Tag Archives: Office Plus flyer

Support Earth Day with Eco-Friendly Office Supplies

Posted on by
1

There is no way to avoid having a carbon footprint at the office – your business more than likely requires the use of fuel and electricity to function – however, there are many ways to minimize it. Earth Day is upon us, and although we should not wait for a designated date to Think Green, it gives us all the more reason to be environmentally aware and to practice energy-efficient habits in the workplace and at home.  This article published in Ecopreneurist, “Mission Possible: How to Effectively Reduce Your Business’s Carbon Footprint” offers a number of steps you can take to help minimize your business’s carbon footprint.

At Office Plus, we want to help you make a difference in your workplace. If you look around your office desk right now, you will be surprised at how many products can be replaced with an eco-friendly alternative. We’re not saying you should empty your desk drawers into the trash can (at least recycle them); but when it comes time to find a replacement, awareness is key.

think green

Our April Office Plus Flyer highlights a number of eco-smart office supplies that can help you do your part. Stock up and arm your staff with:

  • Liquid Paper Dryline Grip Recycled Correction Tape;
  • Enviro Plus Reversible File Folders;
  • Post-Its and Notebooks made from recycled paper;
  • Magic Eco-Friendly Tape;
  • O-Ring Recycled Binder; and
  • Even Recycled Paper Clips.

“Tied” to an Old Shredder

Posted on by
Reply

I had just finished a very complicated conversation with a customer, when my boss Aditi poked her head through my doorway.

“Do you have a moment and a camera?” Aditi was fighting to control her expression. Was it a grin or a snarl?

I grabbed my smartphone and she led us both towards a group of people in her office.

As soon as they saw Aditi, the crowd parted and there was Andy, bent over her compact shredder.

cutting_tie_from_shredder

*names have been changed to protect the identity of the people involved.

Aditi pushed me forward and tapped my phone, “be ready.”

“ANDY!”

Perfect shot as he tried to stand up! His expression was pure frustration and embarrassment, and no wonder. He was almost strangling himself.

“How, in the name of everything possible, did you manage to feed your tie into the shredder, Andrew?” Aditi had a hard time not laughing as well.

Andy had about 8″ of tie between him and the shredder. He was gripping the machine with both hands and pulling away as hard as he could. His face was going all kinds of interesting colours.

“You need a new shredder, this one’s jammed.”

She pressed the latest Office Plus flyer into my hand, “I’m one step ahead of you. I’ve put a flag on the page.”

Aha! This sounded great. The Swingline™ Stack-and-Shred™ 100X Shredder lets you stack the paper—up to 100 sheets—into the top, close the lid and leave it alone. There’s even a separate slot for credit cards—no need for any part of Andy to be too close to the machine. And it automatically clears jams. It’ll take paper clips or staples and cross-cuts to make it difficult to reassemble documents. The size is perfect to fit under a desk and, with a self-clean feature and warranties on the machine and cutters, and there’s a $100 Mail In Rebate!

“HEY! Get me out of this,” I’d almost forgotten about him. He was still braced, straining to pull his tie free.

“Sometimes, Andy, I think you should have full-time adult supervision,” I picked up a pair of scissors from Aditi’s desk and cut his tie, leaving 2″ of frayed fabric below his stunned face.

A Replacement Andy? Better check the catalogue for that.

Posted on by
Reply

Despite plastering his office with homemade sticky notes, Andy had managed to redeem himself. Beneath the layers of gluey paper was an idea he’d had to recycle unwanted printed pages and set about making scratch pads out of misprints.

“Do you need a scratch pad?” Andy was obviously delivering door-to-door, also.

“Sure, I’ll take one,” I grabbed the top pad from the stack he held. “What’s your next project?”

“Finding the perfect pen,” his pile of pads started to slip and he clasped them to his chest.

“And how is that going to benefit the department?” I asked as I realized that the glue hadn’t dried on the pad and it was now attached to my palm. Andy juggled the pads against his shirt and noticed that they had stuck to that, too, “have you seen our office supplies’ cabinet? We’ve all kinds of odd pens kicking around. I thought it would be better if we chose one and then ordered them in bulk.”

It was hard to take him seriously as he tried to separate glue from fabric, but I was saved from laughing by Brigid, who appeared behind him with a colourful flyer in her hand.

“Aditi asked me to give you this,” Brigid pushed past Andy, further cementing the pads to his clothing.

I grabbed the Office Plus flyer and flipped through to the pens.

“What did you do to yourself?” Brigid, although a recent hire, had taken a mentoring role with Andy.

Andy was a mess of paper and glue with a drift of unglued pages at his feet.

“I didn’t let them dry long enough, sorry,” Andy looked depressed. His one good idea lay in tatters at his feet.

“Why don’t you check out the pens in here?” I pointed to the pen page.

“InkJoy? Oh that’s a new line from PaperMate®,” Andy stared at the pictures.

Brigid looked over his shoulder, “I’ve heard of those. They use specially blended, low viscosity inks…

“…viscosity?” Andy confused resembled a colicky toddler.

Brigid picked up a page from the floor and slapped it against Andy’s shirt, where it stuck, “viscosity is stickiness, but with these pens it means that they start writing straight away with no dragging, and only need a little pressure in order to write.”

“And look!” Andy pointed at a price, “you can save if you get these ones in boxes of 12, which is exactly what we need. I’ll get on it right away.” And with that, he left, picking up a few sticky pages on his shoes.

Brigid watched him leave, “have you ever seen a replacement for Andy in that Office Plus flyer?”

“No, but I haven’t looked through the whole catalogue yet.”