MEANWHILE IN FLATHEAD COUNTY
10:11 a.m. A former employer was holding a printer hostage.
(Thanks to pharmaross)
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An unreliable source claims the standoff ended successfully when SWAT convinced the owner of the printer to buy the disgruntled ex-employee a Big Mac meal and a chocolate milkshake. It was a dispute over the employee using too much ink. The printer was released unharmed, the employee retained his job, and no charges were filed.
Posted by: Flathead County Frank | December 09, 2021 at 11:04 AM
The printer was just doing his job and not responsible for content. Next time blame the editor for not condensing the story.
Posted by: cfjk | December 09, 2021 at 11:50 AM
Worse things have happened to printers, trust me.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmGjq3cLG1g
Posted by: ripleysparrow | December 09, 2021 at 11:56 AM
That's just great. Now some crusading activist type will try to get a ban on assault toner cartridges.
Posted by: Rod Nunley | December 09, 2021 at 12:17 PM
Was it a dot matrix printer, or...? nursecindy wants to know.
Posted by: Jeff Meyerson | December 09, 2021 at 02:44 PM
So true Jeff!
I remember the first time I saw a dot matrix printer. It was like a shiny object because I couldn't take my eyes off of it. I didn't even care that it took at least five minutes for it to print out one page.
Posted by: nursecindy | December 09, 2021 at 03:39 PM
nurseindy, it was only last March that Okidata stopped selling dot matrix printers in the Americas. You can still get them elsewhere, though.
Posted by: Rod Nunley | December 09, 2021 at 04:04 PM
And daisy-wheel printers?
Posted by: John | December 09, 2021 at 05:55 PM