the copier adds a lot of noise...

Then factor in that every time someone came in wanting other copying or printing done, I had to stop the leaflets and do their stuff... and everyone seemed to want difficult copying done... and then complained that our copier didn't do a good enough job...

Then factor into that that folk came in when I was trying to change the cartridges, or waiting for the boss to track down one from one of our neighbours, and were grumpy coz they couldn't get their copying done RIGHT AWAY... and either tutted and walked out again, or stood and tutted as I tried to figure out how to change the damn cartridge, and then moaned that the copy was too light/too dark/too big/too small... you name it.

Finally, add social workers stressing me out... a certain family member who is over-reacting to something I did and grumped at me tonight... and everything else, and I've had a BAD day!