🖨️ When Your Printer Drinks Champagne

17 July 2025 - ✍️ By Riaan M. Odendaal
💭 The Daily Verdict – Print-to-PDF Philosophy Series #1

A printer cartridge costs more than Champagne.
And it doesn’t even sparkle.

Five millilitres.
R350.
No occasion.
No joy.

You print a boarding pass,
a school slip,
an invoice for something already regretted —
and it’s gone.

No bouquet.
No celebration.
Just a cartridge sulking in the bin
and a bank balance that flinched.

Next time someone questions your wine budget,
show them your ink receipt.

You’re not printing documents.
You’re bottling liquid gold.

And yes — your printer knows when it’s running low.
That’s not a warning.
It’s a ransom note.