Most enjoyable office equipment (yes I know I have no life)

[WeeMadArthur1]

I always thought using a laminator was the most enjoyable of ‘office’ tasks, but I’ve just had a clear out of old paperwork and spent the afternoon shredding and it is very satisfying.

The only other contender I can think of is using a label maker, but I can’t really justify buying one. We used to have one at work and I spent a lovely afternoon labelling anything that stood still for long enough.

I've recently returned to office work after a 13 year break. I'm loving all of the things at the moment but I'm sure it will wear thin and I'll find my favourite! As far as I can tell our confidential stuff goes into a big bign and is collected for shredding. Bit disappointed.

I used to love using the date stamper and ink pad. Date stamping the incoming post. If you picked up a bit of speed it was like working in a post office. It stamped a box and then you wrote in which department it went to 😍
Fantastic!

The love for the self inking stamper wore off for me because I have to use it constantly.

I do enjoy a flick through the ESPO catalogue, whenever I order sticky notes I always go for the animal shaped ones. Currently have elephants.

I miss fax machines. I bloody loved using one.

For while I was in charge of our stationery cupboard, and the budget for it. Oh the power! It was like my dream job, though I was paid too much to be doing that really, but nobody else wanted to do it. I think it has been neglected since I retired, which makes me sad. I miss it the people not so much

Photocopiers, as can copy various sensitive information, although the modern ones are quite detailed and keep copies of what was copied.

The ESPO catalogue is like the Argos catalogue of old
Might treat myself to a look next week😂

Back in the dark ages (80s) our office had a hole punch that could punch through about a ream of paper. Lovely job.

The only downside of it is that I have to process the invoices and ESPO ones usually have about 35 lines which is a pain in the arse!

I want one of the puppet theatres for the office. For stress management obviously.

I have a personalised stamp that says 'I certify this to be a true copy of the original' then my name, SRA roll number and 'Solicitor/Commissioner for Oaths'. So I just need to sign.

I got it when I first qualified nearly 8 years ago and it still hasn't run out of ink which tells you how often I actually certify documents 😆 but it certainly makes me feel very happy when I do!

I also used to love the little books of sticky notes in the colours of the rainbow, but that was when I worked in an office and used to print out entire 100 page contracts to mark up without a second thought...

Played with an electric stapler once. Scary machine. Franking machine was not quite as fierce.

I love making leaflets. When I was a kid I'd sew them. I'd make test books for my little sister and her friends.
As adult I have a binding machine and a long arm stapler. The guillotine and laminator aren't as high up the list as the colour duplex laser printer.

I used to love the Viking catalogue.

Many many years ago part of my job was to sew pages of legal documents together which would have been typed on a manual typewriter. No typing mistakes allowed either and no tippex

I watch re-runs of The Office (US version) partly for the office-machinery nostalgia.

Particularly the printing calculator in the opening credits. I always used to admire those in the Argos catalogue. 😁

Stapleless stapler

Saving the planet one (non-existent) staple at a time 🌍.

I like a good staple remover.

Not a machine, but I love the scan-to-email function on our photocopier. If I make a resource by hand, or I want to scan an extract, I can have have them sent to my email as a PDF ready to save for next time. So handy!

@FlippertyGibberts Stapleless stapler?! How does that work?

Pouring one out for the humble post it.
So many hours of joy.
Also particularly enjoy my iPhones ability to scan and convert to PDF and measure. Pretty useful!

I've got a staple-less stapler! It's like a punch that makes holes in a few sheets of paper and kind of twists them together. Clever, but the fastening doesn't stand up to much handling.
Unless @FlippertyGibberts knows better?

I'm partial to a treasury tag.

I got a label maker for home in the middle of Lidl, with all the varieties of tape

The electric pencil sharpener! I love our office one so much I got one for home use too. So satisfying, lovely noise and fabulously pointy pencils - you can’t beat it!

This is what my stateless stapler does:



It works reasonably well for 5 pages or so.

I've got a weapons grade hole punch. I keep it in a drawer and people have to ask very nicely if they want to use it.

Oh, here it is (hopefully).

I love my laminator and shredder. But my current favourites are the staple gun (great for notice boards/displays) and my very low-tech sellotape dispenser. I shall be borrowing it for Xmas wrapping soon!

I've got a Supaclip that I'm rather fond of for documents that are too thick to staple easily.