Monday, May 10, 2010

Cobra Upgrade

At work I had a ton of letters to open and I couldn't find the letter opener that I always use (correction: the letter opener was just out of reach and I was too lazy to get up and walk clear over to the other side of the counter to get it...) So, I looked around and found a new letter opener and thought I would just use that instead - thank you universe.

3 minutes pass...

If you put an envelope between a starved bear on meth and fresh salmon, I think that is a fairly accurate depiction of what the envelope and letter looked like when I was finished with it.

Jenn:   What are you doing?!
Me:      Do yo know how to use this letter opener? I can't figure it out.
Jenn:   [ look of disbelief ]
            Hawk, that's a staple remover.
       
... painful, painful silence


Last time I checked, staple removers looked like giant snapping cobra teeth not letter openers.

Dear staple remover manufacturers,
          I would like to subscribe to your newsletter; so that when you make such a radical (and unnecessary) change I wont feel like such an idiot when I'm apparently the only one unaware of the new design; and you can stop embarrassing me in front of my friends.

Morals of Post:
  • Kids, stick with things you are good at. If you try new things you will most likely fail, be humiliated, and get laughed at. Simultaneously.

  • "Laziness is a secret ingredient that goes into failure. But it’s only kept a secret from the person who fails.”
    –Robert Half

    Shut up, Rob.

  • "I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that wont work."
    - Thomas Edison
    I knew I liked him for a reason...

4 comments:

  1. Seemingly mundane office humor is so much funnier to me now that I've worked in one for a couple of years.

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  2. AH JAHST WAHNT TA TAHL YA WHAHT A GRAHT FRAHND YA AHR!!! EVAHN AHF YA SQUAHSH MA WATH AHLL THASE RAGHT TAHRNS!!!

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  3. Umm... HILARIOUS!

    I have to say though, the new staple removers are a dream come true. Give it time, I'm sure once the humiliation wears off you'll be a fan.

    --Anna

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  4. oh. my. gosh. NO. NO! This is in my top 3 posts right now. Such underrated humor that it's criminal. I am literally crying. Also, I TOTALLY know what office tool/supply they are talking about and I feel like in the newsletter that you want to subscribe to, you should tell them that that kind of staple remove should be attached to a stapler...to make things clear. Your humor is my anti-drug....or drug. Take your pick. *i just typed "pick" as "pic" and thought it was fine until I realized that I now use a non-existent word for "picture" more than I do a real word. oh instagram and Fbook...you have ruined me.

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