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MrsRepairTech

When the chick sorts the screws...

As [the person OCD enough to sort the screws], I hope I can post this without offending anyone, and bring only chuckles. ^_^

https://preview.redd.it/k0cufc6pohl81.jpg?width=480&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f9effe9b28d627d70952d37c2982fe75b7ec5b82

Edit for anti-misogynistic clarity: Since most of our screw box is color-coded, there is a special "Pretty Screws" box for the green patinaed screws. That was what I was hoping to highlight in the above picture. :P "Any Function?" is mostly for broken pieces of plastic and metal that I'm 99% sure are just garbage that ended up in the bulk screw box. By now, it's moved over by our "Mystery Screws" (mostly full of wood and drywall screws) and "Mystery Not Screws" (for things that obviously did something... at some point) boxes. Here is a picture of the rest of this sorter for context.

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https://preview.redd.it/rvlhsh70q1m81.jpg?width=3120&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8124de40293abb3091fca4b4a99ff76ddd4039c5

Posted Mar 5, 2022, 4:03 AM UTC · edited

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RedeemedJoshua•

Any idea where you get those labels from?

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Burner_Cuz_Of_Job•

The chick.

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RedeemedJoshua•

well, yes, lol... but I am looking for decent and cheap labels myself

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throwaway_0122Tech•

We have nearly identical ones and I think they came in sheets from Avery. 1/2”x3/4” or something like that. There are label printers though used in retail that use rolls of similar looking labels, which would be much more affordable in the long term. We have a machine at work that takes rolls of smaller labels, but I think the company that makes the labels went out of business or stopped making them. When we run out, we either have to pay an extortionate amount for “custom” label rolls or buy a new label printer…

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RedeemedJoshua•

Thanks, I spent a long time the other day at the store, trying to figure out if I should buy a DYMO 4XL(?), Brother touch label printer, or what... It's mostly for home organization stuff. A lot of these consumer grade products do not seem very good though, based on a number of reviews I've read

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MrsRepairTechOP•

I just got cheapy ones on Amazon that come in sheets for convenience. We like 'em because the sticky is super weak so they come off of customer products easily without leaving residue.

https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B07X6XJCHX/

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radialmonster•

you can also sort by other useful methods like 'left facing", "right facing", "pointy", "flat"

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jorgp2•

There's also left hander screwdrivers.

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andrewthetechieTech by Trade•

This is mysognistic and not a great look for our profession. I don't care if you're the "screw-sorting chick".

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MrsRepairTechOP•

Oh, I'm sorry you and others feel that way. I've edited the post to add some context and hopefully make it less so.

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PyrobloxYT•

That is a lot of screws, I wouldn’t be able to sort that even if I wanted to lol

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OgdruJahad•

Hold up, those pretty screws single?

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tunaman808•

My boss at my all-time favorite job was super mellow to me. As long as I didn't have a specific reason to be in the office at a certain time, he didn't care if I came in any time between 7AM and 11AM. I called in hungover a couple times, and he was a prince about it.

He had terrible anger management issues with others, though. One thing he would do was get the three huge bins of screws (like the OP's pic) and dump them on a giant table, and spend hours sorting them back into the right bins. It soothed him, and bewildered the rest of us.

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MrsRepairTechOP•

Yes, the screw-sorting station is where we retreat when we don't want to deal with... <insert thing here>. We just have a magnet holder at the top to hold screws-to-be-sorted. :)

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PeachyPlum3•

I'd consider replacing 'chick' with a different perception akin to 'the person who doesn't know the difference between screws'. ...or perhaps something shorter but similar .

Rude and a bad look for your field ;)

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MrsRepairTechOP•

Oh, I'm sorry you and others feel that way. I've edited the post to add some context and hopefully make it less so. (I couldn't edit the title, unfortunately.)

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PeachyPlum3•

😽✌🏻

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