The toner incident that shook the nation.

How much do you know about copy machine toner?

Not much if you are lucky. As having once been responsible for ordering copier toner, I know enough to know that different model machines take different cartridges.

I remember a story from years back. Special K had recently been given the task -- a promotion, if you will-- of ordering and refilling when necessary the upstairs copy machine toner. Special K consistently ordered the wrong size/type for this machine. We had tons of unuseable ones lying around for ages. This is especially amazing given that we had a maintenance company that not only supplied us with unlimited, free toner but also sure as hell knew what kind we needed. Was Special K simply procuring her own toner on the black market? They fell off a truck? We'll never know. Or care.

When you try to fill the copy machine using an incorrectly-sized cartridge, to put it as simply as possible, the toner compartment isn't going to open properly, so all the black messy toner powder is going to sit out on top of the copy machine. And that's what Special K did. And a giant line of black powder (interesting????) just sat out in the open for I'd say 3 or 4 days. Of course, during this time no one could use the copier or even make real movement around it for fear of disrupting the volitile black powder line. Special K said not a word about it. Maybe no one will notice? No one said anything either. It was just that weird. Finally someone asked her what's the plan here? She was later found crying in the kitchen... I think I ended up calling the maintenance company and had them send someone over to clean up the mess and bring a new toner cartridge. That was the day that the stresses of the office first broke Special K...