Comments | nuclearmse: Work pet peeve

nuclearmse

Work pet peeve

Jul 30, 2008 11:29

Paperclips are not an endangered species, nor an expensive luxury item that cannot be replaced, nor is there a dire shortage of them in the world. When a paperclip becomes so distorted is it no longer functional (ie doesn't CLIP PAPERS together), it's ok to take it out of the community paper clip bin. If it really pains you that much to see it ( Read more... )

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hroar July 30 2008, 15:52:50 UTC

tiny, itty-bitty scultures...8-)

nuclearmse July 30 2008, 15:54:38 UTC

Stay tuned for the day I get so bored at work, I open the first Paper Clip Art Gallery. I think I could host a pretty good paper clip sculpture show in the bin above my computer.

hroar July 30 2008, 15:58:24 UTC

I bet you could, an d could have travelling exhibits. 8-)
It must be a really boring day; one you are eager to get done with and head out. I dont blame you! I woudl go nuts.

peachtales July 30 2008, 16:30:29 UTC

This reminds me of a temp job I had 12 years or so ago, at a large bank, where they were having a contest to see how few office supplies they could use. Before I got there, post-it notes had been added to the endangered species (i.e., the "do not purchase anymore because they are wasteful") list. My job entailed going through and cross-referencing large stacks of print-outs of the form feed kind, meaning they were all connected, dot-matrixy stacks of paper. This was at least the 2nd circle of hell without post-its. What made me laugh more than anything is that I ended up using paper clips for a lot of it, before they, too, were banished.

nuclearmse July 31 2008, 14:20:09 UTC

THAT is truly insane.