Don't Do This To Your Printer

It is an ordinary busy day for the I.T. team when somebody came in carrying a laserjet printer.  It is a newly deployed printer so we are wondering why they brought it to our department.  When we open the input tray everybody is surprised to see. “How did it get there?” An earphone got stuck inside the printer.  The common printer issues that are brought to our attentions are paper jam or defective gear.  This is the first time that we saw an earphone inside the printer. It took some time to remove the covers until finally the earphone is completely removed from the printer.

The employee who is using that printer just placed the earphone on his table unknowingly that the other end is laid down on the input tray.  Until the time came that he used the printer not knowing that he is not only printing a document on a piece of paper but together with his earphone.

A few days later the same printer is brought in again and yes…your guess is right.  The same earphone is stuck again inside. This may sound funny but if we are going to look at it in a different perspective this is a good example of negligence.  We have to be responsible enough to look after the property that is assigned to us.  Treat it as if we are the one who actually bought it.