Saturday, March 14, 2009

small problem big headache

The other day I needed to send a document out, so I gave a print command and called out for my office boy to get me the print. He said the print has not come out well, please give another one. I gave another print command, he came back with the copy of the print and said sir this time too, there is a problem with the print. The centre portion of the page is blurred. Just then, another employee walked in with her set of prints saying, mine didn't come out well either and she showed me the prints that she had taken the same morning... Blurred. The office manager saw the prints and declared, cartridge over! So we decided to order new cartridge. Calls were made, order placed and we decided for the cartridge guy to come and fix it. 
While this was happening, I thought why not check out if there was something else amiss. Most prints were blurred in the centre and the other areas were just fine. So I started to dismantle the printer - something which the printer guys had shown me. First stage, everything was alright. Second stage, everything seemed ok. The moment I took the cartridge panel out, I discover a cockroach resting right in the centre of the cartridge panel. Summer's here and he had found his cool location! The moment I tried getting him out, our man ran in some corner and became invisible. Till here, it was technical. So everyone around me was quiet. The moment they realized the cockroach was the problem, every one jumped in. "Sir, you leave it, we will take care of this". "yes, I am sure you would". And they did. I was handed the cartridge panel back and the printer came back to life once again. An hour of nonsensical hassle and the reason - ek cockroach!!  

3 comments:

Priya said...

yaar good ol' days in India man... office boy, cartridge boy coming and of all things i love the cockroach.... it sooooo reminds me of home.... yaar tears trickling down my face cos i miss cockroaches.... home sweet home :D

supernova said...

Hilarious! Ek roach ne itna jhamela khada kar diya!

Gup-shup dukaan said...

Yeah imagine!! So now you know.. its not just a machchar.. ek cockroach bhi utna hee pareshan kar sakta hai :)