'How You Can Improve Your Life and Profession with Fancy Erasers'

How You Can Improve Your Life and Profession with Fancy Erasers

By Brian K White at 06/26/2007 10:46

Erasers are incredibly important to math students, those with day-timer dates only semi-reserved for people you may or may not like, and anybody else who uses a pencil. If you're using a pencil, and you can admit that you may be somehow fallible, consider that what you need isn't just a pencil eraser, but a dedicated eraser, and a deluxe eraser at that.

For every person and every purpose, there's a different sort of eraser.

• Your pencil eraser is ideal if you love convenience, make very few mistakes, and don't mind the additional smudge offered by the world's very cheapest of erasers.

• A dedicated eraser is also good, since you might make more mistakes, but also favor a cleaner, more refined mark after the fact.

• A deluxe eraser, or an assortment of deluxe erasers is perfect if you know you aren't, you want a clean erase, and you want to make a character impression with those you work with, for, or against.

Think about it. For an investment of a couple bucks (maybe $20 if you really go hog wild,) you can make a statement about who you are, how you operate, and for those who never see the erasers, you can show that your works are cleanly covered and otherwise corrected in ways nearly flawless. Or you can just keep on smudging your papers, not making any statement about yourself, and abiding by your regular work-a-day life. Odds are your office manager will pay for these supplies just the same, so why not make the most of it. Enjoy your new life, and feel free to thank me on the other side.