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Mike_N · #71 (**permalink**) 06-09-2006, 06:32 AM

we have one CSR who consistantly requests "double sided PDFs" :roll:

I said we have to wait for out double sided monitors to come in

wow I'm on a roll two posts in one day!

MatthewO · #72 (**permalink**) 06-09-2006, 08:50 AM

I find the comments from co-workers so overwhelming because we can honestly say that customers/sales don't know what's going on. Co-workers (in a prepress department especially) really can put it over the top...

Newbie: <blood curddling scream>
Me: <jumping from seat> What's wrong?!?
Newbie: I just got a papercut!

When I first came on board (2003) we had a Prepress Supervisor (still here) who clung to her dial-up AOL account for business use (even when the rest of the office had a high-speed connection). She hadn't updated software since Quark 5, Illustrator 8 and Photoshop 6. She knew about as much about computers as my 3rd grade nephew (nothing against my nephew).

Me: We need to make sure all of our workstations have UPS's or other battery backups...
Prepress Supervisor: What does shipping have to do with it?

Me: Whay are you still running AOL?
Prepress Supervisor: I just don't trust some of those other fly-by-night companies...
Me: What about Microsoft Office for the Mac? There is a version of Entourage that works really well with the office's Exchange server...
Prepress Supervisor: Microsoft is just too new for me to be comfortable with...

I have a dozen of these. I also have a small dent in my desk that my head fits nicely into...

micky44 · #73 (**permalink**) 06-09-2006, 11:35 AM

Even Former Co-Workers are a Hoot!!

My Tech Buddy gave me this one after I had been laid of from a big corp. As you can imagine they kept the people who weren't the brightest crayons in the box, while the shoved the good ones out the door,,,, anyway, My tech buddy was trying to cheer me up.

Horrible Pre-Press Worker: Peter (tech guy), your going to have to reinstall Photoshop on my mac... Now....

Awesome Tech Guy Peter: Why? What is it doing......

Horrible Pre-Press Worker: You will have to reinstall because I have a Tool that is corrupt....

Awesome Tech Guy Peter: How many tools are acting up?

Horrible Pre-Press Worker: Just One.......

Awesome Tech Guy Peter: OMG

****sometimes I'm really glad they canned me******* HA! LOL

LoganBlade · #74 (**permalink**) 06-09-2006, 04:05 PM

Two days ago I ask bindery guy how the job he is working on is going.

Bindery Guy: ok

Today

My Boss: are we going to make the delivery ate on the rush job.

Me: Bindery said it going good but i will find out get back to you.

I go talk to bindery guy.....

Me: How is is going? Do you think you will have the job done?

Him: I don't know.

Me: Is it running good how many do you think you will have done?

Him: I don't know.

Me: any guess?

Him I don't know

Based on what I see and count I tell my boss his response and give him an answer of probably ot but what we have will be shipped and the balance on Monday. My boss tell me not to worry about "I do't know" employee. Pick your battles. I laugh and agree not to go into it with him.

An hour later bindery guy comes to me telling me he did't appreciate me asking him again how the job was going (I had aready asked 2 days ago)and what he would have done.

Me: ok

Him: your lucky I came in today I hav a bad headache but I came in to ge the job done for you.

Me: Thank you

Him: (Again) I don't need you asking me how things are going I am working on the job.

Me: ok

Him: I am sick and going to go home.

Me: ok

I walk in and email my boss to get this guys ass in the fire.

To be clear on the big picture.

Me: Supervisor of Print Operations. my job to make the shop from prepress, press and bindery run as best as possible.

Him: Bindery operator. answer to me as a subordinate and thinks he is the boss for some reason.

My favorite quote for the day " I don't know"

aaaggghhhhhh!

UncleTwitchy · #75 (**permalink**) 06-22-2006, 05:48 AM

Never mind.

negative_perfection · #76 (**permalink**) 06-22-2006, 05:02 PM

Hey, I can sympathize with her. I only do what's on my list! Otherwise it would be mayhem.

sauce · #77 (**permalink**) 08-28-2006, 05:39 PM

I have dozens of these. Sometimes it seems all of my customer's do their own work using Microsoft Office apps. Its a tough job but someone's gotta handle the little guys. As of this week I have one, maybe I'll post more later...

A new customer sends me a disk to work on. I open it up and there's a bunch of JPG and PBF files. So I call her up...

Me: I can't use these PBF files, what are they anyway?
Customer: You told me to send you PDF files.
Me: Yeah... PDF. These are PBF.
Customer: Isn't that close enough?

*edit: Oh crap... COWORKER quotes. Ah well, its still a funny one.

Flipper1 · #78 (**permalink**) 08-31-2006, 02:18 PM

"You can't use my file from Creatacard (American Greetings)? You people should have ALL the programs!"

hotmetal · #79 (**permalink**) 08-31-2006, 08:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Flipper1

"You can't use my file from Creatacard (American Greetings)? You people should have ALL the programs!"

sorry, we only take jobs done using Reader Rabbit 3 exported to PBF 1.4

negative_perfection · #80 (**permalink**) 08-31-2006, 09:55 PM

Here's one from today:

"Our web guy says we have a JPG PDF of the logo and it's camera ready"

When I asked if the project would be printed b/w or color I heard:

"Well, I don't know if it's color - the top part is red, the circle is blue, and the words are in black - is that considered color?"