Partner used to work at a campus library the place The Stapler was probably the most sacred of workplace provides and in addition, probably the most fought-over image of energy. The Stapler lived on the reference desk. It was by no means to go away the reference desk lest chaos befall all who sought serenity within the library. Nevertheless, the reference desk was the worst place for The Stapler.
The one individuals who used it have been college students who had simply completed printing within the laptop lab. In the event that they wished to staple their printed paperwork, they needed to trek from the pc lab in a single nook of the bottom ground all the best way to the alternative nook which, in line with impartial pupil surveys completed within the feedback field, was the longest point-A-to-point-B in the entire library.
The morning shift reference desk librarian was sick of the traces forming on the desk simply to make use of The Stapler, so that they began shifting it over to the pc lab printer the place it might be probably the most helpful. The later shift librarian was outraged. The Stapler ought to by no means be moved from this actual spot on the reference desk! It have to be seen to the reference librarians always as a result of if it have been to be out of sight, some ne’er-do-well certainly will abscond with it! So The Stapler was moved again to the reference desk, solely to be moved to the pc lab the next morning by the morning shift librarian.
This went on for weeks till the later shift librarian satisfied services to connect a series to The Stapler that stored it completely connected to the reference desk. The morning shift librarian was not amused (nor have been college students who needed to try to awkwardly staple whereas connected to a series). Every week later, the chain was mysteriously lower in two and The Stapler returned to the pc lab.
The later shift librarian lastly had sufficient and moved The Stapler to beneath the reference desk so college students must ask for it, which solely exacerbated the issue. The morning shift librarian complained to the library director, conferences have been held, powerpoints made, political factions shaped, nothing acquired resolved.
Lastly, somebody had sufficient and introduced in a second stapler for the pc lab. It instantly disappeared. The later shift librarian was adamant this amounted to proof of the righteousness of their place. The morning shift librarian wasn’t fooled and located the second stapler hidden in a drawer within the later shift librarian’s workstation.
When partner left that job, the struggle over The Stapler was nonetheless raging and we don’t know if it ever acquired resolved. I form of hope it’s nonetheless ongoing, listening to in regards to the newest stapler-related antics was typically the spotlight of my day.
