I'm certain that the admins where I work get a bonus based on how much money they can save. I say this, because, they won't even buy us pens, and if you need a new stapler or something, you actually have to justify the purchase to your boss.
The owner of the practice must have just come down on them again for spending too much money
We use address stickers to put patient information on things. They print out 6 at a time, and each sticker has a specific piece of paper or folder that it goes onto.
The way they print is six along the front edge of a sheet. Once we've used the sheet, we recycle it by sticking it into the printer in the other direction, using another 6 labels. Then, the 12 or so in the middle are thrown away because the company was warned not to try to cut the sheets and use them even more times, because it would jam the laser printer.
Now, after 7 years of this very wasteful system, they've decided to ignore the warnings. They are now cutting the sheets, and reusing the stickers in the middle of the page.
If you are familiar with address label printer sheets, you know there is a border on four sides, and a thin boarder between the rows of stickers.
When they cut them they did not remove the borders. Things started getting jammed. Then, the next thing everyone knew, the stickers were coming out with black blobs through them.
Those little borders are stuck inside the machine. We all took turns with the screw driver trying to fish them out. We couldn't find them all.
Then they called in service. Service billed them $300 for trying to repair the machine, but, it still prints out with black blobs in it.
Now they are buying a new printer.
They're still cutting the sheets (that we're only supposed to use once!) but are now removing all borders.
Does everyone's company do assinine things like this to "save" money?
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