# Ummm, that's MY stapler **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [August 5, 2002, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ummm-thats-my-stapler/122437 "2002-08-05T14:18:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2002, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ummm-thats-my-stapler/122437/21 "2002-08-06T04:10:49Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Libertarian \* > \*\*I was told that I could listen to the radio at a reasonable volume. \*\* Between the hours of 9 AM and 11 AM. ---
**Author:** ![Sofa\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/58956e/32.png) [@Sofa\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sofa_King)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2002, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ummm-thats-my-stapler/122437/22 "2002-08-06T04:12:55Z")
You fucked Lumbergh, didn’t you? ---
**Author:** ![MrO](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/50afbb/32.png) [@MrO](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrO)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2002, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ummm-thats-my-stapler/122437/23 "2002-08-06T04:33:41Z")
Not exactly the same, but it reminds me of one of my favorite Onion stories: [http://www.theonion.com/onion3214/off\_my\_desk.html](http://www.theonion.com/onion3214/off_my_desk.html) I’m pretty protective of my desk at work too.😉 ---
**Author:** ![Feynn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecb155/32.png) [@Feynn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Feynn)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2002, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ummm-thats-my-stapler/122437/24 "2002-08-06T06:19:25Z")
I hear you, people should know better than to mess with the shit on your desk and should also know not to be moving shit around or leaving their shit on it. Sometimes it just takes a little longer to train some of them. Many of the items on my desk ARE mine and the people I work with know not to mess with it. Especially my pens. There’s a rule in our office and that is: Thou shalt not touch Keith’s pens. Ever. Now I am going to have to get myself one of those red Swinglines. Shwing!!! ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2002, 7:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ummm-thats-my-stapler/122437/25 "2002-08-06T07:10:24Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by WV\_Woman \* > \*\*We need to talk about your flare … \*\* That’s “flair.” ---
**Author:** ![DeadlyAccurate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ac91a4/32.png) [@DeadlyAccurate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeadlyAccurate)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2002, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ummm-thats-my-stapler/122437/26 "2002-08-06T13:48:56Z")
And weren’t the squirrels merry, not married? ---
**Author:** ![cards](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecd19e/32.png) [@cards](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cards)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2002, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ummm-thats-my-stapler/122437/27 "2002-08-06T13:49:58Z")
Beeblebrox said: Maybe Mullinator should throw some feces at him next time; My keyboard is still drying out from the coffee spew. After three years lurking on this board, you would think I would know better by now. We need some sort of alert system. ---
**Author:** ![ElwoodCuse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/edb3f5/32.png) [@ElwoodCuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElwoodCuse)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2002, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ummm-thats-my-stapler/122437/28 "2002-08-06T15:21:43Z")
Can anyone confirm or deny the above mention of special edition of Office Space? ---
**Author:** ![UrbanChic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/9dc877/32.png) [@UrbanChic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UrbanChic)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2002, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ummm-thats-my-stapler/122437/29 "2002-08-06T15:47:26Z")
After a cursory search, I produced [this site](http://pub18.ezboard.com/ffilmhobbitnowshowingondvd.showMessage?topicID=422.topic). Glad I did, too, because it mentions a Coen Bros. movies. ---
**Author:** ![Homebrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Homebrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homebrew)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2002, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ummm-thats-my-stapler/122437/30 "2002-08-06T16:12:38Z")
Damn! That’s disheartening, **JuanitaTech**. Like, **gobear** , I’ve been holding out for the SE. But the SE of Raising Arizona is good news. ---
**Author:** ![Mullinator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@Mullinator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mullinator)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2002, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ummm-thats-my-stapler/122437/31 "2002-08-06T18:32:57Z")
Steps taken to protect the solemn virtue of my stapler 1. All staples removed 2. Switched from right side of the desk to the left side, which makes it a slightly more obtrusive move to pick it up. 3. It is now sitting on a file folder with my last name clearly written 4. It is connected to said file folder with tape, but in a hidden way. I figure I can test if it has been messed with in my absence. More intricate and damaging methods may be forthcoming. ---
**Author:** ![Feynn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecb155/32.png) [@Feynn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Feynn)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2002, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ummm-thats-my-stapler/122437/32 "2002-08-06T19:31:49Z")
I think that throw feces at the offending co-worker would stop the stapler stealing outright. Damn that was funny. ---
**Author:** ![Winnowill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/4491bb/32.png) [@Winnowill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winnowill)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2002, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ummm-thats-my-stapler/122437/33 "2002-08-06T19:39:06Z")
A former coworker of mine actually took the time to VELCRO her stuff to her desk, so that she always knew where everything would be all the time. (Yes, she was a bit on the anal retentive side). She even velcroed the scanner, which was one of those enormous HP4 jobbies. We enjoyed nothing more than moving her stuff around when she wasn’t there. ---
**Author:** ![Podkayne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/edb3f5/32.png) [@Podkayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Podkayne)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2002, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ummm-thats-my-stapler/122437/34 "2002-08-06T21:00:50Z")
**Winnowill**. . . I would have put _extra_ velcro down on her desk at strategic locations, to make her go nuts trying to figure out what was missing. Hmmm . . . I’ve got this carpety-bulletin-boardy stuff on my wall . . . I bet velcro would stick to it. . . I could put velcro on my stapler, and then _stick it to the wall_, thus freeing up more desk space! Mmmmm . . . precious desk space . . . ---
**Author:** ![Winnowill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/4491bb/32.png) [@Winnowill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winnowill)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2002, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ummm-thats-my-stapler/122437/35 "2002-08-06T22:23:11Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Podkayne \* > \*\ ***Winnowill**. . . I would have put _extra_ velcro down on her desk at strategic locations, to make her go nuts trying to figure out what was missing. > > Hmmm . . . I’ve got this carpety-bulletin-boardy stuff on my wall . . . I bet velcro would stick to it. . . I could put velcro on my stapler, and then _stick it to the wall_, thus freeing up more desk space! > Mmmmm . . . precious desk space . . . \*\* ARGH! We SHOULD have done that! Damn! Too bad she’s gone now… They actually make a velcro-like substance designed specifically to cling to cubicle walls. I have hung up my dry-erase pens in this way. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ummm-thats-my-stapler/122437.md?page=1)