this post was submitted on 12 May 2025
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TranscriptA piece of paper on an old printer (a laserjet 4050 to be specific. It says: "Hello, My name is LaserJet 4050 and I was made in 1999. I’ve been doing my job printing your documents for many many years, however I think the motor that powers my paper feeder is bad. This makes me sad because I’m not able to do my job very reliably. As such, I am formally presenting this document as a letter of resignation. IT is working on finding a replacement for me, but for the time being, I apologize if I tell you I have a paper jam. Please allow me to refer you to my coworker, LaserJet 3390. 3390 resides outside of Ray’s office and can be reached at: Please accept my sincerest apologies for failing. Thank you for replacing my toner and restocking my paper tray. It’s been a wonderful 14 years of working together. Much love, LaserJet 4050

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[–] August27th@lemmy.ca 16 points 3 days ago

On April Fools Day many many years ago, I set the office printer (a sister model to this one) to say "Out of cheese", which got one person very confused. I thought about making it say insert coin, but if anyone actually did it, it would be me having to fix that printer, and it was our most beloved printer in the office, so I decided on just the clearly absurd