Wednesday, July 02, 2008

Wait, I didn't expect the troubleshooting guide to actually be helpful!

I'm a little alarmed here. I just went onto the Epson website because I was pissed off at my printer. After telling it what I was doing when the problem occurred (turning the thing on), it gave me these options:


Wait, you mean, "a banging noise" is common enough to make it to the troubleshooting guide? I followed through with its suggestions, and I managed to fix the printer. This doesn't make me as happy as one would think it would though.

See, I didn't actually go into the troubleshooting guide thinking it could possibly have a solution to my problem. I figured the printer was FUBAR, and I was just looking for somewhere to vent my frustrations. Here, I had fully anticipated that I would go in, start clicking on the options, and then end up having to scream at the computer, "NO THERE WEREN'T ANY FLASHING ERROR LIGHTS YOU STUPID FUCK THE PRINTER MADE A NOISE LIKE IT JUST RAN OVER AN ANGRY CAT," and then slam the computer shut and all would be well. It just had to go wreck my expectations by actually being helpful.

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