# My day is ruined.
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-day-is-ruined/241441
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [April 22, 2004, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-day-is-ruined/241441 "2004-04-22T15:27:07Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author:  [@congodwarf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/congodwarf)
#### Post date: [April 22, 2004, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-day-is-ruined/241441/1 "2004-04-22T15:27:07Z")
My stapler broke.
I love my stapler. It’s so cool. It’s a manual stapler but it has the power of an electric. It can actually staple the amount of papers I usually get with every order I enter.
Now I’m stuck using the crappy one my company supplied. It jams if I try to staple more than one piece of paper.
I’m going to have to buy another cool one. I just can’t work like this.
I think a coworker broke it because they’re jealous of my cool stapler.
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### Author:  [@badbadrubberpiggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/badbadrubberpiggy)
#### Post date: [April 22, 2004, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-day-is-ruined/241441/2 "2004-04-22T15:36:25Z")
is anybody else having a “milton from office space” moment here?
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### Author:  [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)
#### Post date: [April 22, 2004, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-day-is-ruined/241441/3 "2004-04-22T15:39:40Z")
Ha ha! My first thought was, “Is it red?”
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### Author:  [@congodwarf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/congodwarf)
#### Post date: [April 22, 2004, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-day-is-ruined/241441/4 "2004-04-22T15:41:05Z")
I get that every time I mention my stapler. It’s not a Swingline though. Those suck. This is a Staples stapler.
Since you brought up Milton, I have to say that I have a coworker who looks EXACTLY like Milton. I’ve been working with him almost 3 years and I still have to supress the giggles every time we talk.
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### Author:  [@DeVena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeVena)
#### Post date: [April 22, 2004, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-day-is-ruined/241441/5 "2004-04-22T15:46:58Z")
So, having any incontrollable urges to set your office on fire?
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### Author:  [@misstee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/misstee)
#### Post date: [April 22, 2004, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-day-is-ruined/241441/6 "2004-04-22T15:50:05Z")
:::: passes around a hat to collect funds for **congodwarf** to buy a new stapler ::::
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### Author:  [@congodwarf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/congodwarf)
#### Post date: [April 22, 2004, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-day-is-ruined/241441/7 "2004-04-22T15:51:41Z")
Today? No.
I did wake up wishing it had been struck by lightening during last night’s thunder storm. Would it surprise you to know that I actually like my job??