I Get The Award Today For Biggest Dummy

United States
August 10, 2017 10:42am CST
If they were giving out awards today I'd get the one for biggest dummy. My printer ran out of ink so I ordered two new cartridges last week (one color one black). They came yesterday and I took out the old cartridges and replaced them with the new ones. I needed to print something and although the printer seemed to work the paper came out completely blank. I tried it one more time and the same thing...a blank paper came out of the printer. Since I'm a dunce when it comes to figuring out why this would be happening I had to wait until my daughter came home from work to see if she could figure out what the problem was. She tried it the same as I did and the paper once again came out blank. The she asked the million dollar question..."mom did you take the protector strip off the cartridge before you put it in the printer?" Of course I did I said. She opened the printer and took out the cartridge and lo ahd behold the strip was still intact on both cartridges. I could have sworn I did but I guess I didn't. No wonder the printer was sending out blank pieces of paper. It was probably muttering to itself...dummy! how do you expect me to print without ink Now the printer is working fine and I feel like a dummy
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16 responses
• United States
10 Aug 17
I usually get my husband to change mine, only because I need to make him feel useful LOL!
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@LadyDuck (457412)
• Switzerland
10 Aug 17
It happens, you think you did everything as per the instruction, but a little detail ruined your good work.
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@LadyDuck (457412)
• Switzerland
11 Aug 17
@Marilynda1225 Small mistakes like this one may cause a big waste of time searching for the problem.
• United States
10 Aug 17
Good thing my daughter realized the mistake or I'd still be wondering what the heck was wrong
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@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
10 Aug 17
It is surprising how easy it can be to make such mistakes. Nevertheless, how dare you try to lay claim to my rightful title?
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• United States
10 Aug 17
Yeah that little strip can be baffling huh.
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• United States
10 Aug 17
I never even noticed that silly little strip before
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• United States
10 Aug 17
@MALUSE (69416)
• Germany
10 Aug 17
No need to feel embarrassed. You're not alone!
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• United States
10 Aug 17
Guess its an easy mistake to make
@Courtlynn (66921)
• United States
10 Aug 17
Oh wow. My moms done that once
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• United States
11 Aug 17
No problem, with everything else on your mind the obvious just didn't register... I do things like that all the time, I call it a senior moment.
• Valdosta, Georgia
10 Aug 17
It happens to the best of us. Lol. I'm glad it's working now. =)
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@Juliaacv (48266)
• Canada
11 Aug 17
Oh don't feel bad. I remember changing them and opened the box and sat the new one down and opened the printer and took out the old one and sat it down and then went and answered the phone, when I returned I picked up the cartridge and put it into the computer and threw the other one out into the garbage. The next time someone used the printer I was accused of not changing the ink, but I had, and threw out the new one and put the old one back in-imagine that!
@IreneVincent (15962)
• United States
10 Aug 17
That's something that I might do. I haven't yet, but there's always the chance when I'm in a hurry.
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@JudyEv (325345)
• Rockingham, Australia
13 Aug 17
When I do stuff like this, which I do all the time, I think to myself that at least I've made someone else feel much smarter.
@CRK109 (14558)
• United States
11 Aug 17
Been there! Done that! Never got the award or the tshirt, but dang it if the memory won't fade!
@andriaperry (116860)
• Anniston, Alabama
10 Aug 17
I have done a lot of things especially while Tony has been talking non stop but this no. I wont say never cause ya know, then it`ll happen.
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@Kandae11 (53679)
10 Aug 17
If I am preoccupied with other stuff I am sure I would do that.
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@AmbiePam (85298)
• United States
10 Aug 17
I probably would have made the same mistake.
@snowy22315 (169634)
• United States
10 Aug 17
Whoops! I guess it was a case of having a "senior moment." I wish I could blame my dumbness on that..lol.