Printer That Had a Bad Day — Funny Stories from Print Shop

It was ordinary Tuesday. Customer ordered banner with red logo. Printer was printing, everything was going well. But when banner came out of printer, red disappeared. Logo was blue. Customer called: 'Where is red?' I answered: 'Printer had a bad day. Red decided to take a day off.' Customer wasn't satisfied. But what could I do? Red disappeared. It's like coffee without caffeine — looks like coffee, but isn't coffee. Lesson: sometimes colors have their own plans.

We were printing posters for festival. Everything was going well until one poster decided to escape from roll. Came out of printer, turned around and escaped under desk. We searched for it for an hour. Found it under desk, rolled into a ball. Poster was tired. Wanted to rest. Customer called: 'Where is my poster?' I answered: 'Your poster escaped. Found it under desk.' Customer didn't know if that was a joke. But that wasn't a joke. Poster really escaped. Lesson: posters also need rest.

Customer ordered banner. But printer thought: 'This banner should be a poster.' So he printed it as a poster. Customer called: 'This is a poster, not banner.' I answered: 'Printer had different idea. He thinks this banner should be a poster.' Customer wasn't satisfied. But what could I do? Printer had his own plans. It's like ordering pizza and receiving hamburger — tasty, but not what you ordered. Lesson: printers sometimes have their own opinions.

Customer ordered film for window. But film didn't want to stick. We tried three times. Every time film came off. Film was dissatisfied. Wanted to be free. Customer called: 'Film doesn't stick.' I answered: 'Film has bad days. Doesn't want to stick.' Customer wasn't satisfied. But what could I do? Film had his own plans. It's like cat that doesn't want to sit on lap — you can hold it, but it will escape anyway. Lesson: films also have moods.

We were printing important project. Printer was printing, everything was going well. But suddenly printer ate paper. Just ate it. No page came out. Paper disappeared. Customer called: 'Where is my project?' I answered: 'Printer ate paper. He was hungry.' Customer wasn't satisfied. But what could I do? Printer was hungry. It's like dog that ate dinner — dog is satisfied, but you are hungry. Lesson: printers are sometimes hungry.

Customer called: 'I want banner.' I asked: 'Which banner?' He answered: 'I don't know. Such banner.' I asked: 'What size?' He answered: 'I don't know. Such size.' I asked: 'What color?' He answered: 'I don't know. Such color.' I asked: 'What should be on banner?' He answered: 'I don't know. Something.' I asked: 'What?' He answered: 'I don't know. Something nice.' I asked: 'What is nice?' He answered: 'I don't know. You know.' I asked: 'What do I know?' He answered: 'You know what is nice.' I asked: 'But what is nice?' He answered: 'I don't know. You know.' And so on. Lesson: customers sometimes don't know what they want.