An important document that can’t be printed is like a gift that can’t be unwrapped, a gripping novel with the ending torn out, the perfect heist foiled by a getaway car out of petrol.
If this sounds overdramatic, count yourself lucky. You don’t know what it feels like to stare at a printer and accept that the cute little menus you designed for the dinner party tonight, the report you’ve toiled over for today’s meeting or the boarding pass you so urgently need will not see the light of paper anytime soon.
There are no support groups to turn to. Every cry for help will only be met with lectures (‘you should always have a spare’) or unhelpful people rubbing it in (‘I have loads of extra cartridges but I’m in Canada’). If you find yourself in this wretched predicament, be prepared to go through these seven stages before you can heal, move on and perhaps learn how to stop it from ever happening again.
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