“My office just got a new style of paper which has caused quite the stir,” says our submitter in Seattle. “It’s made from forested trees, or something like that, so obviously we can’t wait to use it.”
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#1
Someone
Shouldn’t it be “used” ?
Nov 2, 2010 at 1:27 pm rating: 20
#2
alice
Someone really has way too much time on their hands…
Nov 2, 2010 at 1:28 pm rating: 3
#3
Woman on the Verge
But… what paper should we use first?
Nov 2, 2010 at 1:30 pm rating: 21
#4
scaarykitty
Think the idea is that it’s the “please use up the paper printing bajillions of inane signs” sign that’s more PA-like.
Nov 2, 2010 at 1:32 pm rating: 0
#5
Mo®
Paper airplane fight?
Nov 2, 2010 at 1:35 pm rating: 3
#6
The Elf
Somewhere, Al Gore is crying.
Nov 2, 2010 at 1:40 pm rating: 15
#7
Heloise
You don’t want that old paper to sit on the shelf and spoil, after all.
Nov 2, 2010 at 1:41 pm rating: 29
#8
farcical aquatic ceremony
I’m so sad for the submitter & his/her office, that THEY CAN’T WAIT to use the new variety of printer paper, oy.
Nov 2, 2010 at 2:50 pm rating: 16
#9
DecaturPen
And where is the old Office Depot paper, obviously, not stacked on top of the new paper…
Nov 2, 2010 at 3:42 pm rating: 9
#10
thrall
No control freakery here. Nothing to see…
Nov 2, 2010 at 4:00 pm rating: 5
#11
thrall
These are not the droids you are looking for.
Nov 2, 2010 at 4:01 pm rating: 12
#12
Rachel
We just got this type of paper at work. It’s awesome! I can understand why people want to use it first.
Nov 2, 2010 at 4:41 pm rating: 3
#13
DecaturPen
if one wants the old paper used first, stack it on top of the new paper.
Nov 2, 2010 at 4:56 pm rating: 7
#14
pony girl
This is obviously not an advertising office. Of course people don’t want to use the old paper. But they will certainly fall all over themselves to use the rare or limited edition Office Depot paper.
Nov 2, 2010 at 4:57 pm rating: 33
#15
goose
“PS – Please use it mostly for printing signs about which paper to use first.”
And printing signs about signs about signs about which paper to use first.
Nov 2, 2010 at 7:11 pm rating: 7
#16
Talia
Bring back the mimeograph!
Nov 2, 2010 at 8:20 pm rating: 3
#17
thursdaynext
What tickled me is that the signs are printed on different paper, so someone here is being naughty…
Nov 2, 2010 at 10:37 pm rating: 4
#18
Canthz_B
This sign won’t work.
The last one didn’t either.
There’s still a huge amount of papyrus in the storeroom that hasn’t been touched in ages.
Nov 3, 2010 at 12:47 am rating: 17
#19
Canthz_B
I think management is missing an opportunity to kill two birds with one stone.
They should use the old stock to paper over the whole issue.
Goodness knows management is great at papering over issues.
Nov 3, 2010 at 1:00 am rating: 2
#20
Odious
Team new paper. Old paper smells funny, has an aftertaste and you to have to watch its cholesterol. You can always tell when you’re behind that O.D. Paper (in my office we call it “Old Dirty” Paper to much hilarity) in the copier line: moving too slow, suddenly printing in another lane without warning, seatbelt hanging out of the package.
Nov 3, 2010 at 6:06 am rating: 6
#21
Woman on the Verge
I bet that “Old Office Depot Paper” is going to need therapy after this is all over.
Nov 3, 2010 at 8:00 am rating: 3
#22
divaandwriter
It is a sad state of office affairs when people get excited over paper.
Nov 3, 2010 at 9:12 am rating: 2
#23
ashmeadow
When I was a kid I used to eat paper. And you know, it was never quite as delicious as fucking.
I tried to deconstruct it, WotV, before someone was totally unoriginal.
Nov 3, 2010 at 10:27 am rating: 12
#24
Savannah
Wow. They tease me at work because I put all our supplies in a locked cabinet. I am quite controlling, but I couldn’t care less what paper people use as long as they leave me alone.
Nov 3, 2010 at 2:59 pm rating: 7
#25
bob loblaw
The note before this one was from the worldwide CEO thanking Wendy Waters of the accounting department for finding a new paper supplier and saving the company countless zillions of $$.
Much eye rolling from the rest of the company who were simply trying to do their jobs and not get shit canned.
PS. email from CEO sent on a saturday so we could all see how hard he was working.
Nov 3, 2010 at 8:02 pm rating: 1
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