Be careful in Paris. Here I am with my treasured book draft on a flash drive, wanting to print it out so I can shift the pages around and have something to hold in my hands just now.....so I go to a shop that advertises 'imprimer' printing. I ask the lady how to do it and she says just insert the flash in this USB and then command print.
Wow. It prints and prints and prints - 9 copies of my first chapter! There is virtually a ream of paper in the printer. I asked her to stop it and she did, but only after all the copies are printed. I asked her to show me how to print and she pulls down the mouse menu and the default is set at 9 copies! I told her this is not fair, and that I should only pay for what I wanted to print. She said OK how many pages are on your flash? So I gave her the total for each chapter and she said 'that will be 50 Euros'. I paid her the money and then went to print out the other chapters, but no! I already have my prints, she says. And there I have about ten pages total, and a receipt for 50 Euros, 30 centimes.
Guess where I won't go again?
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