Sometimes because we aren't the one who bought it (again!). A few years back, my sister bought a HP scanner/printer, then moved away and left it to me. She al

Sometimes because we aren't the one who bought it (again!). A few years back, my sister bought a HP scanner/printer, then moved away and left it to me. She always liked it, but I never did. Then, after my mother died, I needed to scan my mother's death certificate for a legal thing with a short deadline. The printer was out of ink. The UI did not want to allow me to access the scanning feature without replacing the ink (I've since learned that there is a non-obvious workaround for this). So, the scanner wouldn't work without ink, and my mom had just died, and I had to get this thing scanned before 5 pm, and... The scene from Office Space was mild compared to what happened. There were broken pieces all over the room. I left the room like that for a few days, because I just didn't want to deal with it. My sister came to stay with me for a bit after the funeral, and I had to apologize and tell her that I needed to clean up the guest room (where the printer was located). When she saw what had happened, I explained, and she was a bit worried about my mental state. In an attempt to be helpful, so I wouldn't be without a scanner/printer, she bought me a replacement. The exact same fucking model. Her heart was in the right place. I still have it, and I hate it. But I haven't killed it. Yet.