The Copy Machine Nazi

So after reading my friend Katie's blog I couldn't help but post my own horror story about a trip to the copy machine. For those of you who don't know, BYU campus (just like every other campus I'm sure) has several self-serve copy machines and printers around campus. There is no restriction on the amount you can print from these as long as you have the 'big bucks' to feed the machines.

For those of you who still hold me in high regard (if there are any of you left!) I encourage you to stop reading the post at this point.

Here's what happened...

So, as was previously stated in an earlier post, finals week (which is always a stressful time) was particularly stressful last semester because I was caught doing one of my group members work in order to get that sought after 'A'. This group member was so incredibly lazy and didn't send me any of the work he was responsible for so I had spent 5 1/2 hours the day that it was due doing his part. (Can you tell I'm still a little bitter?) Anyway, back to the story. Well, I was in the process of tallying up some of the information on these psychological tests we had administered to a family. In order to make it a little easier I decided to make 6 (that's right, 6) photocopies so I could write on each of them rather than condensing it into one confusing sheet. So I go walking up to this copy machine, wait for the guy in front of me to finish, and barely swipe my card when this girl comes up huffing and puffing behind me. She was obviously irritated and understanding that I myself was a little on edge I tried to let her annoying huffing just slide by. Well, after about copy #3, the girls turns to me and says, "You know, some of us have to use it too." At that point I completely lost it. I turned around and said, "Well you are in luck because there are 15 other copy machines on campus! Why don't you go find one if you can't be patient enough for 6 copies!" Her response, "It is finals week and I am already late for a final!" Counter response, "You probably should have planned your time a little bit better then."

Okay, so maybe that was a little too harsh but I have yet to understand how someone can be so inconsiderate and incompetent! Does the copy machine Nazi really not understand that it is finals week for 30,000 BYU students? Does she really have a right to tell others how many copies they need to make or when they can make them?

For the sake of this post, I'll give her the benefit of the doubt and pretend that she had a particularly stressful finals week. For example, if she had lost her job, her car broke down, her dog died, and he boyfriend broke up with her (undoubtedly for very good reason) all in the same week. If in fact this is the case...I'll accept your apology the next time I'm making 6 copies!