Sometimes These Things Happen
As the world continues to turn, I sometimes find it necessary to put out updates to recently published posts.
Things change, you know how it goes.
So let’s recall my post giving love to the label makers.
We turn now to the first week of my new gig. On day one, I was informed of the “corporate culture of cost savings.”
Once fully briefed on how much cheap is appreciated, I was directed to the office supply cabinet to see what I could dredge up. I had to “make it work” before any new orders would be approved.
Well, that’s fine by me. I’m a big fan of office supplies, even used office supplies, so I dove right in.
I found a very usable Swingline stapler, a tape dispenser, a new box of binder clips and though I had to dig around a bit, but I also found a staple puller.
So far so good!
There, in the back of the drawer, piled under a stack of notebooks and used binders, I found this fella:
It’s a…a…*gasp*…LABEL MACHINE!
Right there. In the supply drawer. An orphan! Just waiting for a nice girl like me to take it and clean it up and love it like a good label making machine deserves to be loved!
I snagged it up, clutched it to my heart and spirited it away to my office.
There was even a half-full label tape cartridge in there! Yes!
I plugged it in and gave it a test drive.
But this is where the story gets sad.
It would appear that this ol’ soldier has seen better days.
Despite the flashy “black on gold” label tape in there (how disco!), it seems that the little turn wheels that push the tape through the printer are busted.
In short, he cannot make any more labels.
I tried to fix it. Even busted down office supplies deserve their due!
No luck.
We just have to let him go gently into that good night. He can now go and rest easy where the old and broken office equipment goes to die. Some call it office recycling, I call it a final resting place.
Goodbye big fella! I know once you made labels that shined like the sun. It’s time to hang up the ol’ cartridge and call it a day.
*sniff* He was a hero to manila files everywhere.
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So…do you think this means I can order a new one…….?
