Paperclips

My internal dialog often will reassure me that I'm "quirky" or "eccentric" as opposed to "neurotic" when it comes to my various opinions. However, my dialog is still trying to put a helpful spin on my passionate dislike of large paperclips. You have your regular sized paperclips, which are very useful. You then have multiple sizes of binder clips, also very useful. What is pointless are large paperclips. They don't hold things together very well and are awkwardly big.

I have been in charge of purchasing office supplies for my last three jobs and I have never, ever gotten large paperclips. In the last eight years, I think one person requested them and I assured them that a binder clip would be more appropriate for their task.

I'm not sure where this comes from, other than (perhaps) hating that little paperclip guy on the old-school Office Word. Him and all his smuggery as you grump about margins. He shows up all smirky and says something like, "It looks like you are stupid and can't figure out the most simplest thing in the world. Can I humble you?"

Or perhaps I always hated him because he is a large paperclip. Hmm. Chicken or the egg? Right. This came to my attention last night when I found a large paperclip mixed in with regular paperclips in my desk and I got very indignant. My internal dialog said, "Dude, I've got nothing. This is just weird."

An Erinku:
droopy
yellow flower
dripping petals
on my floor