Office1000 Blog July Archive

Ever get the clothes out of the dryer and not know who they belong to?

By Carmine at 07/30/2009 07:47

I hate doing laundry anymore. All of my kids are the same size now which means I have no idea which pair of skinny jeans belongs to which teenager. Whose underwear are these? I have no idea.

They are old enough that they go shopping with their friends or with each other, hence there are many articles of clothing I have never before laid eyes upon until they come out of the dryer.

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How to take the perfect vacation in five easy steps

I thought about this for a good long while before I decided to post anything that sounds so frivolous. Times are tough, many are hardly even thinking about a vacation, let alone the PERFECT vacation. I decided to go ahead and write it though since we can all use the information at one time or another.

What constitutes a perfect vacation? Well, I would say any vacation that allows you to plan ahead and be prepared so you aren't worrying about details during the trip, having someone to enjoy it with ( I guess, unless you are the loner type), being relaxed, being safe while you are away and coming home in one piece with the same valuables you left with.

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I will never lose my mind over my missing Sharpie marker again!

I don't know how many of you out there can relate to this story, but here goes. When you are a mother (or father of course), you take for granted a certain amount of things going missing because one of your children (or husband) doesn't return the item to its proper place.

For some, it could be the flyswatter. I know mine is never there when I want it. I mean who wants to walk downstairs and hunt up the swatter? The fly is long gone and laughing with a bite of my dinner in his mouth by the time I get back.

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Take the stress out of money handling in flea markets, food booths and other free standing kiosks

You are out in the middle of the street at the farmers markets. Someone asks you to assist them in selecting some fresh produce and at the same time, another individual lifts the lid on your cash box and helps themselves to THAT produce.

It could be the same story at almost any free standing vendor booth, whether you are at a flea market or a food booth at a horse show. How can you as a vendor protect the money you have worked so hard to earn?

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Who says office supplies can't be manly? Office supplies are for the prissy and the macho!

When you think of office supplies, what is the first image that pops into your head?

Well, depending who you are and what your personality type, it could range anywhere from a vision of a perfectly organized prissy looking desk with lots of pink post it notes to (now envision this) a red sign carrying an image of colorful paperclips with a slash through it (you know kind of like a no smoking or no skateboarding sign).

What I am trying to say is lots of women (and guys) love office supplies. It is just like a Christmas present to get a new box of office supplies and open it up to see what you got.

I hear it all the time, and believe it or not, I am surprised by the amount of people who are surprised that they derive such enjoyment from a box of office supplies.

They think this must mean their lives are such crap that they get a kick out of something as lowly as office supplies. Hah! Everyone loves office supplies (at least in the corners of their heart).

Yes, even those of you who wear clothes to protect your clothes and get your hands all dirty and act all manly and all. You, who don't believe you can be motivated by office supplies.

Office supplies can include mechanic office supplies as well. Have you ever seen one of those trolleys that you can scoot around on in the garage that has a little stool and a shelf to hold tools. That gadget is cool. I bought one of those for my dad because he was having trouble getting up and down while he worked on brakes and so forth.

Trolleys are technically office supplies. If you are working on a car, you are technically in the "office" and the trolley is a "supply" for that office. Even workbenches and parts bins are office supplies! See how simple that concept is? Now, all you mechanics out there...doesn't that excite you just the least bit?

Architects and engineers use all kinds of office supplies and look how manly they are! There are drafting squares and templates, brushes, drawing leads, the list just goes on and on.

Artists use office supplies, no matter how free spirited and "outside the box" they think they are, they still have to pick up the occasional pencil, eraser and, yes, even paints, brushes and pastel pencils are office supplies. Because no matter where an artist is working, guess where they are...yep, in the "office".

So see, it really simple after all. Office supplies are for everyone... the manly, the prissy, the unorganized, the organized, the CNC shop worker and the one who sells cell phones for less than what the phone companies rip you off for on their websites.