Posted by RickG/CA on 5/5/11 4:28pm
Msg #382271

Never Leave Home Without It....

The other day I had a signing at 4:30p. On my way back home I get a call to see if I can assist with a 7:30p signing - No problem. I drop the package from the 1st signing, and TC asks if I could assist with a 6:30p. - Again no problem it's half way to the 7:30 signing anyway. I get home print the dox for the 7:30 and them bam like a gattling gun my wife asks a couple of questions and me, being a guy, get off track, out of my groove, etc. I grab my bag and off to the 6:30 appt. Great done in plenty of time to get to the 7:30 and, oops, looked down and see that the package for the 7:30 is not on my seat. Pulled off the highway, looked high and low - no package. Called home and yep they're on the printer. Stopped at a certain shipping outlet to see if I could print. After wasting 15 minutes at the kiosk, the CSR says that their printers won't print mixed packages. Well what the $&%#, i have an outdated, beat up, old $50 used printer that can recognized letter/legal why can't your state of the art super printer do a routine task such as recognized mixed sizes. So I'm on the phone withe borrowers, while on the way back home, they're cool about it and even suggested I stop and get a bite to eat. Long story longer I finally arrived an hour and half late.

Moral of the story, check twice (maybe three of four) drive out once.

One small caveat: All were seller packages (somebody has to them)

Reply by James Dawson on 5/5/11 4:44pm
Msg #382275

Or,..tell your wife you're busy and can't talk now.. NAW, you won't have a place to come back to! LOL

Reply by Alz on 5/5/11 4:47pm
Msg #382276

I'm glad it all worked out for you. We've all had

similar oversights at one time or another. Try as we may, none of us are immune from these types of situations.

I've been dealing with that shipping outlet for a very long time and there is only one location in the Bay Area that has been able to figure out how to print mixed packages. Go figure?

Reply by Susan Fischer on 5/5/11 10:06pm
Msg #382327

So so true. Are we the ~only~ uber-hightechies to have

discovered the joys of dual tray printing? I sure can't figure that one either.

I think we have to be kind to ourselves when we're not perfect. It's hard, because we work so hard to be competent. When we own the hitches in our giddyups, make things right, and move on with grace, we are redeemed.

Reply by NJDiva on 5/6/11 9:40am
Msg #382346

WOW! COULD NOT BE SAID ANY GREATER...THAN THAT!!!!

"When we own the hitches in our giddyups, make things right, and move on with grace, we are redeemed."

...or better either... Thanks Susan! YOU are also one of my hero's!

Reply by Susan Fischer on 5/6/11 11:09am
Msg #382362

Thanks, Diva. Many heroes here, no? n/m

Reply by NJDiva on 5/6/11 12:36pm
Msg #382364

Re: Thanks, Diva. Many heroes here, no?

mm hmm, yup, alright, absolutely! I guess all of us at one time or another, huh?

Reply by Susan Fischer on 5/6/11 2:39pm
Msg #382382

Perfect. :) n/m

Reply by Bob_Chicago on 5/5/11 5:07pm
Msg #382280

"A mind is a terrible thing to lose" Closest that I have

come , thankfully, is to bring in the wrong package from the car.
When you looked down at the empty seat, I'll bet you said something like
"Darn" or maybe "Gosharootie"

Reply by Alz on 5/5/11 11:07pm
Msg #382328

Gosharootie? LOL. May I borrow this one? n/m

Reply by LKT/CA on 5/5/11 5:19pm
Msg #382281

<<<and them bam like a gattling gun my wife asks a couple of questions and me, being a guy, get off track, out of my groove, etc. >>>

Yes, guys easily get off track. That's because they are mono-brained.....they cannot walk and chew gum at the same time. It's either walk OR chew gum but not both. So that you don't get off track and lose focus next time, just say to your wife: "Sweetie pie, Honeybun....Dumpling, can you hold that thought for a bit until after I finish this". Make sure to bring home fresh flowers for your Sweetie pie/Honeybun/Dumpling.

Reply by MW/VA on 5/5/11 5:24pm
Msg #382284

Funny story, Rick. You didn't lose the signing or your

wife. Sounds like a good "save" to me. LOL
BTW, I have to print from outside occasionally. Except for our industry, most very sophisticated equipment at these places don't handle mixed paper sizes. I usually just print on all legal in that situation.

Reply by MW/VA on 5/5/11 5:26pm
Msg #382285

Re: Funny story, Rick. You didn't lose the signing or your

Typo, not bad grammar. I meant "won't handle" or "doesn't handle". LOL :o)

Reply by NJDiva on 5/5/11 5:32pm
Msg #382287

Bad grammar...too funny

Because G*d forbid we look like we don't have college degree's...per Ann we're (NSA's) all ignorant nobodies (of course that's put in my words, but I'm confident that was the message, no?)

Reply by BrendaTx on 5/5/11 6:13pm
Msg #382295

Thanks, NJDiva. It is very, very important

to live up to Ann's standards for us. I would be horrified if I disappointed Ann.

Reply by MW/VA on 5/5/11 6:55pm
Msg #382300

I missed something here. Who is Ann? n/m

Reply by LKT/CA on 5/5/11 7:35pm
Msg #382311

Re: I missed something here. Who is Ann?

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Reply by Claudine Osborne on 5/5/11 8:36pm
Msg #382317

Re: I missed something here. Who is Ann?

Cheryl..I liked that statement..too funny!

Reply by MW/VA on 5/6/11 8:22am
Msg #382339

Thanks, Lisa. I wouldn't have bothered to read the noise

from that nay-sayer. LOL