Why does nobody talk about the 3 AM printer jam at the office?

Last week, I was finishing a 200-page report for a client in Chicago and my office printer jammed at 3:07 AM. The error code was a 'PC Load Letter' nonsense that took me 45 minutes of online searches and a broken fingernail to clear. Has anyone else had a routine task blow up in the middle of the night like that?

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johnson.faith1mo ago

Honestly, that sounds like a choice to be there at 3 AM. Printers jam all the time, it's just part of the deal. Maybe finishing the work earlier in the day would avoid the whole mess. Late nights happen, but calling it a 'routine task' at that hour feels off. The real issue is planning, not the printer.

finley_price241mo ago

So you've never had a deadline move on you at the last second? Must be nice living in that perfectly planned world. My printer jams at 2 PM just to spite me, so time of day really doesn't matter. Honestly, the real miracle is that any of us get anything printed ever.

davis.ruby1mo ago

Hold up, are you saying 2 PM is somehow past normal working hours for everyone? Some of us have to keep things running all day, not just the 9-to-5 crowd.