A Bunch of Information

Sooooooooooooo, I promised to talk about the "situation" that happened where I work.  Well, last Friday I was given two boxes of paperwork to scan.  These are Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable and Reconciliations.  One would think "too easy!" and one would be correct.....until....

....I arrive at work on Monday and half of what I scanned on Friday didn't "stick".  It was there on Friday.  I saw it.  There are file names and everything except the scanned images, even though the program says "images created" and even has page numbers.  BLANKNESS ABOUNDS.

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Well, easy fix, right?  NO.  I had been dumping the paperwork in the shred bin as I went along so NOTHING is in order and it's now mixed up with everyone else's work.  I had to dig out two boxes full of papers and then spend the rest of the week putting everything back together and scan again.  

I was smarter this second time, I kept the tidy piles all week just in case.  

This morning I scanned the last of it and felt confident enough to carefully place my tidy, well organized piles in the shred bin and started a new case of stuffs.

One positive part of all that nonsense was that I had already removed the infinite number of unnecessary staples in every document.  The case of new documents to be scanned today are from the same company which means more staples.  I know the owner of that company uses an electric stapler.  He uses it too often.  

I have a theory about his employee handbook and it goes something like this:  

Number one is to learn the electric stapler.  Read the  manual.  Load your electric stapler with heavy duty construction staples before every shift.  

Number two is to ensure that every paper has at least 3 solid staples.  As one adds paper, staple five more times thus ensuring that all documents will never be lost and will remain in the order they are supposed to be in.  Also, when stapling the final paper to the pack, turn it around so it faces back and not front and staple ten more times.

Number three is very important!  Somewhere after the first page you must staple the sides of the pack.  Verify that it is not easily seen with the naked eye so others will not be tempted to remove it thereby losing important documents.

Today, while removing the Guinness Book of World Record's number of staples it occurred to me that this business owner has a problem.  An addiction.  I daydreamed about setting up an intervention at his place of business and smashing the electric stapler with a hefty baseball bat and yelling, "THIS IS YOUR BRAIN ON STAPLES!!"  He desperately needs help and I know that being aware of the problem is the first step to recovery.  I'm painfully aware, and so he should be as well.  

Sigh, daydreams are wonderful, aren't they?  I could always write to my congress person about passing a bill outlawing staple usage.  I am, after all, the Mayor of Dorktown, USA.  I might have some pull with those upper crusty politicians.  Throw my weight around, get things done. We need shirts that say DOWN WITH STAPLES! and NO STAPLES NOW! or maybe appeal to those who are addicted like this business owner....Staples are 100% addictive, JUST SAY NOPE!  I wonder if they cause cancer?  Research is required!!

Before all of my daydreaming began, I had stopped at the grocery store to get a sandwich and some yummy hummus and pretzels.  Walking back to my car, I happened to look at the passenger side front tire and HOLY COW!  How is it I have been driving around at 65 mph (at times, but usually 55 mph) without having a total blow out??

My plans for the weekend are ruined (I'm so sorry Steph!) and now I have to spend hours waiting for new tires to be put on tomorrow.  Blech.  Seriously, I care about the vehicle I'm driving and did mention the car needed new tires, but my son said we should wait.  Well, SON, the waiting is over.  I have to say that the tire in the picture is a dang good tire to not have fallen apart already!

What a day!  Full of peril!  STAPLES!  RIPPED TIRES! OH the HORROR OF IT ALL!

The car carried me safely home though.  That was nice.  I checked the mail and found a small package with my name on it.  Opened it up and found my new phone case!  It's so dang pretty!

The best part (after being so dang pretty) is that the case fit my phone.  The card that came with it says that one of the employees of Carved is named Holly (thank you for your service Holly!) and one of her favorite pastimes is CROSS STITCH.  You can't beat that with a stick!

After all of the struggle with every staple on the planet this week, it was so nice to receive such a wonderful, beautiful phone case.

Tonight I'm finishing up the February Neglected Floss pattern by putting things together so tomorrow I can take pictures and post the blog at noon on DeviantArt.  Don't forget, in five days the pattern will also be on Magical's blog.  You can also clicky the icon on my sidebar to get to the overview page for the NFSAL.  

By the time the February pattern is on Magical's blog, I will be able to show what each of us created and YOU can judge the STITCH OFF!  I'm worried that Gayle will blow us out of the water like she does every month because she thinks so completely differently. She inspires me as does Magical!

Alright, I need to get to work on things.  The freakin' VORTEX should be wandering off and everyone should be warming up soon, I hope and pray.  Those of you still sitting in the cold areas, please don't be a hero and go run around outside or think for one moment you will DRIVE IN YOUR CAR somewhere.  Stay put.  Stay safe.

Until next time.....KEEP ON STITCHIN'!