Comments on: Office Space: the Sequel

Office Space: the Sequel

TNLNYC — Fri, 02 Jul 2004 06:33:05 -0800

Too much time looking at staple? Simon Cox is trying to figure out what the perfect angle for a staple between several sheets of paper should be. Proof that there can be beauty in every little office things.

By: Stan Chin

Stan Chin — Fri, 02 Jul 2004 06:49:09 -0800

The Virtual Stapler has no such angle option.

By: DrJohnEvans

DrJohnEvans — Fri, 02 Jul 2004 07:14:12 -0800

Sure it does. Just tilt your monitor.

By: creamed corn

creamed corn — Fri, 02 Jul 2004 07:25:13 -0800

I'm fed up with hearing about the beauty of small things.

By: George_Spiggott

George_Spiggott — Fri, 02 Jul 2004 07:37:44 -0800

The illustrations look wrong. He's got the top page (when the document is "open") oriented the wrong way in all of them. He's got the short edge going off leftward and the long edge going off topward. Grab a stapled doc and see for yourself. Or just visualize closing the docs pictured -- the edges won't line up.

By: JanetLand

JanetLand — Fri, 02 Jul 2004 08:09:55 -0800

Ugh. I once had a dreadful job where we actually got in trouble with the micromanagingfreak boss if we stapled things at the wrong angle.

By: shepd

shepd — Fri, 02 Jul 2004 08:12:16 -0800

The answer is to duplex and put three staples on the left edge of the document.

By: chicobangs

chicobangs — Fri, 02 Jul 2004 08:24:15 -0800

It's a shame, because the graphics are actually pretty good. And what is the best angle, then? I'm guessing 67.5 degrees, but it's unclear. I'm totally a sucker for esoterica like this. But now, I'd like to see his further research on multiple staplings, or even mixed media. I mean, this is valid data for a few sheets of 20# or 24# paper, but what about cloth or papyrus or cellophane or friggin' birch bark or human skin or pastrami? I smell a master's thesis.

By: bhorling

bhorling — Fri, 02 Jul 2004 08:29:01 -0800

Ugh, I hate the 3-left-staple-duplex configuration. It makes page turning a chore, and you can't take notes on the back. I'll take the classic 45 any day.

By: George_Spiggott

George_Spiggott — Fri, 02 Jul 2004 09:20:04 -0800

When putting a single staple at the corner, anything other than a 45 degree angle puts a strain on the join at one end of the staple or the other, causing it to start to tear more readily, if that's any help in deciding this vital issue.

By: bob sarabia

bob sarabia — Fri, 02 Jul 2004 10:20:27 -0800

this is very sad

By: Ufez Jones

Ufez Jones — Fri, 02 Jul 2004 11:52:57 -0800

I'm fed up with hearing about the beauty of small things. Well, we've got a thread a thread for freaks like you.

By: creamed corn

creamed corn — Fri, 02 Jul 2004 13:08:43 -0800

That's much better.

By: Krrrlson

Krrrlson — Fri, 02 Jul 2004 21:36:11 -0800

I used to be over by the window, and I could see the squirrels, and they were merry, but then, they switched from the Swingline to the Boston stapler, but I kept my Swingline stapler because it didn't bind up as much, and I kept the staples for the Swingline stapler and it's not okay because if they take my stapler then I'll set the building on fire.

By: wsg

wsg — Fri, 02 Jul 2004 22:38:03 -0800

Krrrlson, That is FUNNY!