This is a Phoenix roebelenii, or pygmy date palm. We are not big palm tree fans but it was a bargain and seemed worth a try. We are looking for short Bedouin with a minature camel to complete our faux oasis. The tree is actually navite to southeast Asia and likes regular watering. We will see how it works out.
Have you ever had someone bug you so often and so predictably that you were afraid that you would explode one day without warning, leaving the poor sap wondering what hit him or her?
I work with the woman who sits near our computer network printer. Every time she hears the printer start up, she leaps from her chair and dashes to it. Then she rifles through the copies to see what is what and tosses them on the table next to the printer. This infuriates me.
I was printing several forms today to send to a customer. After I filled out each page I had to print it because the cheapskates at Tedious systems won't buy me a copy of Adobe Acrobat. Since I can't save my work with Adobe Reader, I have to print out each form after I fill it out.
I walked to the machine after I completed the first page to make sure it looked okay but the mad dasher had already been there. My form was off the printer and on the table. I can't imagine the interest it takes to investigate every page that comes off the darn printer. It seems to me if you didn't print something there is no reason to check what is printing.
It became a game for me to print one page and then try to beat her to it. After a few trips she figured out that it was me sending each print job and she stopped getting up. I know that one day soon, I will scream, "Leave the GD pages alone!", at the top of my lungs at her and bad things will ensue.
I wouldn't mind so much if she brought them by my desk, but evidently it's curiosity that drives her and not service to her fellow worker.
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8 comments:
That's just weird.
I can't imagine why she would check the printer if she didn't print something. Maybe you should just ask her - the direct challenge might embarrass her into stopping. (She may not even realize what she's doing.)
OCD makes people do odd things. When our network printer goes off, I sometimes start to yodel Dolly Parton tunes.
I think that pisses a few people off, but I can't be sure.
I understand where you are coming from, but I can see it from the other persons point of view too.
I'm torn
before starting the printing procedure maybe you could put a note on the printer saying READ if you MUST but do not touch the pages being printed out.
or when she runs to the printer, put peanut butter on her chair.
could you make my cousin a peanut butter sandwich?
he lives in your yard and says he needs that sandwich.
you just have to ignore her, man.
Aaah, Ryan. His comments always make me laugh. I'm just breathing a sigh of relief because the paragraphs following,
" Have you ever had someone bug you so often and so predictably that you were afraid that you would explode one day without warning, leaving the poor sap wondering what hit him or her?"
weren't about me.
Gorgeous plants by the way!
If you think it will help, email me a note tomorrow about how annoying she is...but accidentally put her email address in there instead of mine. I find that to be a highly effective way to communicate with people.
I'm with eddie, I'd print a note telling her you are about to print and you will be quite capable of walking to the printer and collecting you own stuff, thank you very much. Or maybe you could send her a page asking her could she go out and buy your lunch or something equally ridiculous.
Good luck Merle
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