Re:wait, what? (Score 1)

I only wish the company I work for would wise up... They are a small company made even smaller by combo of piss poor management and the depression. Yet they still somehow manage to go through 3 big ol' boxes of paper a week... A week! They print out EVERYTHING! Invoices, orders incoming, orders outgoing, quotes, quote responses...

Email. They print out their email! They went with google for their email services to make things easy, have 8 or so GB of storage space PER PERSON, and they opt to print out each and every email and delete it. Not archive it, delete it.

They also want a hard copy of every web site they have in both the boss's office and his wife's desk. (they have several that pertains to their core business and tons more that don't, but thankfully they don't want hard copies of them...) Also, one of the salesmen likes to have a hard copy of the one website... but he maintains his with a pen instead of reprinting.

Here's a good one: How do they email a customer an order invoice?

1. They print it out
2. Scan it back in to OpenOffice
3. Save it as a PDF
4. Email it.

Forget the fact that we use Adobe software that comes with a direct PDF printer... Forget all the completely free stand alone PDF printer software that I have repeatedly emailed to them and told them about. It's gotta be routed through the printer before it can be emailed!

Maybe that's why they aren't using the PDF tools I sent them... I didn't print it out first.

And perhaps the WORST of all: They actively ENCOURAGE their customers to print out their web sites, warranty, and miscellaneous installation instructions!

All of this from a company that advertises themselves as an internet-based business.

Dammit, Slashdot... You finally made me register... I hope yer happy now!