I have class at 3pm. I have 3 handouts to give the class. One is one page – I got that copied and ready – No problem. One is 2 pages – I’d like that back-to-back. Saves paper. The photocopier is in the secretary’s very cramped office.
She “works at her own pace” and noone multitasks. To double side photocopy, one photocopies one side and then HAND FEEDS EACH SHEET to get it to print on the other side. To get 40 copies for my class is a nightmare, and the secretary gets freaked out if anyone is in her office for too long. The third handout, well……….nevermind!
I left for class with 2 handouts copied, and the third….I had a few copies and told the students to “Look on with the person next to you” OY – I never figured I’d be so unprepared for a class
Yes, anal-retentive is ALWAYS hyphenated! 🙂
When I got back from class, I decided to be smarter (we need smarter frogs) for the Wednesday class. I got all the handouts (1 page + 2 pages + 3 pages) and put them together into a “packet”. I asked the secretary to send it to the copy center – 39 copies for Wednesday at 1pm. I crossed my fingers and called it a day.
Jack met me at the door of our apartment with a mango juice and vodka – I love that man!!!
Wow. How expensive would it be for you to buy your own copier (or a copier/printer combo)? I’d get fed up with the need to cram into someone else’s office to make copies.
Our new all-in-one (Color LaserJet 2840) also only does duplex manually. It bothered me more, until I realized that it was a pain more often then a help (I regularly print forms that I need to fax in; double-sided prints needed a copy of the backsides or another print. We print so little that I’m not concerned (we switch from inkjet to laser because we print so little).
tee hee – guess things are not the same as here in the states…. your students are fortunate to have you and you are very fortunate to have Jack! Ahhh the joys of teaching!