Topic: Staples Copy & Print Services are the worst imaginable "service"
cccuuunnttt !RwordOooFE started this discussion 7 years ago #81,938
1. If you ask the people who work there to do something, they will never do it by the promised deadline. It will be done sloppily.
2. If you try to print something yourself, you will experience the following:
A. The printer/copier can take up to 10 minutes calculating how much it will charge you.
B. You will ask the Staples Associate if it should take this long. He will say "no" and will come cancel the transaction and start you on a new printer.
C. On the new printer, you will get the same delay. You will ask the Staples Associate, again, if something is wrong. He will say oh, it just depends how many pages you have.
D. You will tell him you have 1500 pages, 800 of them in this file.
E. He will tell you to wait a bit longer, "oh, I guess it could take that long."
F. When the printer finally calculates how much you owe, it will then say that it will cost $233 but that, for your protection, transactions over $100 aren't allowed and the order is cancelled.
G. The Staples Associate, when asked, will just say, oh, I forgot about that.
H. He will then offer to do it for you, but you will have to wait.
I. You will decide fine, you'll just print the two color documents you have at Staples, and will do the rest at your office anyway.
J. But then the printer will refuse to print in a normal portrait orientation and will cut off the pages, even with three tries. You will then have to have the Sales Associate print it, adding 5 minutes to the transaction.
K. The entire time, the Sales Associate will be humming Christmas tunes and playing an imaginary piano.
L. You will have spent 45 minutes in a Staples and have gotten a total of 5 pages printed. You still have to go back to your office and print the rest. Your co-counsel wants you to file these documents (an appeal) today.
M. You also have to be at court at 1:30 to argue to try to get someone out of jail before Christmas.
2. If you try to print something yourself, you will experience the following:
A. The printer/copier can take up to 10 minutes calculating how much it will charge you.
B. You will ask the Staples Associate if it should take this long. He will say "no" and will come cancel the transaction and start you on a new printer.
C. On the new printer, you will get the same delay. You will ask the Staples Associate, again, if something is wrong. He will say oh, it just depends how many pages you have.
D. You will tell him you have 1500 pages, 800 of them in this file.
E. He will tell you to wait a bit longer, "oh, I guess it could take that long."
F. When the printer finally calculates how much you owe, it will then say that it will cost $233 but that, for your protection, transactions over $100 aren't allowed and the order is cancelled.
G. The Staples Associate, when asked, will just say, oh, I forgot about that.
H. He will then offer to do it for you, but you will have to wait.
I. You will decide fine, you'll just print the two color documents you have at Staples, and will do the rest at your office anyway.
J. But then the printer will refuse to print in a normal portrait orientation and will cut off the pages, even with three tries. You will then have to have the Sales Associate print it, adding 5 minutes to the transaction.
K. The entire time, the Sales Associate will be humming Christmas tunes and playing an imaginary piano.
L. You will have spent 45 minutes in a Staples and have gotten a total of 5 pages printed. You still have to go back to your office and print the rest. Your co-counsel wants you to file these documents (an appeal) today.
M. You also have to be at court at 1:30 to argue to try to get someone out of jail before Christmas.
Anonymous B joined in and replied with this 7 years ago, 12 minutes later[^] [v] #948,613
Are you telling us that where you live there are no other Print Services available in your zip code or near by zip codes.
> You also have to be at court at 1:30 to argue to try to get someone out of jail before Christmas.
Well if the perp did the crime you damn well understand the perp has to do the time.
> You also have to be at court at 1:30 to argue to try to get someone out of jail before Christmas.
Well if the perp did the crime you damn well understand the perp has to do the time.
Anonymous C joined in and replied with this 7 years ago, 4 minutes later, 16 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #948,615
Sounds like you deserve a nice Mcdonalds dinner after an interesting day such as that..Anonymous D joined in and replied with this 7 years ago, 54 seconds later, 17 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #948,616
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Fake anon !ZkUt8arUCU joined in and replied with this 7 years ago, 8 minutes later, 30 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #948,618
This is a very specific list of grievances. Did this happen to someone you know perchance?
Svet !jzYkdX7lIw joined in and replied with this 7 years ago, 2 minutes later, 33 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #948,620
Offer the Staples Associate some of your lip balm. They'll do it quicker and might offer a discount.
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Anonymous I joined in and replied with this 7 years ago, 1 minute later, 42 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #948,625
In my store, it would cost $550 to print that many pages but it would all be done for you by the colleague while you wait.
Svet !jzYkdX7lIw replied with this 7 years ago, 1 minute later, 44 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #948,627
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@948,620 (Svet !jzYkdX7lIw)
> Offer the Staples Associate some of your lip balm. They'll do it quicker and might offer a discount.
the fuck is wrong with you
on what planet
> Offer the Staples Associate some of your lip balm. They'll do it quicker and might offer a discount.
the fuck is wrong with you
on what planet
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Big Daddy Derek™ !Uvm54ORbmo joined in and replied with this 7 years ago, 5 hours later, 7 hours after the original post[^] [v] #948,768
@OP
Just buy a printer.
Just buy a printer.
Anonymous L joined in and replied with this 7 years ago, 4 hours later, 11 hours after the original post[^] [v] #948,884
> it will then say that it will cost $233
You could buy a decent monochrome laser printer, paper, and toner for less than that one print job. How do you not have a dedicated office printer for legal documents?
Also, why are you writing 1500 page appeals?
You could buy a decent monochrome laser printer, paper, and toner for less than that one print job. How do you not have a dedicated office printer for legal documents?
Also, why are you writing 1500 page appeals?