COPYISMS

[prntrfxr]

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THAT'S AWESOME!

As luck would have it......we had copiers in a lot of the garment factories up here and over in ALA.
While working on a big old Toshiba ( coated paper, liquid ) it happened . All the secretaries laughed.
One of the secetaries put me in a closet: I handed out the ripped pants and she took them to be stitched up : then brought them back so I could finish the service call.

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You should take care of that secretary. You never know when you need an article of clothing fixed. If you're on a nearby call, she could fix it for you. So, bring sweets or flowers every time you go there.

[igi]

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I use a hammer and a flathead screwdriver. I usually carry the screwdriver, but have to ask the customer for the hammer. The first time they look at me strange and go "What do you need the hammer for?". Sometimes I reply "I can't seem to find what's wrong with the machine..."

and please remember
the bigger the doubt the bigger the hammer.

[kyrenecopy]

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and please remember
the bigger the doubt the bigger the hammer.

The looks on the customer face was always priceless when you asked them for a paperclip or scotch tape or a rubber band or super glue!

[HenryT2]

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You should take care of that secretary. You never know when you need an article of clothing fixed. If you're on a nearby call, she could fix it for you. So, bring sweets or flowers every time you go there.[/QUOTE]

I would if I could ....... that incident happened back in the mid 70's .....most of these factories are closed now, and have all moved their operations overseas .

This is sad: but : Can you imagine how much trouble a tech could get into if some of the things mentioned here were to happen at some of the locations we have calls at now . Think about it :

' May I borrow your stapler...by the way...where's your restroom ? '
' Just step over here to this closet and give me you pants....I'll be right back with them. '

"So, bring sweets or flowers every time you go there."

In today's offices, that would all probably be considered sexual harassment .

[Shadow]

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I have read through this entire post and no one has stated the #1 copy-ism out there.

the ID 10 T error code.

this is the worst or best one depending on how you look at it.
how many of you have returned to your vehicle shaking your head !!!!!!!

and as for looking for the ever elusive missing screw on the carpeted floor, your next move finds it under your knee.

[Akitu]

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While we're mentioning ID10T errors, what about PEBKACs?

[kyrenecopy]

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How many times has the machine been down, not feeding, noisey, etc etc the customer is screaming, and you walk in and it is working fine and you find no problem, basically do nothing to it and tell the customer that you made "some adjustments" and "cleaned some sensors". The next day they call and say how wonderfully the machine is working and you smile to yourself nowing full well that YOU DIDN'T DO A DAMN THING TO IT! ID 10 T

[Zackuth]

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While we're mentioning ID10T errors, what about PEBKACs?

What is PEBKAC?

[Akitu]

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What is PEBKAC?

Problem Exists Between Keyboard And Chair.

[kyrenecopy]

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Another one: The customer has called dispatch, your boss and the corporate office yelling and screaming about what a piece of crap the machine is. It's down, I don't know whats wrong with it, just get out here and fix it NOW! You show up, he starts yelling at you. You finally get to the machine and it is an obviously customer caused call. And here is the kicker; you go to your contact/key operator and she says to you: "The boss did it" (ie: the guy doing all the yelling!). Never fails. The customer that screams the loudest is usually the one that caused the problem in the first place!

[Zackuth]

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Problem Exists Between Keyboard And Chair.

Kinda like a nut being loose on the op panel?

[Shadow]

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"Problem Exists Between Keyboard And Chair"

had a customer with intermittent spacing problems when using the typewriter (showing my age now)
observed the problem happen on my 3rd visit to check it out.
a very large breasted receptionist was at the desk
asked her to let me take a look at the machine for a moment
I adjusted the height of her chair and the problem went away
I knew that lawyer hired her for her brains................................

[Shadow1]

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I knew that lawyer hired her for her brains................................

That was one of my favorite customer's catch phrases. "I was not hired for my brains!"

Heard her say it several times and it always brought a smile to my face... ok - it brought a bigger smile to my face than the one that was already there... She was very intelligent, but most guys never noticed anything above her neckline.

She knew it, and had a lot of fun with it.

I'd almost forgotten about this, but one of the funniest things I ever saw was her facing down the boss. "You do NOT want to go toe to toe with me! I don't have to take it, because my toes won't reach..." and she finished with her catch phrase.

[kingpd@businessprints.net]

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This reminds me of a question I've pondered about before and one that I think I've been asked before as well...

"What would life have been like if I had been born the opposite sex?"

I actually have two answers for that depending on if I was a normal or maybe ugly girl or if I was the hottest chick ever.

If I was normal or ugly...maybe things wouldn't be so different. The things I hate about being male is the unique parts that are outside of the body...specifically when I accidentally bump into something...it really hurts...or when exercising, sometimes friction causes discomfort, and when stretching, and when one sits on themselves or you're sitting and you move to the side and catch one of those round things and smash it...it REALLY hurts.

I know guys tend to say well of course I'd touch myself...but honestly, I don't think I'd like things hanging off my chest...it seems quite uncomfortable. And forget jumping jacks, you'd rip your skin off.

Of course if I was normal or ugly as a girl I may go lesbian or decide to end it all early...I just don't know. I myself don't judge but I would think it would be hard for an ugly girl to get by...don't know.

BUT. If I were a super hot chick. OMG, would I have so much freakin' fun with it. I would flaunt the hell out of it and get all kinds of free sh*t. Meals, movie tickets, presents, free drinks, free vacations, whatever.

AND you can bet on my theoretical sweet ass that by my very early twenties I'd be worth a trillion dollars! I'd be a vicious b*tch! Sleep my way to the top, marry and divorce rich billionaires...that's right, I go for the b, not the m; whatever; I'd have it all.

I can only assume that girls have raging hormones to some degree that males do. Yes, I would get anybody and everybody I'd want; a real sl*t. I wouldn't be ashamed to use what assets God had granted me.

I have to say as a male; it was pure hell from about 15 on up. Girls complain about their blood flow problems, well male blood flow problems freakin' suck too! Especially when nobody wants you and your really religious parents put the fear of God into you! Not to mention that the modern day twisted view on marriage and mating is completely ass backwards from God or Natures design of the male body and it's purpose of making babies.

Wasn't sure if I should put this here or start a new thread, but the comment about the hot chick made me remember this...

That was one of my favorite customer's catch phrases. "I was not hired for my brains!"

Heard her say it several times and it always brought a smile to my face... ok - it brought a bigger smile to my face than the one that was already there... She was very intelligent, but most guys never noticed anything above her neckline.

She knew it, and had a lot of fun with it.

I'd almost forgotten about this, but one of the funniest things I ever saw was her facing down the boss. "You do NOT want to go toe to toe with me! I don't have to take it, because my toes won't reach..." and she finished with her catch phrase.

[prntrfxr]

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