Trickier than it looks
- TAGS:dot-matrix printer, payroll
- IT TOPICS:Management
It's many years ago, when this company it printing its payroll checks on a dot-matrix printer -- and it's getting jammed, reports an IT pilot fish on the scene.
"I got the call from the payroll person, so I went down to her desk," fish says. "She said, 'What's wrong with the printer?' I told her I'd have to take a look.
"She screamed, 'Nooooo! You can't look at the checks that are in the printer!'
"I asked how was I suppose to check the printer if I can't look at it.
"Her response: 'That's for you to figure out!'"
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