Candy Stealers

[dougall]

A cheap gel ink pen without the top on leaks ink into the pockets of pen thieves I don't mind having my pens stolen then .

[Magpie]

It was mostly men who'd steal my pens before I got some coloured biros in girly colours; pink, pale blue, purple, violet. Now, for some strange reason, no-one ever takes my pens. XD

My mother is probably the only person who got mechanical pencils returned to her on construction sites. For some reason they always knew who the pink ones belong to.

[Shalom]

When I worked at the Aid of Rite in da Bronx, everyone would sign for their prescriptions, pocket the pen and walk out. I got tired of this, mostly because this was a temporary store (3717, if any of you remember) which was all of two aisles wide and didn't have much if any front end stuff, such as pens, so when I ran out I had to go across the street to the competition and buy more. Which promptly disappeared as fast as I bought them.

I therefore determined to tie the pens down. So where do you find string in a pharmacy? In the tooth care section, of course, under the legend "Dental Floss". Now the floss was white, and the counter was white, and when the one was on the other you couldn't see it at all. I had left enough slack that if you dropped the pen it would hit the floor, so not everyone realised that the thing was attached. If they signed and dropped the pen on the counter, fine; if they put it in their pockets, though, they'd get about three feet from the counter when it would flip out of their pockets and come flying back me, at which time I'd laugh at them. Bonus points if it hit 'em in the nose on the way out.

[Midorikawa]

You see, everyone who I have encountered "borrowing" my pen holds a pen very close to the point of the pen. Fountain pens (such as my Lamy Safari Fountain Pen found here) do not like that. Getting your fingers on the ink channels means that you get your fingers stained with a very pretty Tanzanite Blue. It's even more amusing when a light-fingered co-worker uses the pen, is blissfully unaware that they have blue on their fingers and then rubs their face, their white clothes, the important document they were in a hurry to get to the boss.

Endless amusement. The funny thing is? When it does get stolen, it comes back to my desk with a post-it saying that my pen is broke and that I should get a new one.

ooer! Good idea. Now to find ink for my fountain pen at home. It used to be so common to find fountain pen ink, and now I have yet to find a place that sells it, outside of online. I have a cheapo plastic Parker pen I bought for like $15 10 years ago or so. Love it to death, but I haven't found cheap ink for it, and I'm not paying for mass quantities of the stuff, like I've found online.

[ottid]

You can't find Parker ink at your local stationery store? Odd, I thought they were available pretty much worldwide?

Do you need a bottle or a cartridge? Oh dear, I know too much about Parker's for a casual staff member...

[Midorikawa]

You can't find Parker ink at your local stationery store? Odd, I thought they were available pretty much worldwide?

Do you need a bottle or a cartridge? Oh dear, I know too much about Parker's for a casual staff member...

I live in a small town. Closest thing we have to a stationery store is a staples, which I think I checked before, but not in about a year or so, to see if there was anything there. I guess I could drive up to salt lake, but it seems a bit ridiculous to drive 40 minutes each way for a couple plastic canisters of ink.

[Victoria J]

It was mostly men who'd steal my pens before I got some coloured biros in girly colours; pink, pale blue, purple, violet. Now, for some strange reason, no-one ever takes my pens. XD

In my office we can never keep track of calculators. We have plenty, many with names written on them in tippex, but sometimes you can't find a single one. If you do the name never matches the person who has it (my favourite being one that was doing the rounds with the manager's teenage son's name written on it ).

Mine stays put, it's pink. I bought a second one, which has skulls on and that stays put too.

Which leads me to believe calculator theives are male.

Thinking about it, it's probably the manager if his own son has to (a) write his name on his calculator as if he worked in a large office, and (b) still had it taken...

Victoria J

[blas]

The sandwich shop by where I live has this...flower pot looking thing, but with little rocks (like from the game Mancala) and flowers in it. But they aren't flowers. They are pens with flowers on them.

[BlaqueKatt]

I have a waterman....oooo sooo lovely....my pen...mine!

and colorado pen sells a box of 5 refill cartridges for $5 reasonable price and amount-and they do sell bulk and the adapters for bottle inks...