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Originally Posted by sammyg2
I received a mail envelope today from one of our vendors. it had about 90 cents worth of stamps on it.
Inside? A 1/2" lock washer. no one knows what it is for.
I did some digging, there was actually a purchase order issued for $1.08.
I'm gonna push this one way up the ladder aways.
To write a purchase request, process the PO, pay the bill, do all the accounting, costs about $250 when it's all said and done.
What kind of dumass submits a PO for $1.08, and what kind of vendor accepts it and pays 90 cents to ship a freaking lockwasher than no one knows what it is for?
ARRRGGG!
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I have this sign hanging in my office.
It says "Nothing is insignificant"
On it is taped a 1/4 in white paper donut, kinda like those binder hole reinforcements that you see in three ring binders.
Years back one of my 72 in plotters had an intermittent malfunction. It had a paper take up roll on the bottom with 6 or so fans that would dry the print and roll it up on a tube. Essential when running graphics that were 100 ft long.
Damn take up roll never worked correctly. I had basically given up when one day had a guy out to service one of my other plotters, different brand BTW.
We are looking at the problem one and he asks me how I like it, told him I love it except for the flaky take up roll.
He bends down, looks at the sensor that detects paper and triggers the roll. He peels of the little donut and the fucher starts working.
Guy says they see it on their stuff, some of the early sensors were too sensitive and would make the roller run non stop so the manufacturer put the donut on which sometimes caused the opposite problem.
So my $30,000 piece of equipment had been crippled for two years by a paper donut.
Nothing is insignificant.