Have I reached an age where I find staplers fascinating? What really sold me was the ‘Made in Sweden’ engraving. I don’t have anything made there, and I couldn’t pass up the opportunity. As of now, I’ve owned this stapler for three weeks, and I have stapled zero papers. I’ve come to learn that I like these little machines, and I’m going to use this journal entry to dissect why that is.
1. I like items that can be found in a work environment. A nice trestle desk, a banker’s lamp, maybe an X-Acto knife made in Japan, and, of course, a stapler.
2. I appreciate organization, and if for any reason I have an abundance of paper lying around, I’d like a stapler close by.
3. It reminds me of a simpler time: typewriters, analog cameras, the smell of cigarettes from the smoking section at your parents’ favorite restaurant.
