Printer Jam!
I have previously posted about the fact that I once worked for an IT firm in Sheffield that had a contract to maintain the systems of students that had obtained a grant to receive a PC via the local student support (within the Yorkshire area).

Our field engineers had a number of stories of the homemade smut made by most of the students stored on the hard drives but the best find I heard of was about a printer fault from one female student in Huddersfield.

The student in question was a regular to our technical helpline and would call us at least twice a week. She was also the least tech savvy person I have ever met and would constantly whine down the phone if you tried to talk her through anything. Her PC was in for repair (A.k.a pron virus removal) so often that I could tell that the PC was hers by just looking at the case (they were all the same ones hers just had a couple of distinctive stains on the front). I also knew the decor of her bedroom due to a couple of lewd pics she had stored on her hardrive (taken with the webcam we provided to assist with her course).

Anywhoo one time shortly after returning the PC to her she phoned up ranting about a printer jam that needed some onsite assistance. The tekky duly called down and started his usual routine of un-jamming a printer, after trying to print something off and feed the paper through the thing was still jammed. He then took the last resort (before taking the thing to pieces) of turning the printer upside down and shaking it to see if anything fell out. It was here that he found the source of the printer jam.

A used tampon fell out.

The whining student (who was stood next to the tekky the whole time) picked the tampon off the floor said “Oh Yeah thats where it went” and flung it over her shoulder.

Tekky then made his excuses and left, to sit in his van and think of the reason of how anyone could misplace a tampon there (the printer was on a shelf about 4 – 5 foot from the floor) and why she would casually throw it over her shoulder into her room and not throw the thing in the sodding bin.
(mon bison powered by magnets, Mon 10 Nov 2008, 13:48, 4 replies)

ewwwww o_0

( Jessie © needs pirate name suggestions, Mon 10 Nov 2008, 14:00, closed)

actually
thats genius. Sell PC's to students, preferably female, with decent web cams, sit back, and wait. Literally, nothing could go wrong with that. Seriously man, genius.
( I have run out of coke is a little sweaty, Mon 10 Nov 2008, 14:26, closed)

Maybe
she threw it away initially and it landed in teh printer. Still,

ewwwwwwwwwwwww
(kitescreech still here, Mon 10 Nov 2008, 14:29, closed)

Sounds to me like you're getting the wrong error code.
It should be "Printer Jam Rag".


Where did I leave that coat...
(Lordfudgington is hiding the expense report filed on, Mon 10 Nov 2008, 14:53, closed)