FA-003: office printer joke
Workplace jokes often carried the office around with them: disclaimers, signature lines, confidentiality footers, and reply markers that became part of the joke by accident.
FA-003-A / approx. 2001 / subject: printer policy
New printer rule:
If it jams, stare at it until someone else fixes it.
FA-003-B / approx. 2003 / subject: FW: printer policy
> New printer rule:
> If it jams, stare at it until someone else fixes it.
This is my department exactly.
FA-003-C / approx. 2006 / subject: RE: FW: printer policy
>> New printer rule:
>> If it jams, stare at it until someone else
>> fixes it.
Please consider the environment before printing this email.
Comparison notes
- The environmental footer becomes part of the copied text.
- Quote level increases faster than the message length.
- The broken line in the last copy is a wrapping artifact, not a joke revision.
For formatting damage, continue to line-wrap / quote-level damage.