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Please don’t treat the stapler like you treat your farm animals

Kerry — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 00:18:18 +0000

This brilliantly understated little note comes to us from a campus library at the University of Auckland, where submitter Louise says the staplers do seem to get jammed into disrepair on a fairly regular basis.

(I have to admit that I kinda love this one. Hat tip to you, librarian!)

extra credit: A rocket-powered detaching device

Who steals pens from disabled children???

Kerry — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 21:18:18 +0000

At Nat’s office in York, England, one of his coworkers has been trying to bully everyone into coughing up some cash for an (admittedly worthy) charitable cause.

In Nat’s opinion, however, her guilt-heavy fund-raising techniques might benefit from a little fine-tuning…especially given that all seven of those special “charity pens” were nicked from the office supply closet.

related: Starve on!

(Insert Office Space reference here)

Kerry — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 04:03:24 +0000

There’s a Milton in every cubicle farm, it seems…and I believe you have his stapler.

And a Dwight and a Jim…

(Just click on the image below to enlarge!)

related: that’d be great

just another picture to burn

Kerry — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 04:45:46 +0000

our anonymous submitter in pittsburgh says this note was sitting atop a copy-room filing cabinet — and a stack of 50 or so identical print-outs of the jo bros. “guess someone in the office is on team taylor swift!”

related: let’s not mince words

extra credit: taylor swift’s passive-aggressive swipe at joe jonas [youtube]

The missing exhibit from the Carousel of Progress

Kerry — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 01:53:28 +0000

Sorcia McNasty in North Carolina says this “piece of art” is located right next to the paper supply drawer in her office. “We’re not sure if there is really a problem with theft or if occasionally, you know, the machine just runs out of paper. No one wants to question the MACHINE IN MOTION.”

This is not positive communication

kerry — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 13:45:01 +0000

This series comes to us from an anonymous office worker in Sydney, Australia, who explains: “Despite our multi-million dollar profits, some people in our office are really attached to our company’s bottom line.”

UPDATE: the saga continues!

Excuse me, I believe you have my stapler

Kerry — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 01:52:31 +0000

Attention: corporate emergency in the Chicagoland area!

Meanwhile, in Seattle…

Adds our anonymous submitter, “All the glassware for all departments is washed by the poor lab slaves at least twice a day, and then promptly returned to the shelves. How much glassware are they using that they notice if a beaker or two went missing?”