You know you're getting to be a pathetic office drone when...

[badseed1980]

...you get excited by the fact that the stapler in the now ex-employee's desk works better than yours, and you can nab it for your own. And you know you're even more pathetic when you find yourself saying, "Oh, wow! It really can staple almost 40 pages! Yay!"

I am a dork. But I am a happy dork with a spiffy stapler. :)

Comments

[tisana.livejournal.com]

"want my stapler...it was a Swingline and they, they took it...gonna go get my stapler...and, and burn the place down..." < / muttering like the dude from Office Space >

[badseed1980.livejournal.com]

LOL
I still need to see that movie.

Mine is a Swingline too, but the old one had a hard time stapling 15 pages and this one did 38 easily.

spiffy stapler

[erik-j-meyer.livejournal.com]

One Stapler to Rule them all
and in the neo-dark of fluorescent bind them...

40 pages? kick butt!

Re: spiffy stapler

[badseed1980.livejournal.com]

I'll bet it would be good at stapling someone's necktie to their desk if they fell asleep on the job, too. >:D

Re: spiffy stapler

[erik-j-meyer.livejournal.com]

not that you would do such a thing, never! not YOU! perish the very thought! it must have been those report gnomes that you borrowed after that got bored when their official work duties were dispensed with for the day. yeah, that is it.

Re: spiffy stapler

[badseed1980.livejournal.com]

Um...yeah...right. *looks innocent*

[dolphindream.livejournal.com]

I completely sympathize

I have an old metal stapler that actually works (mostly--until you get down to the last 10 or so staples and then it quits) but i've had it most of the time I've been here, while the staplers we usually get are so cheap the barely last a couple months.

I like my electric stapler though. I'm not sure how I managed without it. We do WAY too much stapling here (unstapling and restapling bills . . .)

I guess I'm a pathetic office drone too, because I WILL get into passionate discussions over staplers . . . *sigh* I suppose there are worse things . . .

[badseed1980.livejournal.com]

Yeah. The other admin here and I are always getting excited over office supplies. "Oooh! Colorful mini Post-Its!" "Oh wow, they have those index dividers in bulk!"

Scary.

[tigira.livejournal.com]

Staplers! Yeah - a good stapler is exciting.
Almost as exciting as...
MULTI COLOR STAPLES!

Ok, that or a pack of new highlighters.
Or a new pack of mechanical pencils.

But my fave is still...

A New Adding Machine - with tape that works and everything!

[leenah.livejournal.com]

darlin', i am sure somewhere on LJ there is office supply porn.

because office supplies are toys for adults. toys that you get to play with IN PUBLIC.

there is nothing wrong w/ squeeling over office supplies. i do it often. hmmmmmmmm. could be something wrong w/ the logic there. not caring.

also, i label all my stuff. 'cause i am BULLSHIT when something is gone from my desk. grrrrrrrrrrrrrr. MINE. mitts OFF my stuff. ask first. stupid coworkers.

:)

[badseed1980.livejournal.com]

Oh, I also have a label maker. It's always so tempting to use it for frivolous things. :)

[sweetpeatn.livejournal.com]

remind me if i am ever in a position to need another secretary to get the best in office supplies and a lable maker......

[concordantnexus.livejournal.com]

hehe - I love my desk cause I have a *key* to lock all my stuff up - mug, stash of caffeinated and herbal teas, teaspoonm, honey, advil, pens and yup stapler :)

[badseed1980.livejournal.com]

My office is small enough that if anyone stole anything of mine, I could very easily find the culprit. :)