Well, some documents are just too big for a staple (as was recently demonstrated by the 20-page zoning regulations I have that are falling apart. And I won't even try to staple the 40-odd pagee Board of Ed adgenda I got yesterday).
This is where a heavy duty stapler becomes your good friend (says the librarian who sometimes staples 40+ page docs at work.) Staple removal is still a pain in the ass, true.
I tend to not staple something until I'm fairly sure the paper collection is stable - I hate it when docs get a million little staple marks in the corner from stapling and restapling. Plus, my workplace seriously has enough paper clips to keep us stocked for at least another 7 years: years and years ago, someone made a huge ordering error and we ended up with probably 50 boxes containing 20 packages of 100-count paper clips (or something similar.) We've not bought paper clips in the 7 years that I've worked at this job. In fact, when I'm done with a paper clip, I throw it out - it's the only way that we'll ever get our supplies depleted.
(More than anyone ever wanted to know about my office supply situation - myself included.)
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Date: 2007-03-20 10:57 pm (UTC)This is where a heavy duty stapler becomes your good friend (says the librarian who sometimes staples 40+ page docs at work.) Staple removal is still a pain in the ass, true.
I tend to not staple something until I'm fairly sure the paper collection is stable - I hate it when docs get a million little staple marks in the corner from stapling and restapling. Plus, my workplace seriously has enough paper clips to keep us stocked for at least another 7 years: years and years ago, someone made a huge ordering error and we ended up with probably 50 boxes containing 20 packages of 100-count paper clips (or something similar.) We've not bought paper clips in the 7 years that I've worked at this job. In fact, when I'm done with a paper clip, I throw it out - it's the only way that we'll ever get our supplies depleted.
(More than anyone ever wanted to know about my office supply situation - myself included.)