They know, don't they? / myLot

St. Catharines, Ontario

August 30, 2018 11:52am CST

I'm talking about electronic devices. I had to print out a form (in triplicate, yet) yesterday and my printer said, "Nope, I need black ink". I had wanted to get the form in the mail before the weekend, it being Labour Day on Monday. So I went down to the library to print it out. And that printer was being recalcitrant. I had to ask it twice.

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Ronald Franklin

@RonElFran (1214)

• Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania

30 Aug 18

Maybe you forgot to say, "pretty please." Printers are sensitive about such things.

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BarBaraPrz

@BarBaraPrz (45476)

• St. Catharines, Ontario

30 Aug 18

Oh, is that it?

much2say

@much2say (53960)

• Los Angeles, California

30 Aug 18

Nitin

@nitirrbb7 (4317)

• India

30 Aug 18

Unpredictable at times.

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BarBaraPrz

@BarBaraPrz (45476)

• St. Catharines, Ontario

30 Aug 18

Unpredictable to us, but they can predict the most inconvenient time to close up shop.

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Nitin

@nitirrbb7 (4317)

• India

31 Aug 18

@BarBaraPrz Yeah that is also valid.

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scarlet_woman

@scarlet_woman (23465)

• United States

18 Sep 18

the price of black ink is such a scam..i don't know why a laser can't burn the black in without ink by now..

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BarBaraPrz

@BarBaraPrz (45476)

• St. Catharines, Ontario

18 Sep 18

I went to Best Buy and Costco and they just had the combo packs. I finally found just the black cartridge in an independent computer shop in a small mall. $58.93 with tax.

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snowy

@snowy22315 (169877)

• United States

3 Sep 18

Mine probably needs black ink too..They always need something!

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BarBaraPrz

@BarBaraPrz (45476)

• St. Catharines, Ontario

3 Sep 18

And they won't tell you until it's too late.

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much2say

@much2say (53960)

• Los Angeles, California

30 Aug 18

Argh! Of course "they" know! "They" can be against us - like often

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BarBaraPrz

@BarBaraPrz (45476)

• St. Catharines, Ontario

30 Aug 18

When I had a cordless mouse, it always asked for fresh batteries when I was in the middle of some "timed" exercise.

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Angie

@andriaperry (116860)

• Anniston, Alabama

30 Aug 18

I have found it cheaper, because of the price of ink, to print one from home and take the rest to the library. I have to print about 20 pages here soon and 19 I will pay $1.90 at the library.

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BarBaraPrz

@BarBaraPrz (45476)

• St. Catharines, Ontario

30 Aug 18

My library charges 20 cents per page b&w, 40 for color.

May2k8

@May2k8 (18074)

• Indonesia

30 Aug 18

maybe your printer needs love so that it doesn't recalcitrant anymore.

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vanny

@vandana7 (98787)

• India

30 Aug 18

I wish you all would use unusual words more often. I learned recalcitrant from Pony almost 2 years ago. I am mighty pleased I have not forgotten its meaning but the way you used it made it difficult not to know what it meant. :)

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