[identity profile] swwinchester.livejournal.com posting in [community profile] techrecovery
Now, keep in mind, ladies and gents, I haven't been a full-time computer tech in a few years now, having switched to Pharmacy Tech at a retail pharmacy chain here in the states (because sometimes, it's easier to fix the users. Or at least try to ... but that's a whole different rant). Sadly, this leaves me with very little to add into the fray here.

As my background in computers is still quite strong, any time something back there fails, I generally get called over to, in the words of my co-workers, 'work the magic'.

We have a robot that fills prescriptions for us. It has a standard HP Deskjet attached to it, under the conveyor that brings the drugs out, so we can print reports on what needs to be refilled in it, etc. The Deskjet's not working.

X: "SWW, the printer's out!"
Me : "Which one this time?"
X: "Robot."
Me : "Well, first time for everything." (Seriously, I fix 2 or 3 of our laser printers at least once a day. They eat labels. That little deskjet's never given me -any- trouble in the last year and a half ....)
*3 minutes of messing with the desk jet later* "Hmm. Found the problem."
X: "Oh? What was it."
Me : "Printer's got a Darvocet habit." *pulls out jammed sheet that has two generic Darvocets on it - a controlled substance that we have more than a few abusers of*
X: "Just what I wanted to hear today - the printer's an addict."

Date: 2009-07-08 06:02 am (UTC)
jecook: (Default)
From: [personal profile] jecook
LOL.

Date: 2009-07-08 11:25 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] canray.livejournal.com
Well, nothing else for it. Time for an Intervention!

Lock that printer up and let it clean itself out cold turkey.

Date: 2009-07-08 11:36 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] cjkline83.livejournal.com
The way ink jets go through cartridges... yeah, they have some addictive habits :P

Date: 2009-07-08 01:33 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] aylinn.livejournal.com
*chuckle*

as someone who's done tech support for pharmacies, I can relate.

admittedly, it's been 14 years, but from what I can see when I walk into the CVS, things haven't changed much.

but then you tell me:
http://blogs.computerworld.com/sharky/20020621

That actually occurred in 1995/1996. That's the short form. And yes, I got the t-shirt. ;)

Date: 2009-07-08 02:16 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] lunatic59.livejournal.com
That's what you get for feeding those hemp based inks.

Date: 2009-07-08 11:25 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] lunatic59.livejournal.com
gank away

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