No, tear the post it notes
Bear in mind that this was 1991 and post-it notes were still quite new.

I worked for a traditional firm of high street solicitors (attorneys for mercans) in my middle year of my law degree. I had one of those kind of tasks where you had to go through lots of ledgers and old books of account and note books, etc to find something relevant. Wedging pieces of paper as markers into the irregularly shaped books just wasn't hacking it so I thought the only sensible thing to use these new fangled post-it notes.

The receptionists was also the guardian of the stationery cupboard and she was not authorised to release post-it notes to anyone except a partner in the firm. I knew that Mr Kenward (no first names, all surnames - they only stopped requiring staff to call them sir the year before I joined!) had some on his desk and he was sensible.

I went into his office, overlooking the car park which contained the assorted Porsches, Range Rovers and Mercs belonging to the partners. Mr Kenward was happy to chat about his latest Lotus (the car not the flower) - he collected them.

He was not, however, happy to let me have any post-it notes. I thought that he was joking. I went along with having to explain why I needed them and what benefit they gave to traditional alternatives. I thought maybe it was some form of test - a bit of a mini-moot to sharpen the legal brain.

Nope. They were just tight. He gave me three of those small ones and told me to cut them into strips.

(post script - went to work for a large City firm before leaving to go freelance 5 years ago with a van load of office furniture and stationery which I am still getting through: somewhat on the other end of the scale).
(Gusofnavarone always makes a map of france from sarnies, Thu 23 Feb 2012, 17:30, 6 replies)

So, your story is 'my boss gave me some stationary'?

( Amorous Badger NAKED BEA ARTHUR PHOTOS 4U, Thu 23 Feb 2012, 17:50, closed)

Nope. He gave me some stationEry.
three sheets - not books. Three sheets about twice the size of a stamp.
(Gusofnavarone always makes a map of france from sarnies, Thu 23 Feb 2012, 17:59, closed)

Well that puts a whole new angle on this fascinating tale.

( Amorous Badger NAKED BEA ARTHUR PHOTOS 4U, Thu 23 Feb 2012, 18:07, closed)

Or, I was given some stationary but stole everything else I needed.

( Infidel , shit and wrong, Thu 23 Feb 2012, 17:59, closed)

Or. Give me the simplest and cheap thing you rich tightwads. Maybe I could just have said that.
Stationery, stationery, stationEry. Stealing would be bad.
(Gusofnavarone always makes a map of france from sarnies, Thu 23 Feb 2012, 18:18, closed)

Bad habit, I missssspell it all the time.
However, your last line suggests you stole a van load of stuff from your employer.
( Infidel , shit and wrong, Thu 23 Feb 2012, 18:33, closed)